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Chef! - The Complete Series One

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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.

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.

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.

The Chef Series One was incredibly funny. I'm going to buy the other sets. The writing on this show is wonderful and the actors are superb. You won't regret owning this copy.

i started watching on tv awhile ago i couldn't get it out of my head when i saw it was for sale on amazon i couldn't help myself but to buy it. i wasn't disappointed it was just as great as i remember it. it a classic and i would recommand everyone to watch this fantastic british show..it's funny it's down to earth . it shows the work a great chef goes thou at work and at home . belive me you have to buy it to understand just how wonderful this show is .i'm gonna to buy part 2 soon . it has three series to it and it worth the money.good luck and i hope you enjoy it just as much as i have it a wonderful item to have in your movie collection....

I have watched this so many times, I can quote it by heart. Lenny Henry makes Gordon Ramsay look like a kindergarten kid .... and Lenny is actually funny!

One of my two favourite BBC shows (the other is Vicar of Dibley). Lenny Henry (Chef) is absolutely hilarious!

"Chef- Season 1" is a British comedy. Overall it has the same theme as many of American cooking competitions. The Chef in charge of incompetent underlings shouts and slams down dishes and pans. If you like to laugh at striving cooks being humiliated it may appeal to you. There are some quieter comedy moments, but overall it is just offensive to the senses.

Another excellent British comedy which makes me wonder how Americans can settle for Seinfeld or Friends...I'm going to buy the entire series today!

If you're a fan of British Comedy, pick this one up!