Chef! is a British sitcom starring Lenny Henry that aired as 20 episodes over three series from 1993 to 1996 on the BBC.

Henry stars as Gareth Blackstock, the arrogant, tyrannical and driven chef, and later owner, of a gourmet restaurant called Le Chateau Anglais in the English countryside. Gareth usually treats people, except his wife Janice, but including customers and investors, with contempt and humourously goes into sarcastic tirades when someone especially attracts his ire. One of his favourite targets is his inexperienced sous chef Everton.

The restaurant was modelled on, and many scenes were filmed at, Le Manoir Aux Quatre Saisons , a restaurant in Oxfordshire owned by chef Raymond Blanc.

Quote: Gareth - "Let me explain the order of things for you. There's the aristocracy, the upper class, middle class, working class, dumb animals, waiters, creeping things, head lice, people who eat packet soup, and then you."

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