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The Kitchen

The Kitchen

20127.86 Seasons120 EpisodesEnded

Overview

Maksim "Max" Lavrov wants to become a great chef. But he finds out that the kitchen isn't the place for an easy career. And at restaurant "Claude Monet," this job looks to be harder and much more complicated than just cooking.

Created by Oleg Mastich
Written by Oleg Mastich, Vitaly Shlyappo
NetworksSTS

Top Cast

Dmitri Nazarov

Dmitri Nazarov

Viktor Barinov

Dmitriy Nagiev

Dmitriy Nagiev

Dmitriy Nagiev

Sergey Epishev

Sergey Epishev

Lev Semyonovich Solovyov

Olga Kuzmina

Olga Kuzmina

Nastya

Viktor Horinyak

Viktor Horinyak

Konstantin Anisimov

Marina Mogilevskaya

Marina Mogilevskaya

Elena Sokolova

Sergey Lavygin

Sergey Lavygin

Arseniy Chuganin

Mikhail Tarabukin

Mikhail Tarabukin

Fedor Yurchenko

Mikhail Bashkatov

Mikhail Bashkatov

Denis

Zhanyl Asanbekova

Zhanyl Asanbekova

Ainura Kenensarova

Themes & Keywords

waitressinfidelitycookingrestaurantfriendshipfoodrelationshipclaude monetfrench restaurantsitcomcomedy of situationrelationshipskitchencheerfulridiculous

About The Kitchen

The Kitchen is a comedy, drama series that first aired in 2012 exploring themes of waitress, infidelity, cooking, restaurant, friendship, food. Created by Oleg Mastich, it stars Dmitri Nazarov, Dmitriy Nagiev, Sergey Epishev. Maksim "Max" Lavrov wants to become a great chef. But he finds out that the kitchen isn't the place for an easy career. And at restaurant "Claude Monet," this job looks to be harder and much more complicated than just cooking.

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