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Kaboul Kitchen

TV·2012–2017·3 seasons, 36 episodes·Canal+·Comedy·30m·Created by Allan Mauduit, Marc Victor, Jean-Patrick Benes

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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.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Kaboul Kitchen S01E05Fear in KaboulS01E05 · 8.0When 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.
  2. 02Kaboul Kitchen S01E06Vice and VersesS01E06 · 8.0Colonel 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.
  3. 03Kaboul Kitchen S01E08White Lies Between FriendsS01E08 · 8.0Amanullah 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.

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Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode12Episodes2012Aired 7.3Season avg
  1. S01E01Kaboul Kitchen S01E01The Girl with the Big SuitcaseFebruary 13, 2012 7.0Jacky's daughter arrives in Kaboul. She wants to do humanitarian work, but he wants her back on the plane...
  2. S01E02Kaboul Kitchen S01E02The Swimming PoolFebruary 13, 2012 7.0Jacky's fundamentalist neighbour is outraged by what's going on at the Kabul Kitchen and gets him embroiled in a long argument with the Afgh
  3. S01E03Kaboul Kitchen S01E03The Panther & the PrinterFebruary 13, 2012 7.0Jacky's having trouble sourcing alcohol. Relations with his regular suppliers are rather tense and he has serious doubts about the seemingly
  4. S01E04Kaboul Kitchen S01E04Dollars and PassionFebruary 20, 2012 7.0When Jacky is seduced by a customer, it may have serious financial consequences for the restaurant. Sophie contacts election candidate Hamid
  5. S01E05Kaboul Kitchen S01E05Season's bestFear in KaboulFebruary 20, 2012 8.0When rockets hit Kabul and the restaurant is UN blacklisted, profits take a hit so Jacky hires some mercenaries. What could possibly go wron
  6. S01E06Kaboul Kitchen S01E06Vice and VersesFebruary 20, 2012 8.0Colonel Amanullah asks Jacky to hide his mistress Djamila when she is discovered by his wives, but Sophie objects to Djamila's confinement i
  7. S01E07Kaboul Kitchen S01E07Sophie's DepartureFebruary 27, 2012 7.0Sophie 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,
  8. S01E08Kaboul Kitchen S01E08White Lies Between FriendsFebruary 27, 2012 8.0Amanullah is inspired to improve his media profile when BBC reporter Nigel, an associate of Jacky, turns up. But Jacky doesn't want a journa
  9. S01E09Kaboul Kitchen S01E09Martine in KaboulFebruary 27, 2012 7.0Outraged 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
  10. S01E10Kaboul Kitchen S01E10Crisis of FaithMarch 5, 2012 7.0When the daughter of Hakim, Kabul Kitchen's cook, leaves the country with help from a German NGO, he turns to religion and coaxes his workma
  11. S01E11Kaboul Kitchen S01E11Cool in KaboulMarch 5, 2012 7.0On election day, Jacky threatens Amanullah over the Halli brothers' deaths. Sophie is delighted to get a job at Kabul's new humanitarian ass
  12. S01E12Kaboul Kitchen S01E12Not Cool in KaboulMarch 5, 2012 7.0Jacky 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

