In And Out Of The Kitchen
- TV sitcom
- BBC Four
- 2015
- 3 episodes (1 series)
Sitcom about a neurotic gay cookery writer, written by and starring Miles Jupp, based on his Radio 4 comedy of the same name. Also features Justin Edwards, Philip Fox, Brendan Dempsey, Selina Cadell and Shaquille Ali-Yebuah
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Radio Times review
Miles Jupp's comedy In and Out of the Kitchen is an occasional pleasure on Radio 4, where it works perfectly; it's a small, quiet, irresistibly intimate bourgeois sitcom centred on writer/creator Jupp's precious food writer Damien Trench and his easy-going boyfriend Anthony (Justin Edwards).
The translation to television in this brief (three-episode) series isn't particularly comfortable, maybe because the alchemy of some shows just works better on radio.
But never mind, it's always a pleasure to meet Trench, a self-absorbed foodie snob who's appalled by supermarkets, trendy restaurants and overly familiar waiters. As we join the Trench household, Damien is agonising about baking a cake for his builders and re-adjusting his principles to write a column for a "Waitburys" magazine. "I write it, they print it, no funny business," he instructs his agent.
Alison Graham, Radio Times, 11th March 2015TV review: In & Out Of The Kitchen, BBC4
Jupp is very good, always on the cusp of boiling over but usually managing to keep a lid on things.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 5th March 2015