"Kitchen Confidential" (2005) TV series

User Rating:

7.9/10   

Creator:

David Hemingson

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

19 September 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

A bad-boy chef runs wild in his New York City eatery.

Plot Keywords:

Chef | New York City | Restaurant | Kitchen | New Yorker

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Bradley Cooper	...	Jack Bourdain (13 episodes, 2005-2006)
Nicholas Brendon	...	Seth Richman (13 episodes, 2005-2006)
John Francis Daley	...	Jim (13 episodes, 2005-2006)
Jaime King	...	Tanya (13 episodes, 2005-2006)
Bonnie Somerville	...	Mimi (13 episodes, 2005-2006)
Owain Yeoman	...	Steven Daedelus (13 episodes, 2005-2006)
Sam Pancake	...	Cameron (12 episodes, 2005-2006)
John Cho	...	Teddy Wong (10 episodes, 2005-2006)
Frank Alvarez	...	Ramon (9 episodes, 2005-2006)
Kazemde Fela Masud	...	Nolita Bartender (7 episodes, 2005-2006)
Frank Langella	...	Pino (6 episodes, 2005-2006)

Runtime:

22 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:TV-14 | USA:TV-PG | Australia:PG

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

FOX halted the show's production on 13 episodes and announced that it was canceled.

Quotes:

Jack Bourdain: Recipe for failure: take one part natural talent, two parts stellar education, mix with easy success and a generous helping of booze, drugs, and women, and immediately set on fire.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Bones: Two Bodies in the Lab (#1.15)" (2006)

Too bad it got canceled

I watched Kitchen Confidential and How I Met Your Mother side by side (taping one, watching the other), and I do not understand how How I Met Your Mother can be considered the better of the two unless some serious finagling is happening in the background. Really too bad, since it's actually a funny sitcom and happening in a kitchen - something that rarely happens and something I did not expect at all. I almost forgot that this was based on the real Anthony Bourdain - the main actor is very sexy and very cute. The storyline about the famous chef who wants to eat himself to death (played by John Laroquette) was the best one so far. Too bad major networks don't have the time anymore to give a rookie sitcom some time to develop an audience.