The Cooks

The Cooks was an Australian television drama series that ran for one season on Network Ten during the summer of 2004/05. It was a co-production with subscription television and screened on the UKTV channel on Foxtel. It was produced by Penny Chapman and Sue 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 on 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, its chefs are Gabe and Sachin, who's of Indian descent, with Dishpig at the sink. The Cooks was a spin-off of a telemovie called Temptation, which screened in 2003, starring Colin Friels as Roberto Francobelli.

Bojana Novaković

Raffa

Emma Lung

Carmelita

Nicholas Brown

Sachin

Leon Ford

Dishpig

Rhondda Findleton

Rita Molloy

Kate Atkinson

Ruth O'Neill

Toby Schmitz

Gabe Francobelli

First aired

October 18, 2004

Last aired

January 13, 2005

Status

Ended

Original language

English

Episodes

13

Genres

Drama

• Season 113 episodes · 2004