The Cooks

Season 1

One street, two restaurants. Five cooks, a feisty maitresse d' and a feral dishwasher. The scene is set for love and war-in the kitchen, and the bedroom.

Where to Watch Season 1

13 Episodes

Nights Of Living Dangerously
E1
Nights Of Living DangerouslyLife is pretty good for the staff of R&R restaurant. With no real competition on their strip, their restaurant is now a year old and a success. That is until the arrival of Gabe, the next in line to the old Italian family restaurant across the road.
Desiree
E2
DesireeThe competition between the two restaurants hots up, as the new, remodelled Snatch and Grab takes off, and R&Rs business begins to suffer. While Gabe initially wins accolades for his cuisine, his ego takes a battering when a local newspaper publishes a review that is anything but flattering.
The Olive Garden
E3
The Olive GardenThe passionate relationship between Sachin and Carmelita is tested. Meanwhile, Gabe is beginning to realise that running a restaurant and being a single father might be too much to handle.
Swimming Upstream
E4
Swimming UpstreamSexual longing for Gabe and her passion for food combine in Ruth's dreams to produce a new salmon dish. Despite Gabe's denials, Ruth sees this as a move for the two to be reunited and refuses to accept Gabe's pleas to meet him half-way.
Waltzing Sakamoto
E5
Waltzing SakamotoDishpig is experiencing something of a meltdown. The combination of Ruth's rejection of his advances and Gabe stealing his girl has flushed out all his deepest insecurities.
The Gingerbread Man
E6
The Gingerbread ManGabe and Raffa learn that Rosie is being ostracised by her friends because her mother is ""crazy"". In an attempt to cheer her up, everyone pitches in to organise a fabulous karaoke party for her ninth birthday.
Beef With You
E7
Beef With YouWhen, through the influence of Ruth's ""tame"" DJ, R&R begins to edge ahead of Snatch and Grab, Gabe and his team decide they need some publicity of their own. Sachin gets invited to do a cooking segment on ""Good Morning Australia"" and Dishpig proposes marriage to Carmelita to keep her in the country.
Beer And Skittles
E8
Beer And SkittlesA former mentor and, it turns out, lover, of Rita's comes to town to conduct a cooking master class. This man, Rita assures everyone, is a food genius, and so R&R will host the class. But George Bolley is not the man Rita once knew.
Blood And Chocolate
E9
Blood And ChocolateGabe and Raffa go camping with Rosie but the idyllic family outing comes to a quick end when Gabe discovers Raffa has forgotten her medication. Inspired by his new-found "relationship" with Carmelita, Dishpig undergoes a transformation. Ruth finally makes the decision to pursue a relationship with Gabe who, unbeknownst to her, has decided to get back together with Raffa.
Hole Lotta Love
E10
Hole Lotta LoveR&R restaurant is raided by the Department of Immigration, and terrified of something going wrong, Carmelita brings forward the date of her wedding to Dishpig.
Heart Of Marshmallow
E11
Heart Of MarshmallowTwo influential celebrities have chosen to dine at R&R on their wedding anniversary, and have asked Rita to prepare a heart shaped dessert for the occasion. Gabe is strapped for cash so he asks Dishpig to go without pay for one week, so Dishpig goes mental.
Honey And Wounds
E12
Honey And WoundsCarmelita and Dishpig prepare to face a series of interviews at the Immigration Department, in which they must prove the legitimacy of their marriage.
Sticky
E13
StickyDuring the ""Cooks of 2000"" cooking school reunion, various relationships come to the boil, and in one long night of very hard partying, some things change forever.