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Kaboul Kitchen is a French comedy television series broadcast by Canal+. It was created by Marc Victor, Allan Mauduit and Jean-Patrick Benes. The series is based on the true story of Radio France Internationale journalist Marc Victor, who ran a restaurant for French expatriates in Kabul until 2008. The first series premiered on February 15, 2012 on Canal+ and ended on March 5, 2012. It set a ratings record for comedy series in the primetime slot on Canal+. A second series, which will have 12 episodes, has been commissioned. The series depicts the life of French expatriate Jacky who runs the popular restaurant Kaboul Kitchen in Kabul, Afghanistan. His daughter Sophie, who he has not seen in 20 years, arrives to do humanitarian work, while he is interested only in making money. The series won two Golden FIPA Awards at the 2012 Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels: one for Best TV Series and one for Best TV Screenplay. It was screened at MIPTV and named fourth on The Hollywood Reporter's list of "MIPTV A-List Projects" for the most promising series screened at the event.

First Aired

2012-02-13
Last Aired

2017-03-20
Creator

Allan Mauduit
Genre

Comedy
Seasons

3
Episodes

36
Status

Ended
Language

English, Français
Network

Canal+

Keywords:

middle east restaurant afghanistan

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Season 1

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Season 3

1. The Girl with the Big Suitcase

Jacky's daughter arrives in Kaboul. She wants to do humanitarian work, but he wants her back on the pl...More

Jacky's daughter arrives in Kaboul. She wants to do humanitarian work, but he wants her back on the plane...Less

30mins 2012-02-13

2. The Swimming Pool

Jacky's fundamentalist neighbour is outraged by what's going on at the Kabul Kitchen and gets him embr...More

Jacky's fundamentalist neighbour is outraged by what's going on at the Kabul Kitchen and gets him embroiled in a long argument with the Afghan authorities. Sophie plans to open a school for girls.Less

30mins 2012-02-13

3. The Panther & the Printer

Jacky's having trouble sourcing alcohol. Relations with his regular suppliers are rather tense and he ...More

Jacky's having trouble sourcing alcohol. Relations with his regular suppliers are rather tense and he has serious doubts about the seemingly easy solution that Colonel Amanullah offers by way of help.Less

30mins 2012-02-13

4. Dollars and Passion

When Jacky is seduced by a customer, it may have serious financial consequences for the restaurant. So...More

When Jacky is seduced by a customer, it may have serious financial consequences for the restaurant. Sophie contacts election candidate Hamida about opening her girls' school in a poor neighbourhood.Less

30mins 2012-02-20

5. Fear in Kaboul

When rockets hit Kabul and the restaurant is UN blacklisted, profits take a hit so Jacky hires some me...More

When rockets hit Kabul and the restaurant is UN blacklisted, profits take a hit so Jacky hires some mercenaries. What could possibly go wrong? Sophie wants Axel's help with the girls' school campaign.Less

30mins 2012-02-20

6. Vice and Verses

Colonel Amanullah asks Jacky to hide his mistress Djamila when she is discovered by his wives, but Sop...More

Colonel Amanullah asks Jacky to hide his mistress Djamila when she is discovered by his wives, but Sophie objects to Djamila's confinement in her room. Then Jacky finds himself arrested for procuring.Less

30mins 2012-02-20

7. Sophie's Departure

Sophie wants to return to France after the opening of her girls' school gets no publicity and few pupi...More

Sophie wants to return to France after the opening of her girls' school gets no publicity and few pupils turn up. Jacky fears he has cancer, but is hesitant about being treated in an Afghan hospital.Less

30mins 2012-02-27

8. White Lies Between Friends

Amanullah is inspired to improve his media profile when BBC reporter Nigel, an associate of Jacky, tur...More

Amanullah is inspired to improve his media profile when BBC reporter Nigel, an associate of Jacky, turns up. But Jacky doesn't want a journalist uncovering his connection to the drug lord colonel.Less

30mins 2012-02-27

9. Martine in Kaboul

Outraged by Nigel's report, in which Jacky's lifestyle is exposed, Sophie's mother Martine rushes to K...More

Outraged by Nigel's report, in which Jacky's lifestyle is exposed, Sophie's mother Martine rushes to Kabul to ask for the child support she never received and hires an Afghan lawyer to represent her.Less

30mins 2012-02-27

10. Crisis of Faith

When the daughter of Hakim, Kabul Kitchen's cook, leaves the country with help from a German NGO, he t...More

When the daughter of Hakim, Kabul Kitchen's cook, leaves the country with help from a German NGO, he turns to religion and coaxes his workmates to adhere to strict Muslim precepts, threatening profits.Less

30mins 2012-03-05

11. Cool in Kaboul

On election day, Jacky threatens Amanullah over the Halli brothers' deaths. Sophie is delighted to get...More

On election day, Jacky threatens Amanullah over the Halli brothers' deaths. Sophie is delighted to get a job at Kabul's new humanitarian association. Westerners are threatened as riots shake the city.Less

30mins 2012-03-05

12. Not Cool in Kaboul

Jacky manages to get his customers evacuated from the bar - after they've paid, of course. Amanullah a...More

Jacky manages to get his customers evacuated from the bar - after they've paid, of course. Amanullah and Axel try to find Sophie, who's been kidnapped. Damien wants to send the riot photos to France.Less