''The Cooks'' was an Australian

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series that ran for one season on

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during the summer of 2004/05. It was a co-production with subscription television and screened on the

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channel on

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. It was produced by

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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

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Carmelita. Across the road at ''Snatch and Grab,'' its chefs are Gabe and Sachin, who's of

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n descent, with Dishpig at the sink. ''The Cooks'' was a spin-off of a

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called ''

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,'' which screened in 2003, starring

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as Roberto Francobelli.

Locations

Most of the exterior scenes were filmed around the

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areas of

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. On the show, the setting of the restaurants was in the suburb of Summer Hill.

Cast

Toby Schmitz Toby Schmitz (born 4 May 1977) is an Australian actor and playwright. He was born in Perth, Western Australia, attended Perth's Scotch College and briefly studied law at the University of Western Australia. He graduated from the acting course ...

as Gabe Francobelli *

Kate Atkinson Kate Atkinson may refer to: * Kate Atkinson (actress) (born 1972), Australian actress * Kate Atkinson (writer) Kate Atkinson (born 20 December 1951) is an English writer of novels, plays and short stories. She is known for creating the Jac ...

as Ruth O'Neill * Nicholas Brown as Sachin *

Rhondda Findleton Rhondda Findleton is a New Zealand actress largely based in Australia. She has had major roles in ''Plainclothes (TV series), Plainclothes'', ''Grass Roots (TV series), Grass Roots'', ''The Sugar Factory'' telemovie ''Temptation (2003 film), Te ...

as Rita Molloy *

Leon Ford Leon Ford is an Australian actor who has appeared in many television and theatre productions. He is best known for his roles in the television series ''The Cooks'', ''Changi'' and the telemovie ''Stepfather of the Bride''. Biography Ford portray ...

as Dishpig *

Emma Lung Emma Lung (born 14 January 1982) is an Australian actress. Early life and education Born in Sydney, Lung's father is half-Chinese; his father (Emma's paternal grandfather) was born near Beijing. Lung's mother is Scottish and French. Growing up ...

as Carmelita *

Bojana Novakovic Bojana Novakovic (, sr-Latn, Bojana Novaković) is a Serbian-Australian actress. She is best known for her role as Det. Lizzie Needham on the drama television series '' Instinct'' (2017–2018). Novakovic's film roles include '' Drag Me to He ...

as Raffa * Sophia Irvine as Rosie Francobelli *

Matt Passmore Matthew Passmore (born 24 December 1973) is an Australian actor. He is known for ''McLeod's Daughters'' (2006–2009), ''Blue Heelers ''Blue Heelers'' is an Australian Police procedural, police drama series that was produced by Endemol ...

as Jake *

Robert Mammone Robert Mammone (born 1969 in Adelaide, South Australia) is an Australian actor. He is known for his role as AK in ''The Matrix'' movies, as Sid Walker in the soap opera ''Home and Away'' and as Tim Palmer in '' Sons and Daughters''. He was also ...

as Michael *

Jeanie Drynan Jeanie Drynan is an Australian film and television actress well known for her roles in the television series '' Class of '74'' and in the 1994 film '' Muriel's Wedding''. She may be best known to international viewers for her role as Muriel's ...

as Leanne Smith

Episode 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 2005 * Episode 13: "Sticky Part 2": Air Date: 14 January 2005

External links

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Australian Television Information Archive
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Locations

Cast

Episode list

See also

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