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The Cooks was an Australian television drama series that ran for one season on Network Ten during the summer of 2004/05. It was a co-production with subscription television and screened on the UKTV channel on Foxtel. It was produced by Penny Chapman and Sue Masters. The directors were Tony Tilse, Ian Gilmour, Brendan Maher and Ian Watson.
The Cooks was about the love and war involving the staff of two restaurants on the same street. R&R's Restaurant was run by chefs Rita and Ruth, with waitress Argentine Carmelita. Across the road at Snatch and Grab, its chefs are Gabe and Sachin, who's of Indian descent, with Dishpig at the sink.
The Cooks was a spin-off of a telemovie called Temptation, which screened in 2003, starring Colin Friels as Roberto Francobelli.
Locations
Most of the exterior scenes were filmed around the inner west areas of Sydney. On the show, the setting of the restaurants was in the suburb of Summer Hill.
Cast
Toby Schmitz as Gabe Francobelli
Kate Atkinson as Ruth O'Neill
Nicholas Brown as Sachin
Rhondda Findleton as Rita Molloy
Leon Ford as Dishpig
Emma Lung as Carmelita
Bojana Novakovic as Raffa
Sophia Irvine as Rosie Francobelli
Matt Passmore as Jake
Robert Mammone as Michael
Jeanie Drynan as Leanne Smith
Gyton Grantley as Danny
Rachel Gordon as Annette
Justin Monjo as TV Evangelist
Episode list
Episode 1: "Nights of Living Dangerously": Air Date: 18 October 2004
Episode 2: "Desiree": Air Date: 28 October 2004
Episode 3: "The Olive Garden": Air Date: 4 November 2004
Episode 4: "Swimming Upstream": Air Date: 11 November 2004
Episode 5: "Waltzing Sakamoto": Air Date: 18 November 2004
Episode 6: "The Gingerbread Man": Air Date: 25 November 2004
Episode 7: "Beef with You": Air Date: 2 December 2004
Episode 8: "Beer and Skittles": Air Date: 9 December 2004
Episode 9: "Blood and Chocolate": Air Date: 16 December 2004
Episode 10: "Hole Lotta Love": Air Date: 23 December 2004
Episode 11: "Heart of Marshmallow": Air Date: 30 December 2004
Episode 12: "Honey and Wounds": Air Date: 6 January 2005
Episode 13: "Sticky": Air Date: 13 January 2005
Episode 13: "Sticky Part 2": Air Date: 14 January 2005
See also
List of Australian television series
External links
The Cooks at IMDb
Australian Television Information Archive