- The Cooks
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show_name = The Cooks
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genre = Comedy / Drama
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runtime = 50 min
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country = AUS
network =Channel Ten
first_aired = 18 October 2004
last_aired = 13 January 2005
num_episodes = 13
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imdb_id = 0397772
tv_com_id ="The Cooks" was an
Australia ntelevision drama series that ran for one season onNetwork Ten during the summer of 2004/05. It was a co-production with subscription television and screened on theUKTV channel onFoxtel . It was produced byPenny Chapman andSue 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 in 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, it's chefs are Gabe and
India n Sachin with Dishpig at the sink."The Cooks" was a spin-off from a
telemovie called "Temptation" which screened in 2003, starringColin Friels as Roberto Francobelli.Locations
Most of the exterior scenes were filmed around the inner west areas of
Sydney . The restaurants were located in the suburb of Summer Hill.Cast
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Toby Schmitz as Gabe Francobelli
* Kate Atkinson as Ruth O'Neill
*Nicholas Brown as Sachin
*Rhondda Findleton as Rita Molloy
*Leon Ford as Dishpig
*Emma Lung as Carmelita
*Bojana Novakovic as Raffa
*Sophia Irvine as Rosie Francobelli
*Matt Passmore as Jake
*Robert Mammone as Michael
*Jeanie Drynan as Leanne SmithEpisode List
* Episode 1: "Nights of Living Dangerously": Air Date: 18 October 2004
* Episode 2: "Desiree": Air Date: 28 October 2004
* Episode 3: "The Olive Garden": Air Date: 4 November 2004
* Episode 4: "Swimming Upstream": Air Date: 11 November 2004
* Episode 5: "Waltzing Sakamoto": Air Date: 18 November 2004
* Episode 6: "The Gingerbread Man": Air Date: 25 November 2004
* Episode 7: "Beef with You": Air Date: 2 December 2004
* Episode 8: "Beer and Skittles": Air Date: 9 December 2004
* Episode 9: "Blood and Chocolate": Air Date: 16 December 2004
* Episode 10: "Hole Lotta Love": Air Date: 23 December 2004
* Episode 11: "Heart of Marshmallow": Air Date: 30 December 2004
* Episode 12: "Honey and Wounds": Air Date: 6 January 2005
* Episode 13: "Sticky": Air Date: 13 January 2005ee also
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List of Australian television series External links
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* [http://www.australiantelevision.net/cooks/cooks.html Australian Television Information Archive]
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