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==Episodes== ===Series 1 (1993)=== {{Episode table |background=#ffffbf |overall=6 |title= |writer= |director= |airdate=30 |episodes= {{Episode list |Title=Personnel |DirectedBy=[[John Birkin]] |WrittenBy=[[Peter Tilbury]] |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|1|28|df=y}} |EpisodeNumber=1 |ShortSummary=Gareth Blackstock is the executive chef at Le Chateau Anglais, and he is infuriated when management cuts his budget. He is one up on the budget when Everton shows up and volunteers his service as a chef for no compensation in order to train in the most famous kitchen in England. |LineColor=ffffbf }} {{Episode list |Title=Beyond the Pass |DirectedBy=John Birkin |WrittenBy=Peter Tilbury |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|2|4|df=y}} |EpisodeNumber=2 |ShortSummary=In order to make a successful takeover of the restaurant, Gareth and Janice must first make certain personal sacrifices before they grovel to the bank manager. This is no easy task for someone with a pathological hatred of bank managers. |LineColor=ffffbf }} {{Episode list |Title=Subject to Contract |DirectedBy=John Birkin |WrittenBy=Peter Tilbury |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|2|11|df=y}} |EpisodeNumber=3 |ShortSummary=Having made the ultimate sacrifice of putting their idyllic cottage on the market, Janice feels that Gareth must now set about raising his own public profile in the press... (Just a smiley picture...) To raise the profile of his restaurant, Gareth opens his kitchen to the press. But Everton has lost track of something very personal and rather unpleasant in the veal stew. Or was it in the pies? Or the ravioli? |LineColor=ffffbf }} {{Episode list |Title=The Big Cheese |DirectedBy=John Birkin |WrittenBy=Peter Tilbury |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|2|25|df=y}} |EpisodeNumber=4 |ShortSummary=Gareth discovers that famous chef [[Albert Roux]] is about to honour his restaurant with a visit. He tries to coax his troops into preparing the perfect meal. Gareth goes in search of the perfect unpasteurized [[Stilton cheese|English Stilton]]. But beware the Cheese Police! |LineColor=ffffbf }} {{Episode list |Title=Fame Is the Spur |DirectedBy=John Birkin |WrittenBy=Peter Tilbury |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|3|4|df=y}} |EpisodeNumber=5 |ShortSummary=Janice arranges for Gareth and Le Chateau to be featured in the television food program Kitchens Live. The producer has a few surprises in store for Gareth, and Everton manages to release 50 pounds of live crayfish in the kitchen. |LineColor=ffffbf }} {{Episode list |Title=Rice and Peas |DirectedBy=John Birkin |WrittenBy=Peter Tilbury |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|3|11|df=y}} |EpisodeNumber=6 |ShortSummary=Gareth has promised his father a Caribbean evening at Le Chateau. The trouble is, he knows nothing of Caribbean cuisine. Gareth must endure the ultimate indignity of requesting Everton's assistance in the matter. |LineColor=ffffbf }} {{Episode list |Title=A Bird in the Hand |DirectedBy=John Birkin |WrittenBy=Peter Tilbury |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|12|24|df=y}} |EpisodeNumber=7 |ShortSummary=A disagreement with his regular poultry supplier leads Gareth and Janice on a hunt for Christmas turkeys. This episode was originally a "stand alone" episode, having aired much later than the first six episodes of Series 1. |LineColor=ffffbf }} }} ===Series 2 (1994)=== {{Episode table |background=#bfffc4 |overall=6 |title= |director= |writer= |airdate=30 |episodes= {{Episode list |Title=A River Runs Thru It |DirectedBy=[[John Birkin]] |WrittenBy=[[Peter Tilbury]] |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1994|9|8|df=y}} |EpisodeNumber=8 |ShortSummary=The kitchen staff at Le Chateau are overwhelmed, and Gareth simply must find another chef as soon as possible. The new addition to the kitchen staff (Gustav LaRoche) proves to be more than a handful for Gareth when it turns out that he prefers imbibing the wine rather than cooking with it. |LineColor=bfffc4 }} {{Episode list |Title=Time Flies |DirectedBy=John Birkin |WrittenBy=Peter Tilbury |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1994|9|15|df=y}} |EpisodeNumber=9 |ShortSummary=Janice suspects that she may be pregnant and she insists that they seek outside investment to secure their offspring's future. Gareth's reaction is typically uncertain about both. |LineColor=bfffc4 }} {{Episode list |Title=Do the Right Thing |DirectedBy=John Birkin |WrittenBy=Peter Tilbury |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1994|9|22|df=y}} |EpisodeNumber=10 |ShortSummary=Is there no end to the depths that