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"Kitchen Confidential" (2005): Season 1: Episode 11 -- Jack has sex with Gia, the woman living in the apartment over Nolita, only to discover she's Pino's mistress; Pino throws a party at Nolita for his wife and Gia shows up threatening to tell all.
"Kitchen Confidential" (2005): Season 1: Episode 13 -- Nolita is a finalist for the prestigious James Beard Award, which Mimi and Jack are determined to win; then Becky reappears in Jack's life, and he learns that her restaurant is up for the same award; and Seth finds out that Jim is involved with Tanya.
"Kitchen Confidential" (2005): Season 1: Episode 10 -- Jack sleeps with a girl he meets at Nolita, only to learn that she ranks all the chefs she's had sex with, and posts it on a website.
"Kitchen Confidential" (2005): Season 1: Episode 8 -- When Jack takes credit for Teddy's scrumptious fish dish, Teddy gets angry and quits; Jack hires a replacement, and Teddy gets a new job; but things at Nolita go wrong without Teddy there, and the staff schemes to bring him back.
"Kitchen Confidential" (2005): Season 1: Episode 7 -- Becky asks Jack to start serving brunch at Nolita and to let her run it; smitten Jack can't say no, though he wants to; the staff is furious, especially when they find out that Jack and Becky are having sex; and Mimi wants to move in with Becky.

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19 September 2005 (USA) more
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A bad-boy chef runs wild in his New York City eatery. full summary
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(13 articles)
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Way better than expected. Good TV. more (18 total)

Cast

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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)
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22 min
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Was born out of an attempt to adapt the original book into a movie called "Seared" starring Brad Pitt and directed by David Fincher. more
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Jack Bourdain: Tanya, let's talk. Let me start by saying you're very sweet and stylish. One might say that you... you put the "ho" in "hostess."
Tanya: Why, thank you!
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29 out of 34 people found the following comment useful.
Way better than expected. Good TV., 25 June 2005
Author: cynmack from United States

I was horrified when I heard of plans to turn Tony Bourdain's excellent book into a TV series. But I just saw a preview and this is pretty good. Not as cool as Tony just being Tony; but a well done show. Not stupid and sitcomy with a laugh track. It's a bit cleaned up from the book, but I do think it keeps the same feel. Not quite as gritty, but good. I laughed out loud more than once. Great supporting cast. How can you go wrong with Xander from Buffy, Harold from Harold and Kumar, Frank Langella and Jamie King? Excellent pairing with Arrested Development, but I'm afraid this show is just a bit too smart for Network TV. Might be more at home on FX. But I loved it.

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