Product Details

• Actors: Lenny Henry, Caroline Lee-Johnson, Claire Skinner, Roger Griffiths, Gary Parker
• Directors: John Birkin
• Writers: Lenny Henry, Peter Tilbury
• Producers: Beverly Randall, Charlie Hanson, Polly McDonald
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: BBC Worldwide
• DVD Release Date: August 30, 2005
• Run Time: 205 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0009NSCU8
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #119,512 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Chef! - The Complete Series One" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Meet Britain's finest -- and most ill-tempered -- chef, Gareth Blackstock (Lenny Henry), of the prestigious Le Chateau Anglais restaurant. Each meal is a masterpiece. Just don't ask for salt. Chef Blackstock rules his kitchen with an iron ladle and puts up with no slacking. The trouble is that his underpaid and overworked kitchen staff is littered with slackers. Tuck in and prepare to double over in laughter with this hilarious and much loved comedy series from the BBC!
Running Time: 210 min.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Chef! - British Comedy At Its Very Best (Season One), June 4, 2008

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John J. Baglione "TaiChiBabbo" (Beaufort, SC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chef! - The Complete Series One (DVD)

I was a big fan of this series will working overseas. I could access the BBC television feeds and enjoyed Chef!, Monty Python and another must see but little known series called "Allo Allo". I agree with many of the other reviews found here about the series, seasons one and two are superior, it is a shame that season three fall short. There was a major change, director, writers, some characters and the format of the production in mass doomed what was a great and witty series. I can recommend season one and two without question, but stay away from season three unless you need to see the contrasting decline.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simple stress relief tip? Watch (Lenny Henry) Chef!, May 7, 2011

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S. Sherman (california) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chef! - The Complete Series One (DVD)

Yes,it took us sometime to realize how funny and smart this series is.Its fast and very sophisticated(so put the subtiltles on).
Once you get into it, you are hooked.
Our family can watch it again and again, just like Seinfeld and Vicar of Dibley.
BRILLIANT.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A delicious comedy, July 17, 2009

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Sterling (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Chef! - The Complete Series One (DVD)

The show is primarily about an imperious chef and his staff, running a kitchen in an upscale French cuisine restaurant. The pompous, "Britain's finest" Chef frequently bursts out in eloquent oratory, mainly on how low his lowlife employees are. The Chef is a perfectionist, to the extent that he will ignore the law by buying illegal, unpasteurized Stilton cheese to get the taste he wants. Then there is his beautiful wife, trying to reign-in his excessive spending on ingredients and feeling somewhat neglected. What is a bit unusual is that with one minor exception the show does not involve wine.
The writing is witty, engaging and sophisticated. It derives its humor from plausible situations, rather than stuff like sticking pencils in your nose to get a laugh, and it does not use profanity or vulgarity. The episodes are amusing, there are many funny moments, but you will not fall out of your chair laughing. To those more familiar with the culinary arts, there are more humorous moments in the preparation of certain dishes.
One thing the show does, it makes you want to cook, or at least eat something really delicious. Also, the people with high blood pressure who put salt on their food only in their dreams, may find the show helpful, as the Chef presents a most compelling and rational case against salting food. After watching that, one may feel perfectly fine not using salt and liking it.