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Be Home for Dinner

{{Short description|Hong Kong television series}}

{{Infobox television

| native_name = 誰家灶頭無煙火

| image = BeHomeforDinner.jpg

| caption = Official poster

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| genre = Modern Sitcom

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| starring = Elliot Ngok
Jason Chan
Kristal Tin
Stephen Au
Yvonne Lam
Helen Ma
Queenie Chu
Océane Zhu
Becky Lee
Matt Yeung
Dickson Lee
Katy Kung

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| language = Cantonese

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| num_episodes = 158

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| location = Hong Kong

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| camera = Multi-camera

| runtime = 22 minutes (approx.)

| company = TVB

| channel = TVB Jade

| first_aired = {{Start date|2011|03|21|df=y}}

| last_aired = {{End date|2011|10|30|df=y}}

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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

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! Episodes

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! Peaking Points

! References

1

|style="text-align:left;"| March 21–25, 2011

| 1 — 5

| 25

| —

| {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110401151035/http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Rating_Reports_21_03_2011_27_03_2011_t275355.html Week 1 Ratings]}}

2

|style="text-align:left;"| March 28–31, 2011

| 6 — 9

| 21

| —

| {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110408164813/http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Ratings_Reports_28_03_2011_03_04_2011_t275784.html Week 2 Ratings]}}

3

|style="text-align:left;"| April 4–8, 2011

| 10 — 14

| 24

| —

| {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110415003713/http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Rating_Reports_04_04_2011_10_04_2011_t278071.html Week 3 Ratings]}}

4

|style="text-align:left;"| April 11–15, 2011

| 15 — 19

| 23

| —

| {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120327091905/http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Rating_Reports_11_04_2011_17_04_2011_31_complaints_t278550.html Week 4 Ratings]}}

5

|style="text-align:left;"| April 18–22, 2011

| 20 — 24

| 23

| —

| {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110429041029/http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Rating_Reports_18_04_2011_24_04_201115_complaints_t279550.html Week 5 Ratings]}}

6

|style="text-align:left;"| April 25–28, 2011

| 25 — 28

| 23

| —

| {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110506045926/http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Rating_Reports_25_04_2011_01_05_2011_t279977.html Week 6 Ratings]}}

7

|style="text-align:left;"| May 2–6, 2011

| 29 — 33

| 24

| —

| {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110513084229/http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Rating_Reports_02_05_2011_08_05_2011ATV_Claims_having_t281878.html Week 7 Ratings]}}

8

|style="text-align:left;"| May 9–13, 2011

| 34 — 38

| 24

| —

| {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110522072555/http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Rating_Reports_09_05_2011_15_05_2011_t283905.html Week 8 Ratings]}}

9

|style="text-align:left;"| May 16–20, 2011

| 39 — 43

| 24

| —

| {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120327091955/http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Rating_Reports_16_05_2011_22_05_2011_t284536.html Week 9 Ratings]}}

10

|style="text-align:left;"| May 23–27, 2011

| 44 — 48

| 24

| —

| {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110602023455/http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Rating_Reports_23_05_2011_29_05_2011_15_Complaints_t284887.html Week 10 Ratings]}}

11

|style="text-align:left;"| May 30 - June 3, 2011

| 49 — 53

| 24

| —

| {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110614135037/http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Ratings_Report_30_05_2011_05_06_2011_6_complaints_t285288.html Week 11 Ratings]}}

12

|style="text-align:left;"| June 6–10, 2011

| 54 — 58

| 25

| —

| {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110617085922/http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Rating_Reports_06_06_2011_12_06_2011_18_complaints_t285570.html Week 12 Ratings]}}

13

|style="text-align:left;"| June 13–17, 2011

| 59 — 63

| 24

| —

| {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110624042434/http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Rating_Reports_13_06_2011_19_06_2011_t285993.html Week 13 Ratings]}}

14

|style="text-align:left;"| June 20–24, 2011

| 64 — 68

| 24

| —

| {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110701165247/http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Rating_Reports_20_06_2011_26_06_2011_t286816.html Week 14 Ratings]}}

15

|style="text-align:left;"| June 27 - July 1, 2011

| 69 — 73

| 24

| —

| [http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Rating_Reports_27_06_2011_03_06_2011_9_complaints_t289290.html Week 15 Ratings]{{dead link|date=December 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

16

|style="text-align:left;"| July 4–8, 2011

| 74 — 78

| 25

| —

| {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120915094702/http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Rating_Reports_04_07_2011_10_07_2011_8_complaints_t289594.html Week 16 Ratings]}}

