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Magic Chef | |
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伙頭智多星 | |
Genre | Comedy drama |
Written by | Mark Wu Lau Man-wai Cheung Yin-wah Shum Sek-yin |
Directed by | Poon Man-kit Tam Long-cheong Lee Ping-kwong Tsui Wai-hong |
Starring | Gallen Lo Francis Ng Dicky Cheung Andy Hui |
Theme music composer | Chan Kwong-wing |
Opening theme | Toying With Life (玩玩世) by Dicky Cheung |
Ending theme | Open Mouth (開口) by Gallen Lo |
Composers | Duck Lau Ken Chan |
Country of origin | Hong Kong |
Original language | Cantonese |
No. of episodes | 30 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Daneil Lam Huang Jing Stephen Shiu Jr. |
Producers | Poon Man-kit Stephen Shiu Jr. |
Production locations | Hong Kong Shenzhen, China |
Cinematography | Suen Chun-chiu Wong Sek-wah Yeung Choi-loi Yeung Fat-leung |
Editor | Kwan Yiu-hung |
Camera setup | Multi camera |
Production companies | Universe (China) Development Beijing Top Times Entertainment Investment Guangzhou City Ying Ming Culture Communication One Dollar Production |
Release | |
Original network | TVB Jade |
Original release | 7 July – 17 August 2005 |
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Traditional Chinese | 伙頭智多星 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 伙头智多星 | ||||||||||
Literal meaning | "The Mastermind Head Chef" | ||||||||||
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