

Gareth Blackstock (Lenny Henry) is a master chef with an obsessive drive for culinary perfection, with no friends or outside interests other than his wife Janice, (Caroline Lee-Johnson) and remarkable verbal talents used primarily to creatively abuse his unfortunate staff of assistant cooks, although he is perfectly prepared to give the same treatment to waiters, management, suppliers, bankers, and, occasionally, customers.
Gareth Blackstock
Lenny Henry
Lucinda
Claire Skinner
Debra
Pui Fan Lee
Donald
Gary Bakewell

Janice Blackstock
Caroline Lee-Johnson