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| The Kitchen Musical | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Musical drama |
| Directed by | Chee Kong Cheah (CheeK) |
| Starring | Stephen Rahman Hughes Karylle Tatlonghari Christian Bautista Arthur Acuña Rosemary Vandenbroucke |
| Voices of | Karylle Tatlonghari |
| Narrated by | Karylle Tatlonghari |
| Theme music composer | Karylle Tatlonghari |
| Opening theme | "OMG", Karylle Tatlonghari |
| Ending theme | "OMG", Karylle Tatlonghari |
| Composer | Karylle Tatlonghari |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 13 [1] |
| Production | |
| Production location | Singapore |
| Running time | 1 hour |
| Production company | The Group Entertainment |
| Original release | |
| Network | AXN Asia (Southeast Asia) NTV7 (Malaysia) |
| Release | 7 October – 30 December 2011 |
The Kitchen Musical is a Singaporean musical restaurant drama television series.
The series premiered on Friday, 7 October 2011, and ended on Friday, 30 December 2011. It aired in 12 countries, three regions and two continents. These include East Asia, Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Philippines, Thailand, China, Hong Kong, Macau, Republic of China (Taiwan) and Australia (the only country from Oceania).
The show features a pool of actors, both veteran and new faces from around the region. There are 13 episodes, each lasting one hour long. The show centers on good food and wine, with each episode featuring re-arranged and re-recorded popular hits accompanied by dancing. Every episode features a different menu.
In Malaysia, it was broadcast on NTV7 on Friday at 11:00 MST (UTC+07:00).
The show began airing on Myx TV in the U.S. [2] but there are no reports if it will be available through the iTunes Store.
The show was renewed for a second season. [3] [4] Although it was said that the show was renewed for a second season, no new episode was aired since.
The story revolves around a rich young girl who goes to work at her father's famous restaurant, The Avilon, after graduating from the culinary school Le Cordon Bleu in Paris.
Some scenes in this drama were shot in Kuala Lumpur with co-production with NTV7. Some Kuala Lumpur scenes were also shot in Singapore.
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This series was somewhat criticized when it was first aired in Singapore.[ citation needed ]
The show received high viewership in Malaysia.[ citation needed ]
After the successful media launch of the series, Ben Silverman struck a deal with Singapore-based The Group Entertainment in association with Small World IFT to co-produce and bring the scripted musical drama to the United States. Silverman brought the BBC's The Office and Colombian telenovela Ugly Betty to the United States. [6] [7]