Gareth will stoop to get the finest ingredients for his renowned dishes? Gareth deals with a "poacher" to get ingredients. But the long arm of the law is quickly in pursuit. Will Gareth land in the soup? |LineColor=bfffc4 }} {{Episode list |Title=A Diploma of Miseries |DirectedBy=John Birkin |WrittenBy=[[Modern Romance (band)|Geoff Deane]] |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1994|9|29|df=y}} |EpisodeNumber=11 |ShortSummary=Publicity-shy Gareth is hounded by Janice to appear on a chat show, but she soon wishes she had never bothered. When Gareth bad-mouths Janice's cooking to the television audience, he might as well book in with Everton at the latter's new flat. Everton tries to teach his boss a few things about 'amour'. |LineColor=bfffc4 }} {{Episode list |Title=Masterchef |DirectedBy=John Birkin |WrittenBy=Peter Tilbury |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1994|10|13|df=y}} |EpisodeNumber=12 |ShortSummary=Everton has developed his own signature dish and, much to Gareth's (very publicly displayed) irritation, he begins to hog the media spotlight! |LineColor=bfffc4 }} {{Episode list |Title=Private Lives |DirectedBy=John Birkin |WrittenBy=Peter Tilbury |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1994|10|20|df=y}} |EpisodeNumber=13 |ShortSummary=The kitchen staff are having domestic troubles en masse and it's up to Gareth to play agony aunt, if only to get his staff back to work. |LineColor=bfffc4 }} {{Episode list |Title=England Expects |DirectedBy=John Birkin |WrittenBy=Peter Tilbury |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1994|10|27|df=y}} |EpisodeNumber=14 |ShortSummary=Gareth enters an international cookery competition in Lyon, France. All the dishes must have ingredients exclusively from the originating country - but where will he get English wine?!? |LineColor=bfffc4 }} }} ===Series 3 (1996)=== {{Episode table |background=#3399ff |overall=6 |title= |director= |writer= |airdate=30 |episodes= {{Episode list |Title=Gareth's True Love |DirectedBy=Dewi Humphreys |WrittenBy=[[Modern Romance (band)|Geoff Deane]] |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1996|11|25|df=y}} |EpisodeNumber=15 |ShortSummary=Gareth has had to sell Le Chateau Anglais to Cyril Bryson. There's a troublesome new American chef named Savannah in the kitchen. Then Janice suddenly tells Gareth that she's leaving him, prompting him to resign in efforts to get her back. |LineColor=3399ff }} {{Episode list |Title=Reeny/Renée |DirectedBy=Dewi Humphreys |WrittenBy=Paul Makin |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1996|12|2|df=y}} |EpisodeNumber=16 |ShortSummary=When Renée, Cyril's spoiled daughter arrives at the restaurant, Gareth is forced into letting her help out in the kitchen. Everton is smitten by Renée and will do anything to keep her from being removed from her position. |LineColor=3399ff }} {{Episode list |Title=Lessons in Talking |DirectedBy=Dewi Humphreys |WrittenBy=Paul Makin |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1996|12|9|df=y}} |EpisodeNumber=17 |ShortSummary=With Janice having moved out on him and with talk of divorce in the air, Gareth takes his temper out on the diners when Cyril has made a policy decision that Gareth should mingle and chat with the clientele at Le Chateau. This is decidedly not what Gareth would prefer. |LineColor=3399ff }} {{Episode list |Title=Love in the Air |DirectedBy=Dewi Humphreys |WrittenBy=Geoff Deane |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1996|12|16|df=y}} |EpisodeNumber=18 |ShortSummary=The arrival of Gareth's father is not the tonic he needs to help him overcome his failed marriage, especially when he brings along his new, very attractive and very young, girlfriend. |LineColor=3399ff }} {{Episode list |Title=Rochelle |DirectedBy=Dewi Humphreys |WrittenBy=Geoff Deane |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1996|12|23|df=y}} |EpisodeNumber=19 |ShortSummary=Everton talks Gareth into catering for his cousin's wedding. One of the guests is one of Gareth's ex-girlfriends, Rochelle. An old flame looks like being rekindled, until Janice makes an unexpected appearance. |LineColor=3399ff }} {{Episode list |Title=Paris? Jamaica? |DirectedBy=Dewi Humphreys |WrittenBy=Paul Makin |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1996|12|30|df=y}} |EpisodeNumber=20 |ShortSummary=In this final episode, Gareth is at a cross road. He must decide whether to accept Rochelle's invitation to join her in Paris for the weekend or to fly off to Jamaica to try to patch things up with Janice. Gareth foolishly relies upon the advice of Everton to help him make a decision on his future. |LineColor=3399ff }} }}
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