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season02Best seasonEpisode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode12Episodes2014Aired 7.3Season avg
  1. S02E01Kaboul Kitchen S02E01Plague and CholeraJanuary 13, 2014 7.0After three months, Jacky finally 'escapes' his kidnappers, but is shocked to find a crumbling shell where Kabul Kitchen used to be and a la
  2. S02E02Kaboul Kitchen S02E02My Name Is Robert, Jacky RobertJanuary 13, 2014 7.0If Jacky's contract with the CIA seems too good to be true, that's because it is, which becomes clear when he's given his first assignment.
  3. S02E03Kaboul Kitchen S02E03The Third Gulf WarJanuary 13, 2014 7.0Sophie meets Amanullah's daughter Lala and admires her tenacity so much they decide to organise a female football team to help fund the stad
  4. S02E04Kaboul Kitchen S02E04Season's bestThe Gangster of KabulJanuary 20, 2014 8.0Stein arranges for a team of pole dancers to work at Kabul Kitchen as part of a plan to trap a corrupt UN official, landing Jacky in trouble
  5. S02E05Kaboul Kitchen S02E05Don't Shoot the BarmanJanuary 20, 2014 8.0When Damien's scoop poses a threat to the CIA, Jacky arranges for him to hide out at Habib's house while he leaks the story elsewhere. But D
  6. S02E06Kaboul Kitchen S02E06The Ex-Woman of My LifeJanuary 20, 2014 8.0When an ex-lover of Jacky's arrives on a diplomatic mission and insists on using Kabul Kitchen for a sensitive ministerial meeting, the CIA
  7. S02E07Kaboul Kitchen S02E07Top SecretJanuary 27, 2014 8.0Jacky finds himself working for the CIA and French secret service, who both insist on him wearing a wire to a meeting organised by Colonel A
  8. S02E08Kaboul Kitchen S02E08The Locker Room of FearJanuary 27, 2014 7.0On the day of the football final, Stein tells Jacky to inspect the contents of a briefcase in the locker room containing information relatin
  9. S02E09Kaboul Kitchen S02E09The Road to JalalabadJanuary 27, 2014 7.0Under increasing pressure from the CIA, Jacky finds himself in need of a quick getaway, but escaping without a passport is tricky. Paul Braq
  10. S02E10Kaboul Kitchen S02E10The Man with the Pearl PistolFebruary 3, 2014 7.0The CIA threaten Jacky with a one-way ticket to Guantanamo if he doesn't help with their investigation. Jacky must retrieve the murder weapo
  11. S02E11Kaboul Kitchen S02E11The Traitor, the Brute and the FianceeFebruary 3, 2014 7.0Amanullah is tipped off by a member of the Afghan police that they have the murder weapon and he's convinced one of his staff is responsible
  12. S02E12Kaboul Kitchen S02E12Jacky UnchainedFebruary 3, 2014 7.0Amanullah vows to kill Jacky for his betrayal, sending him a warning that he will have him murdered at 6pm. With help from Habib, Jacky arra

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

Season0312Episodes2017AiredSeason avg
  1. S03E01Kaboul Kitchen S03E01I'm JackyFebruary 20, 2017Sophie has been running Kabul Kitchen on her own since she believes her father died fleeing Kabul. When the police call her to tell her that
  2. S03E02Kaboul Kitchen S03E02Russians and rosesFebruary 20, 2017Michel receives a visit from patibular Russians: he owes them a colossal sum of money. Accused, Michel offers his services to Victor, in cha
  3. S03E03Kaboul Kitchen S03E03Colonel Cash CashFebruary 27, 2017Michel convinces Amanullah to get involved in the rose program: it's good for the image of the future president. Jamal, Amanullah's disabled
  4. S03E04Kaboul Kitchen S03E04Chicks and menFebruary 27, 2017The humanitarian program is stalling. Michel has a bright idea: we must organize an "Afghanton" for the benefit of drug victims. For the com
  5. S03E05Kaboul Kitchen S03E05The noseMarch 6, 2017Michel brings from France a world-famous nose, an old friend whom Amanullah will fall madly in love with. Michel discovers Jamal's true desi
  6. S03E06Kaboul Kitchen S03E06Bamboo ShotMarch 6, 2017The NGO "The Bamboo's Solution", supported by Angelina Jolie, is likely to win grants at the expense of the rose programme. Michel uses all
  7. S03E07Kaboul Kitchen S03E07The speech at the UNMarch 13, 2017Amanullah is invited to give a speech at the UN. Since burning his opium in front of the cameras, the repentant drug trafficker has been a s
  8. S03E08Kaboul Kitchen S03E08Afghan therapyMarch 13, 2017Amanullah leaves Kabul, covered in shame after crying in front of the world's cameras at the UN. He takes refuge in the Mountains of Logar,
  9. S03E09Kaboul Kitchen S03E09Afghan-led robberyMarch 20, 2017Amanullah discovers that his son Jamal is about to sell his drug to Russians. That's one too many for the colonel. He takes Michel on board
  10. S03E10Kaboul Kitchen S03E10Sophie's choiceMarch 20, 2017The Russians force Sophie to hand Michel over to them against Damien's release. Amanullah and Lala, deprived of the army, steal a stockpile
  11. S03E11Kaboul Kitchen S03E11So spoke AmanullahMarch 20, 2017The stolen safe contains a large amount of enriched liquid uranium. If they want to sell this precious cargo and pocket $100 million, they h
  12. S03E12Kaboul Kitchen S03E12Valiant MichelMarch 1, 2017Sophie gives birth, with the help of Michel. But the Russians caught up with the bus. Michel, the one responsible for all their problems, sa

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