17

|style="text-align:left;"| July 11–15, 2011

| 79 — 83

| 25

| —

| {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110722152919/http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Ratings_Report_11_07_2011_17_07_2011_21_complaints_t289945.html Week 17 Ratings]}}

18

|style="text-align:left;"| July 18–22, 2011

| 84 — 88

| 24

| —

| {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121001000928/http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Rating_Reports_18_07_2011_24_07_2011_19_complaints_t291092.html Week 18 Ratings]}}

19

|style="text-align:left;"| July 25–29, 2011

| 89 — 93

| 23

| —

| {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121001000937/http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Rating_Reports_25_07_2011_31_07_2011_t292541.html Week 19 Ratings]}}

20

|style="text-align:left;"| August 1–5, 2011

| 94 — 98

| 23

| —

| {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121001001006/http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Rating_Reports_01_08_2011_07_08_2011_t292882.html Week 20 Ratings]}}

21

|style="text-align:left;"| August 8–12, 2011

| 99 — 103

| 23

| —

| {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121001001013/http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Rating_Reports_08_08_2011_14_08_2011_t294716.html Week 21 Ratings]}}

22

|style="text-align:left;"| August 15–19, 2011

| 104 — 108

| 24

| —

| {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121001001018/http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Rating_Reports_15_08_2011_21_08_2011_t296361.html Week 22 Ratings]}}

23

|style="text-align:left;"| August 22–26, 2011

| 109 — 113

| 25

| —

| {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121001001025/http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Rating_Reports_22_08_2011_28_08_2011_9_complaints_t296760.html Week 23 Ratings]}}

24

|style="text-align:left;"| August 29 - September 2, 2011

| 114 — 118

| 25

| —

| {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121001001033/http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Rating_Reports_29_08_2011_04_09_2011_t297674.html Week 24 Ratings]}}

25

|style="text-align:left;"| September 5–9, 2011

| 119 — 123

| 26

| —

| {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121001001052/http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Rating_Reports_05_09_2011_11_09_2011_14_complaints_t298590.html Week 25 Ratings]}}

26

|style="text-align:left;"| September 12–16, 2011

| 124 — 128

| 24

| —

| {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110926145302/http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Rating_Reports_12_09_2011_18_09_2011_t298970.html Week 26 Ratings]}}

27

|style="text-align:left;"| September 19–23, 2011

| 129 — 133

| 25

| —

| {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20111011162208/http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Rating_Reports_19_09_2011_25_09_2011_t299402.html Week 27 Ratings]}}

28

|style="text-align:left;"| September 26–30, 2011

| 134 — 138

| 27

| —

| [http://hktvenews.wordpress.com/2011/10/03/tvb-rating-reports-26092011-02102011 Week 28 Ratings] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303162242/http://hktvenews.wordpress.com/2011/10/03/tvb-rating-reports-26092011-02102011/ |date=2012-03-03 }}

29

|style="text-align:left;"| October 4–7, 2011

| 139 — 142

| 25

| —

| {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20111011130713/http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Rating_Report_03_10_2011_09_10_2011_t299940.html Week 29 Ratings]}}

30

|style="text-align:left;"| October 10–14, 2011

| 143 — 147

| 25

| —

| {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304044508/http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Rating_Reports_10_10_2011_16_10_2011_t300789.html Week 30 Ratings]}}

31

|style="text-align:left;"| October 17–21, 2011

| 148 — 152

| 25

| —

| {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160303230840/http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Rating_Reports_17_10_2011_23_10_2011_t301164.html Week 31 Ratings]}}

rowspan=2| 32

|style="text-align:left;"| October 24–28, 2011

| 153 — 158

| 27

| —

| {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304003009/http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Rating_Reports_24_10_2011_30_10_2011_t301537.html Week 32 Ratings]}}

style="text-align:left;"| October 30, 2011

| 159 — 160

| 27

| 29

| {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304003009/http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Rating_Reports_24_10_2011_30_10_2011_t301537.html Week 32 Ratings]}}

References

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External links

  • [http://programme.tvb.com/drama/behomefordinner TVB.com] Be Home for Dinner - Official Website {{in lang|zh}}
  • [http://k-tvb.net/tvb-general-sorted/#comment-177967 K-TVB.net]

Category:TVB dramas

Category:2011 Hong Kong television series debuts

Category:2011 Hong Kong television series endings

Category:Television series about journalism