Be Home for Dinner
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Jason Chan
Kristal Tin
Stephen Au
Yvonne Lam
Helen Ma
Queenie Chu
Océane Zhu
Becky Lee
Matt Yeung
Dickson Lee
Katy Kung
| Be Home for Dinner | |
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Official poster | |
| 誰家灶頭無煙火 | |
| Genre | Modern Sitcom |
| Starring | Elliot Ngok Jason Chan Kristal Tin Stephen Au Yvonne Lam Helen Ma Queenie Chu Océane Zhu Becky Lee Matt Yeung Dickson Lee Katy Kung |
| Original language | Cantonese |
| No. of episodes | 158 |
| Production | |
| Production location | Hong Kong |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 22 minutes (approx.) |
| Production company | TVB |
| Original release | |
| Network | TVB Jade |
| Release | 21 March – 30 October 2011 |
| Related | |
Be Home for Dinner (Traditional Chinese: (誰家灶頭無煙火) is an TVB modern sitcom series.
Chung Kwok-Chu (Elliot Ngok) is a renowned food critic and an assistant editor-in-chief of a newspaper, Ko Jim Daily. When his son, Si-Hon (Jason Chan) returns from Canada, Chu is disappointed to find that Si Hon intends to become a chef rather than taking up a professional career. His attempts to guide his son away are thwarted when Shum Bui-yee (Kristal Tin), a well-known and respected chef, reluctantly accepts Si-Hon as her assistant.
At the Chung household, Chu has to face his bickering younger brother Kwok-Tung (Stephen Au) and Si-Hon's aunt, Suen Ma-lei (Yvonne Lam), his second wife Dau Kwai Sum (Helen Ma) who worries that she is not doing enough as a stepmother, and how children, half-siblings Si-Hon and Si-Nga (Katy Kung) do not understand fine foods as he does. As members of his family manage to find a way to get along, Chu and his family find that friends and co-workers changing their family dynamic again.
Cast
- Elliot Ngok as Chung Kwok-chu, Sam's father, a magazine editor-in-chief
- Jason Chan as Si Hon "Sam" Chung, an aspiring pastry chef
- Kristal Tin as Carmen Sum (Sum Bui-yee), Sam's master
- Stephen Au as Chung Kwok-tung, Kwok-chu's younger brother
- Seth Leslie as Joe Smith, Sam's best friend from Canada
- Yvonne Lam as Mari Suen, Kwok-chu's sister-in-law from his first marriage, Sam's maternal aunt
- Helen Ma as Dau Kwai-Sum, Chu's second wife and Si-Na's mother, Sam's stepmother
- Katy Kung as Si Nga "Julia" Chung, Sam's younger half-sister
- Queenie Chu as Jackie Yeung
- Océane Zhu as Susan Nin
- Becky Lee as Tong Jing-jing (Sum Hoi-yee), a freelance writer, revealed to be Carmen's estranged younger sister
- Dickson Lee as Chin Dai-kwan
- Mat Yeung as Tin Hoi
- Lily Ho as Tseun Ding-kei, a dedicated writer
Awards and nominations
45th TVB Anniversary Awards 2011
- Nominated: Best Drama
- Nominated: Best Actor (Stephen Au)
- Nominated: Best Actress (Kristal Tin)
- Nominated: Best Supporting Actor (Matt Yeung)
- Nominated: Best Supporting Actress (Yvonne Lam)
- Nominated: My Favourite Male Character (Stephen Au)
- Nominated: My Favourite Male Character (Jason Chan)
- Nominated: My Favourite Female Character (Kristal Tin)
- Nominated: Most Improved Male Artiste (Jason Chan)
- Nominated: Most Improved Male Artiste (Matt Yeung)
- Nominated: Most Improved Female Artiste (Katy Kung)