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Kitchen Confidential (TV series)

American television sitcom

Summary

American television sitcom

Field	Value
image	Kitchen Confidential.png
genre	Sitcom
creator	David Hemingson
based_on
executive_producer	David Hemingson
Jim Rosenthal
Darren Star
starring	Bradley Cooper
Nicholas Brendon
John Francis Daley
Jaime King
Bonnie Somerville
Owain Yeoman
theme_music_composer	Mark Walk
composer	Daniel Licht
Mark Killian
country	United States
num_seasons	1
num_episodes	13
language	English
runtime	22 minutes
camera	Single-camera
company
network	Fox
first_aired
last_aired

Jim Rosenthal Darren Star Nicholas Brendon John Francis Daley Jaime King Bonnie Somerville Owain Yeoman Mark Killian

Kitchen Confidential is an American television sitcom that debuted on September 19, 2005, on the Fox network, based on Anthony Bourdain's New York Times bestselling book, Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly. Bradley Cooper played the lead character, Jack Bourdain, inspired by Anthony Bourdain.

After the show's first three episodes aired on Fox, the show was put on hiatus due to Fox's coverage of the Major League Baseball playoffs. In November 2005, Fox announced the show would not air during sweeps and that only 13 episodes would be produced because it was only averaging 4 million viewers. The show returned on December 5, 2005, with its fourth episode, but only received 3.38 million viewers. Four days later, Fox announced the cancellation of the series.

Cast

Main

Bradley Cooper as Jack Bourdain – executive chef. Once addicted to alcohol and drugs, he is given the opportunity to run Nolita and make a career comeback.
Nicholas Brendon as Seth Richman – pastry chef. An old friend of Jack who has feelings for Tanya, the hostess. He also has a jealousy issue.
John Francis Daley as Jim – commis chef. Begs Jack to stay at Nolita so he doesn't have to go back to Utah. Later, he develops feelings for Tanya.
Jaime King as Tanya – hostess. The clueless and trusting hostess at Nolita.
Bonnie Somerville as Mimi – head waitress. The daughter of Pino, who hates the staff and tries to fit in. She later becomes the owner of Nolita. Mimi attended the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration.
Owain Yeoman as Steven Daedalus – sous chef. Jack's best friend, but also a thief and womanizer.

Recurring

John Cho as Teddy Wong – seafood chef
Frank Langella as Pino – Nolita's owner
Sam Pancake as Cameron – waiter
Tessie Santiago as Donna – waitress
Erinn Hayes as Becky Sharp – chef
Frank Alvarez as Ramon – dishwasher

Episodes

DVD release

On May 22, 2007, 20th Century Fox released Kitchen Confidential: The Complete Series on DVD in Region 1. The 2-disc set contains all 13 episodes of the series as well as audio commentaries on the series premiere by Darren Star, David Hemingson and Bradley Cooper, on the series finale by Karine Rosenthal, David Hemingson, Bradley Cooper and Dean Lopata and two featurettes – "A Tour of the Nolita Restaurant" and "A Recipe for Comedy".

References

Brian Ford Sullivan. (November 10, 2005). "FOX to Close 'Arrested,' 'Kitchen' After 13 Episodes This Season". The Futon Critic.
Brian Ford Sullivan. (December 9, 2005). "FOX Closes 'Kitchen Confidential,' Doubles Up 'Arrested'". The Futon Critic.
"Kitchen Confidential - The Complete Series". TVShowsOnDVD.com.

Wikipedia Source

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