| Be Home for Dinner | |
|---|---|
 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 (2011-03-21) – 30 October 2011 (2011-10-30) |
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Be Home for Dinner (Traditional Chinese: (誰家灶頭無煙火) is an TVB modern sitcom series.
Synopsis
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)
Viewership ratings
| Week | Episodes | Average Points | Peaking Points | References | |
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| 1 | March 21–25, 2011 | 1 — 5 | 25 | — | |
| 2 | March 28–31, 2011 | 6 — 9 | 21 | — | |
| 3 | April 4–8, 2011 | 10 — 14 | 24 | — | |
| 4 | April 11–15, 2011 | 15 — 19 | 23 | — | |
| 5 | April 18–22, 2011 | 20 — 24 | 23 | — | |
| 6 | April 25–28, 2011 | 25 — 28 | 23 | — | |
| 7 | May 2–6, 2011 | 29 — 33 | 24 | — | |
| 8 | May 9–13, 2011 | 34 — 38 | 24 | — | |
| 9 | May 16–20, 2011 | 39 — 43 | 24 | — | |
| 10 | May 23–27, 2011 | 44 — 48 | 24 | — | |
| 11 | May 30 - June 3, 2011 | 49 — 53 | 24 | — | |
| 12 | June 6–10, 2011 | 54 — 58 | 25 | — | |
| 13 | June 13–17, 2011 | 59 — 63 | 24 | — | |
| 14 | June 20–24, 2011 | 64 — 68 | 24 | — | |
| 15 | June 27 - July 1, 2011 | 69 — 73 | 24 | — | |
| 16 | July 4–8, 2011 | 74 — 78 | 25 | — | |
| 17 | July 11–15, 2011 | 79 — 83 | 25 | — | |
| 18 | July 18–22, 2011 | 84 — 88 | 24 | — | |
| 19 | July 25–29, 2011 | 89 — 93 | 23 | — | |
| 20 | August 1–5, 2011 | 94 — 98 | 23 | — | |
| 21 | August 8–12, 2011 | 99 — 103 | 23 | — | |
| 22 | August 15–19, 2011 | 104 — 108 | 24 | — | |
| 23 | August 22–26, 2011 | 109 — 113 | 25 | — | |
| 24 | August 29 - September 2, 2011 | 114 — 118 | 25 | — | |
| 25 | September 5–9, 2011 | 119 — 123 | 26 | — | |
| 26 | September 12–16, 2011 | 124 — 128 | 24 | — | |
| 27 | September 19–23, 2011 | 129 — 133 | 25 | — | |
| 28 | September 26–30, 2011 | 134 — 138 | 27 | — | |
| 29 | October 4–7, 2011 | 139 — 142 | 25 | — | |
| 30 | October 10–14, 2011 | 143 — 147 | 25 | — | |
| 31 | October 17–21, 2011 | 148 — 152 | 25 | — | |
| 32 | October 24–28, 2011 | 153 — 158 | 27 | — | |
| October 30, 2011 | 159 — 160 | 27 | 29 |
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