Kitchen (TV series)
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| Genre | comedy sitcom |
| Created by | Vitaliy Shliapo and others |
| Starring | Dmitriy Nazarov Mark Bogatirev Elena Podkaminskaia Dmitriy Nagiev |
| Original language | Russian |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 80 (60 aired) |
| Production | |
| Producer | Various |
| Running time | 25 minutes per episode |
| Production companies | Yellow,Black and White |
| Original release | |
| Network |  STS STS International |
| Release | October 22nd, 2012 |
Kitchen (Russian: Кухня) is a Russian comedy series that airs on STS. The show focuses on the comedic events that unfold in a ficitonal restaurant in Moscow called "Claude Monet".
Series overview
The series is set in Moscow and mainly focuses on the young and enthusiastic Maxim "Max" Lavrov, who dreams of becoming a great cook one day so he goes to work at Moscow's most expensive restaurant - "Claude Monet", whose owner is Dmitry Nagiev, a famous Russian actor. He, as well as the entire staff of the restaurant "Claude Monet" often end up in humorous situations. The show includes other characters like Max's best friend Konstantin, his love interest (and later wife) Viktoria and his boss - the chef of the restaurant Viktor Barinov.
Cast
- Dmitriy Nazarov - Viktor Petrovich Barinov, the chef of the restaurant "Claude Monet". He is a highly skilled but selfish cook who often gets drunk and calls his cooks insuling names like cipples. He is a huge fan of the football club Spartak Moscow. He has been divorced three times and has dated Elena Sokolova, the chef of the rival restaurant, from season 1 to 2. His eldest daughter - Ekaterina began working as a cook in season 3.
- Mark Bogatirev - Maxim "Max" Leonidovich Lavrov, the main character of the show. He is an unthisiastic young cook who came from Voronezh to Moscow in order to become a cook. In season 1 he started a relationship witht Vika, the restaurant's art director but cheated on her after getting drunk and was in a relationship with Sasha, a waitress, in season 2 until Sasha cheated on him with her former boyfriend. At that end of season 3 he began dating Vika again and they married in the film "Kitchen in Paris".
- Elena Podkamiskaya - Viktoria "Vika" Sergeevna Lavrova (nee Goncharova), the art director of the restaurant, Max's girlfriend in season 1 and later his wife. Was in a brief relationship with Dmitriy Nagiev in season 3, although the relationship was mostly one-sided on his side.
- Dmitriy Nagiev - himself. He is a popular Russian actor and is the owner of the restaurant "Claude Monet". He was married to Kristina, a former promotional moderl at the restaurant. They divorced in season 3 and she stole the money from the restaurant, leaving it on the brink of bankrupting and Nagiev sold it but later bought it back with the help of Radion Sergeevich.
- Viktor Horiniak - Konstantin "Kostya" Konstantinovich Anisimov, is a barman at the restaurant, Max's best friend, Nastia's husband,as of season 3 and Stephan's father.
- Olga Kuzmina - Anastasia "Nastya" Stephanovna Anisimova (nee Fomina), is a waitress at the restaurant, defender of animal's rights, Kostia's wife, as of season 3 and Stephan's mother.
- Sergey Lavgin - Arseniy "Senya" Andreevich Chuganin, a cook who specializes in meat, often steals things from the kitchen. He is best friends with Fedya and often plays pranks on others with him.
- Mihkail Tarabukin - Feodor "Fedya" Mikhailovich Yurchenko, a cook who specializes in fish. He is best friends with Senya and often plays pranks on others with him.
- Sergey Epishev - Lev "Leova" Semeonovich Solovyov, the sous chef, Viktor Petrovich's rights hand. He lives with his mother and suffers from stuttering. He is in love with Katya, his boss's daughter.
- Nikita Tarasov - Ludvik "Lui" Benua, a confectioner from France. He is also homosexual.
- Ekaterina Kuznetsova - Alexandra "Sasha" Bubnova, a waitress and Max's girlfriend in season 2. She reconciles with her former boyfriend Ilya and as a result cheats on Max. In season 3 she gets fired because of Ilya trying to get Max fired but she takes the bait instead. At the end of the season it is revealed that she is pregnant and will be getting married.
- Valeria Feodorovich - Ekaterina "Katya" Viktorovna Semionova, Viktor Petrovich's eldest daughter and sous chef at the molecular kitchen. She has a crush on Max. She left the kitchen at the end of season 3 but is confirmed that she will return in season 4.
- Maria Gorban - Kristina Semionovna Nagieva, Nagiev's ex-wife and briefly owner of the restaurant. She steals all of the money from the restaurant in season 3 and leaves it on the verge of bankruptin.
- Marina Mogilevskaya - Elena Pavlovna Sokolova , the chef of the rival restaurant "Arcobaleno". She was in a relationship with Viktor Petrovich from season 2 to season 3.
- Andrey Burkovsky - Ilya, a former waiter at the restaurant and Sasha's ex-boyfriend. She cheated on Max with him which eventually Max discovered and he broke up with her. Ilya was fired in season 3.
- Janil Asanbekova - Aynura Jannatbekovna Kenensarova, a cleaner from Kyrgyzstan.
- Konstantin Chipurin - Radion Sergeevich Gromov, a former homeless man who turned out to be a lost businessman season 3. Enjoys reading and helped Nagiev buy back the restaurant in season 3.
Rating
The show has been very successful in Russia and in other countries of the former Soviet Union. The show made the channel STS the number 1 channel in the "21:00-21:30", surpassing Channel 1, HTB, Russia-1 and other channels. It also holds an 8/10 rating on IMDb.