The Cooks(2004)
Drama
No Photo
First Air Date: 2004-10-18
Average Runtime: 50m
Rating: 3.0
Votes: 3
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 13
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.
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 13E01
Nights Of Living Dangerously
Air Date: 2004-10-18
Life is pretty good for the staff of R&R restaurant. With no real competition on their strip, their restaurant is now...
E02
Desiree
Air Date: 2004-10-28
The competition between the two restaurants hots up, as the new, remodelled Snatch and Grab takes off, and R&Rs busin...
E03
The Olive Garden
Air Date: 2004-11-04
The passionate relationship between Sachin and Carmelita is tested. Meanwhile, Gabe is beginning to realise that runn...
E04
Swimming Upstream
Air Date: 2004-11-11
Sexual longing for Gabe and her passion for food combine in Ruth's dreams to produce a new salmon dish. Despite Gabe'...
E05
Waltzing Sakamoto
Air Date: 2004-11-18
Dishpig is experiencing something of a meltdown. The combination of Ruth's rejection of his advances and Gabe stealin...
E06
The Gingerbread Man
Air Date: 2004-11-25
Gabe and Raffa learn that Rosie is being ostracised by her friends because her mother is ""crazy"". In an attempt to ...
E07
Beef With You
Air Date: 2004-12-02
When, through the influence of Ruth's ""tame"" DJ, R&R begins to edge ahead of Snatch and Grab, Gabe and his team dec...
E08
Beer And Skittles
Air Date: 2004-12-09
A former mentor and, it turns out, lover, of Rita's comes to town to conduct a cooking master class. This man, Rita a...
E09
Blood And Chocolate
Air Date: 2004-12-16
Inspired by his new found relationship with Carmelita, Dishpig undergoes a transformation.
E10
Hole Lotta Love
Air Date: 2004-12-23
R&R restaurant is raided by the Department of Immigration, and terrified of something going wrong, Carmelita brings f...
E11
Heart Of Marshmallow
Air Date: 2004-12-30
Two influential celebrities have chosen to dine at R&R on their wedding anniversary, and have asked Rita to prepare a...
E12
Honey And Wounds
Air Date: 2005-01-06
Carmelita and Dishpig prepare to face a series of interviews at the Immigration Department, in which they must prove ...
E13
Sticky
Air Date: 2005-01-13
During the ""Cooks of 2000"" cooking school reunion, various relationships come to the boil, and in one long night of...
Recommendations
Offspring
2010
SkyMed
2022
Army Wives
2007
Parenthood
2010
Tyler Perry's Ruthless
2020
Brothers and Sisters
2006
Bel-Air
2022
Silk
2011
North of 60
1992
The Romanoffs
2018
Ambitions
2019
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
The House of the Spirits
2026
Little Disasters
2025
Tell Me a Story
2018
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
Brookside
1982
FX: The Series
1996
Julia
2022
