Kitchen (TV series)

The show focuses on the comedic events that unfold in a fictional restaurant in Moscow called Claude Monet.

The show is set in Moscow and mainly focuses on the young and enthusiastic Maxim "Max" Lavrov, who dreams of becoming a renowned chef one day, so after graduating from a culinary college in his home town of Voronezh and completing his army service, he applies for a job in one of the most expensive restaurants of Moscow Claude Monet, owned by Dmitry Nagiyev, a famous Russian actor and TV host.

The show includes other characters like Max's best friend bartender Konstantin, his love interest (and later wife) Viktoria and his boss Viktor Barinov, the head chef of Claude Monet.

The show became one of the most expensive TV series in Russia, with a budget of US$200,000 per episode (about $8 million per season).

The new show also included some of the characters from The Kitchen (For example, Senya and Marina, Kostya and Nastya, Michail Jekovich, Eleonora Andreevna, Kristina, Nikita, as well as a number of secondary actors.

Likewise, in the second season there are appearances from Louis Benoît, Ekaterina Semyonova, Rodion Sergeevich and Ainura Kenensarova).