- Disc 1:
- Exile On Main Street
- Aftermath
- Dinner Date With Death
- French Fight
- You Lose, I Win
- Rabbit Test
- The Robbery
- Teddy, Takes Off
- Disc 2:
- Let's Do Brunch
- Praise Be Praise
- An Affair To Remember
- Power Play
- And the Award Goes To
- Extras:
- Interviews
- Kitchen Confidential trailer
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Jack Bourdain had it all but messed it up going wild. Four years later, he ends up with a crappy job in Pizza Chain. Then, he gets an offer to get back in the game as the chef of a famous restaurant.
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Having been described as "wicked" and "debauched," Anthony Bourdain's culinary memoir was bound to be a tough sell for network TV. In Kitchen Confidential's sitcom incarnation, dark-haired Anthony becomes blond, blue-eyed Jack (Bradley Cooper). In the pilot, the recovering alcoholic moves from a pizzeria to a brasserie. The catch is that he has to hire a staff in 48 hours, so he turns to pastry expert Seth (Nicholas Brendon, Buffy the Vampire Slayer), seafood genius Teddy (John Cho, Smiley Face), and sous-chef Steven (Owain Yeoman). He also inherits kitchen worker Jim (John Francis Daley, Freaks and Geeks). In reality, Bourdain ran the shop at New York's celebrated Les Halles. In the show, Jack oversees the kitchen at the fictional Nolita. Pino (Frank Langella, terrific as usual) manages the joint, while the wait staff includes his tightly-wound daughter, Mimi (Bonnie Somerville, NYPD Blue) and the bubble-headed Tanya (Jaime King, Pearl Harbor). As in producer Darren Star's Sex and the City, the central character narrates, there's no laugh track, and more of the comedy revolves around sex than work.
While Cooper (The Wedding Crashers) isn't the most obvious choice to play Bourdain--and although Kitchen Confidential would've made more sense on cable--he does a surprisingly credible job, even if the writing lets him down on occasion. Realistic or not, severed fingers and singed eyebrows tend to play better in print than on the screen. Of the 13 episodes produced, FOX only aired four (back-to-back with Arrested Development), which is a shame as it was just starting to hit its stride. Guest stars include Bitty Schram ("Exile on Main Street"), John Larroquette ("Dinner Date with Death"), and Cooper's Alias co-star Michael Vartan ("French Fight"). --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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Libertyx178
Compliments to the chef
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 13, 2011Format: DVDVerified Purchase
Fran Gilligan
We loved it!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 22, 2015Format: DVDVerified Purchase
Annette
This is really good, and funny
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 21, 2015Format: DVDVerified Purchase
Louise Jane Martin
Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 5, 2018Format: DVDVerified Purchase
Tunde
It brings back so many good memories. Now that my wife has had a ...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 29, 2014Format: DVDVerified Purchase
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Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 8, 2014Format: DVDVerified Purchase
Felipe Havana
A must for Bourdain fans.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 19, 2010Format: DVDVerified Purchase
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No cooking allowed
Reviewed in Canada on November 18, 2017Format: DVDVerified Purchase
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True reflections?
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 26, 2011Format: DVDVerified Purchase
Melissa Langridge
Shipping was fast, show was not so good :(
Reviewed in Canada on June 7, 2017Format: DVDVerified Purchase
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Non conforme au descriptif
Reviewed in France on December 30, 2015Format: DVDVerified Purchase
Andrew Fedora
Just as funny the second time around
Reviewed in Canada on December 11, 2015Format: DVDVerified Purchase
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i love this show
Reviewed in Canada on January 3, 2015Format: DVDVerified Purchase
Kalee
Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on August 17, 2017Format: DVDVerified Purchase
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Especificaciones incorrectaS
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