Chefs

This series is pure silliness. It revolves around a group of chefs, each with their own issues. It is full of flowery dialog about food and never really gets anywhere. The story drags and the viewer has to suffer through episode after episode of really bad acting. Not surprisingly, it lasted just two seasons.

A very silly story, with a waste of actors, time, etc. The plot seems improbable, the main character, also the director, seemed self-obsessed and it really doesn't help the series. There seemed to be less of a love for food, with more attention paid to competition for the sake of it, with a ridiculous amount of smoking. How can people who smoke this much actually taste anything? Made the whole story implausible to be. Add in the over-the-top Japanese-cliched produce grocer, and the whole thing just seems a farce. The series would also be more enjoyable with one or two genuinely likeable characters.

I watched Chefs through the first season knowing a second season was available. I loved it. The storylines were intriguing and the mixture of professional super-chef's work and personal lives made me binge watch into Season Two. Conflicts were great, but after a few episodes, none had been resolved satisfactorily for the viewer. I had had hope for the downward spiral to at least have some ups to go with the downs, but there never were ups. I found there wasn't one major character I liked well enough to care what happened to them and stopped watching. If you can take two seasons of gastronomic knife fighting, the series is well made and for you. If you look for some humanity in at least one, a hero of sorts, you may be as disappointed as I was halfway through the second season.

Chefs is one of my favorite series of all time with tremendous dialog, unique plot twists, passionate actors, caring characters, and an interesting setting with the tone of a noir classic. Add villains you love to hate for entertainment galore! I was so hooked that I watched some episodes two to three times. I'm glad the MHz channel on TV Plus aired this French treasure with English subtitles!

How would you run a restaurant in Paris? How would you stay in business, when the cut throat competition is looking to oust you? Is blood thicker than water, are there loyalties at all? This series takes place in the little hole-in-the-wall restaurants in the inner city in Paris, where real estate for restaurants is hard-won. And there needs to be a following of patrons to keep afloat. Patrons that can be lured away by someone else's wonderful cuisine. There is drama between a father and son pair of chefs, and a dark story behind. There is some wry humor in some of the episodes, comeuppances, and coup de grace........ You should watch! Wish this was available on DVD!