Жар: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Star chef Mark Levinsky is being fired from a top restaurant in the capital due to his insistence. Moreover, now no one from the restaurant business wants to deal with him. The only way out is to open your own place with an aspiring chef, Aaron, whom Mark has known for the first day, and put all this metropolitan tinsel under your belt. In search of investors, the newly minted colleagues find themselves in debt to the Serbian mafia and are now forced to protect themselves and their loved ones.

Series details

• Title: Жар
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Russian
• Genres: Drama, Crime
• Premiere date: 2025-11-27
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: Иви
• Network country: Russian Federation
• Typical episode runtime: 46 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 82082

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2025-11-27; final listed air date 2025-11-27.

Source and licence

Adapted from Жар on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.