Be Home for Dinner

Hong Kong television series

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

	Week	Episodes	Average Points	Peaking Points	References
1	March 21–25, 2011	1 — 5	25	—	^[1]
2	March 28–31, 2011	6 — 9	21	—	^[2]
3	April 4–8, 2011	10 — 14	24	—	^[3]
4	April 11–15, 2011	15 — 19	23	—	^[4]
5	April 18–22, 2011	20 — 24	23	—	^[5]
6	April 25–28, 2011	25 — 28	23	—	^[6]
7	May 2–6, 2011	29 — 33	24	—	^[7]
8	May 9–13, 2011	34 — 38	24	—	^[8]
9	May 16–20, 2011	39 — 43	24	—	^[9]
10	May 23–27, 2011	44 — 48	24	—	^[10]
11	May 30 - June 3, 2011	49 — 53	24	—	^[11]
12	June 6–10, 2011	54 — 58	25	—	^[12]
13	June 13–17, 2011	59 — 63	24	—	^[13]
14	June 20–24, 2011	64 — 68	24	—	^[14]
15	June 27 - July 1, 2011	69 — 73	24	—	^[15]
16	July 4–8, 2011	74 — 78	25	—	^[16]
17	July 11–15, 2011	79 — 83	25	—	^[17]
18	July 18–22, 2011	84 — 88	24	—	^[18]
19	July 25–29, 2011	89 — 93	23	—	^[19]
20	August 1–5, 2011	94 — 98	23	—	^[20]
21	August 8–12, 2011	99 — 103	23	—	^[21]
22	August 15–19, 2011	104 — 108	24	—	^[22]
23	August 22–26, 2011	109 — 113	25	—	^[23]
24	August 29 - September 2, 2011	114 — 118	25	—	^[24]
25	September 5–9, 2011	119 — 123	26	—	^[25]
26	September 12–16, 2011	124 — 128	24	—	^[26]
27	September 19–23, 2011	129 — 133	25	—	^[27]
28	September 26–30, 2011	134 — 138	27	—	^[28]
29	October 4–7, 2011	139 — 142	25	—	^[29]
30	October 10–14, 2011	143 — 147	25	—	^[30]
31	October 17–21, 2011	148 — 152	25	—	^[31]
32	October 24–28, 2011	153 — 158	27	—	^[32]
32	October 30, 2011	159 — 160	27	29	^[33]