Kitchen Confidential: Season 1
  • Network: FOX
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 19, 2005
  • Season #: 1
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Metascore
64 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 20 Critics What's this?

User Score
8.1 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 19 Ratings

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  • Starring: Nicholas Brendon, John Francis Daley, Bonnie Somerville
  • Summary: A single-camera, no-laugh-track comedy set behind the scenes in a big-time New York City restaurant, "Kitchen Confidential" is based on chef Anthony Bourdain's popular memoir.
  • Genre(s): Comedy, Food & Cooking

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
  1. Variety
    Reviewed by: Phil Gallo
    90
    One of the sharpest-looking comedy pilots in recent years.
  2. PopMatters
    Reviewed by: Samantha Bornemann
    80
    So no, the jokes aren't as haute as the cuisine. But presentation, on the plate or on television, goes a long way, and Confidential has the look of a winner.
  3. The A.V. Club
    60
    All the elements of a first-rate show are in place.... So why isn't it funnier?
  4. Orlando Sentinel
    Reviewed by: Hal Boedeker
    60
    The cast is attractive, the show's look is sleek, the pace is frantic, but Kitchen Confidential isn't especially funny.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 12
  3. Negative: 3 out of 12
  1. TriciaS
    10
    Puhleez bring it back! It's tasteful comedy without being boring. It's a laugh! It's refreshing after watching complicated plots within never ending plots of 24 or Lost. It has the potential to last as long as Friends did! It's a shame it was cancelled. What really happened?! There are shows out there that don't have the wit Kitchen Confidential has!… Collapse
  2. AudreyG
    10
    i thought this was wonderfully done and extremely funny. fox lost a viewer when they cancelled it!!
  3. retiredat56
    7
    Although the acting is good the writing does not quite make it. It did have potential. The show has some funny moments and would have done better if it was more mature. As it is, it feels like it was written for 15 year olds experiencing testosterone for the first time. The station did well to pull it and put the show out of its misery.… Expand
  4. CaryH
    3
    Love the cast, but..........

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