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 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 — Week 15 Ratings 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 — Week 28 Ratings 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
References
External links TVB.com Be Home for Dinner - Official Website K-TVB.net