Chef!: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Gareth Blackstock (Lenny Henry) is a master chef with an obsessive drive for culinary perfection, with no friends or outside interests other than his wife Janice, (Caroline Lee-Johnson) and remarkable verbal talents used primarily to creatively abuse his unfortunate staff of assistant cooks, although he is perfectly prepared to give the same treatment to waiters, management, suppliers, bankers, and, occasionally, customers.

Series details

• Title: Chef!
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 1993-01-28
• Final broadcast date listed: 1996-12-30
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC One
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 7388
• IMDb ID: tt0108723
• TVDB ID: 78707

Cast and credited roles

• Lenny Henry — Gareth
• Roger Griffiths — Everton
• Caroline Lee-Johnson — Janice

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1993-01-28; final listed air date 1993-12-24; episode order: 6.
• Season 2: premiered 1994-09-08; final listed air date 1994-10-27; episode order: 7.
• Season 3: premiered 1996-11-25; final listed air date 1996-12-30; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from Chef! 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.