The Cooks - Season 1 (2004)

Sexual longing for Gabe, and her passion for food combine in Ruth's dreams to produce a new salmon dish.

Dishpig is experiencing something of a meltdown. The combination of Ruth's rejection of his advances and Gabe stealing his girl has flushed out all his deepest insecurities.

Gabe and Raffa learn that Rosie is being ostracised by her friends because her mother is "crazy".

When, through the influence of Ruth's "tame" DJ, R&R begins to edge ahead of Snatch and Grab, Gabe and his team decide they need some publicity of their own.

A former mentor and, it turns out, lover of Rita's comes to town to conduct a cooking master class. This man, Rita assures everyone, is a food genius, and so R&R will host the class.

Gabe and Raffa go camping with Rosie but the idyllic family outing comes to a quick end when Gabe discovers Raffa has forgotten her medication.

R&R restaurant is raided by the Department of Immigration, and terrified of something going wrong, Carmelita brings forward the date of her wedding to Dishpig.

Two influential celebrities have chosen to dine at R&R on their wedding anniversary, and have asked Rita to prepare a special heart-shaped dessert for the occasion.

Carmelita and Dishpig prepare to face a series of interviews at the Immigration Department, in which they must prove the legitimacy of their marriage.

During the "Cooks of 2000" cooking school reunion, various relationships come to the boil, and in one long night of very hard partying, some decisions are made that will change lives forever.