Gourmet Detective

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Gourmet Detective
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Genre Mystery
Based onthe book series
by Peter King
Written byBecky Southwell
Dylan Neal
Dawn DeKeyser
Directed by Scott Smith
Terry Ingram
Mark Jean
Starring Dylan Neal
Brooke Burns
Music byJames Jandrisch
Jeff Tymoschuk
Country of originUnited States
Canada
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes5
Production
Executive producersBecky Southwell
Dylan Neal
Michael Prupas
Steve Valentine
Joel S. Rice
ProducersHarvey Kahn
Charles Cooper
Running time83–84 minutes
Production company Muse Entertainment
Original release
Network Hallmark Movies & Mysteries
ReleaseMay 16, 2015 (2015-05-16) –
January 2020 (2020-01)

Gourmet Detective [1] is an American-Canadian series of made-for-television mystery films based on a book series of the same name from author Peter King [2] that stars Dylan Neal [3] [4] as Henry Ross, a chef turned culinary sleuth and Brooke Burns [5] [6] as Detective Maggie Price. Set in San Francisco, it airs on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries in the US.

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Cast

Characters in each film
CharacterTitle
Gourmet DetectiveA Healthy Place to DieDeath Al DenteEat, Drink and be BuriedRoux the Day
Henry Ross Dylan Neal
Det. Maggie Price Brooke Burns
MunroMatthew Kevin Anderson
BaileyMarc SeniorAlex Barima
Capt. Forsyth Samantha Ferris
AbigailAli Skovbye
Doris Christine Willes —
Lucy Shannon Chan-Kent — Shannon Chan-Kent —
Dr. Erica NolanBrenda CrichlowLossen Chambers
Jim Ross— Bruce Boxleitner

Production and filming

The series is filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, with production based in Victoria on Vancouver Island. [7] The first film in the series featured the English Inn in Esquimalt as a five-star restaurant. [8] Scenes from the fourth film in the series, Eat, Drink and Be Buried were filmed in Oak Bay and near Trafalgar Park. [9] [10]

Films

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
1"Gourmet Detective" Scott Smith Becky Southwell, Dylan Neal May 16, 2015 (2015-05-16) [11]

Maggie Price is a tough workaholic detective with the San Francisco Police Department and works in the homicide division. Recently divorced, she lives with her mother and thirteen-year-old daughter Abigail. A casual date turns into an encounter with the gourmet detective Henry Ross, who portrays himself as a charming and confident man with a refined taste for food. They are thrown together when an investigative journalist dies at a restaurant owned by Henry's friend. All guests are suspects, including Henry, but he is paired up with Detective Maggie Price because he knows everyone and everything about the food industry in town.

2"Gourmet Detective: A Healthy Place to Die"Scott Smith Dawn DeKeyser, Becky Southwell, Dylan NealAugust 2, 2015 (2015-08-02) [12]

Forced to take a vacation, Detective Maggie Price reluctantly accompanies Henry to a spa resort where Henry and other chefs are presenting their work at a conference. Henry meets journalist Kathleen Evans who has something to tell him but she goes missing the same night. Henry and Maggie must work quietly to catch the unsuspecting culprit as secrets, affairs, and scandals emerge.

3"Gourmet Detective: Death Al Dente"Terry IngramBecky Southwell, Dylan NealOctober 9, 2016 (2016-10-09) [13]

Henry's friend and restaurateur Leo owns the hottest Italian restaurant in town but it is evident he doesn't get along with his star head chef Matteo. After a break-in at the restaurant, Leo ends up dead with Henry and Maggie working the case. Tensions between them increase as their exes reappear. Both are forced to question their feelings for each other while the case leads them to Leo's family treasure.

4"Gourmet Detective: Eat, Drink, and Be Buried"Mark JeanBecky Southwell, Dylan NealOctober 8, 2017 (2017-10-08) [14]

Henry and Maggie have been together for three months now. They attend a wealthy businessman and Henry's friend, David Weston's birthday party where Henry is catering food. During an enactment of a scene from the eighteenth century, a fake gun ends up killing one of David's four children. It is up to Henry and Maggie to find the killer as it gets likelier that they may be a family member, and that other family members may also be in danger. Meanwhile, Henry's father drops in, forcing Henry to face more awkward memories such as the death of his mother and his issues with celebrating his birthday.

5"Gourmet Detective: Roux the Day"Mark JeanDylan Neal, Becky SouthwellJanuary 19, 2020 (2020-01-19) [15]

Henry is hired to authenticate and purchase a long lost and very valuable recipe book. Soon Henry and Maggie find themselves in a murder mystery where secrets hidden within the treasured book have dire consequences for all who own it.

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