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Kaboul Kitchen

2012 · 3 seasons · 30m per episode · Comedy

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.

Seasons

• Season 1 — 12 episodes (February 13, 2012)
• Season 2 — 12 episodes (January 13, 2014)
• Season 3 — 12 episodes (February 20, 2017)

Cast

• Stéphane De Groodt as Michel Caulaincourt
• Stéphanie Pasterkamp as Sophie
• Benjamin Bellecour as Axel
• Alexis Michalik as Damien
• Marc Citti as Victor
• Simon Abkarian as Colonel Amanullah
• Fayçal Azizi as Habib
• Louis-Do de Lencquesaing as Paul Braque
• Brahim Bihi as Sayed
• Lina El Arabi as Pissenlit
• Leonid Glushchenko as Dima

Details

Created by

Allan Mauduit, Marc Victor and Jean-Patrick Benes

First aired

February 13, 2012

Episodes

36

Genres

Comedy

Network

Canal+

Status

Ended

TMDB score

6.1 / 10 from 15 votes