Be Home for Dinner explained

Native Name:	誰家灶頭無煙火
Genre:	Modern Sitcom
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
Language:	Cantonese
Num Episodes:	158
Location:	Hong Kong
Camera:	Multi-camera
Runtime:	22 minutes (approx.)
Company:	TVB
Channel:	TVB Jade

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]
	October 30, 2011	159 — 160	27	29	^[33]

External links

• TVB.com Be Home for Dinner - Official Website
• K-TVB.net

Notes and References

1. http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Rating_Reports_21_03_2011_27_03_2011_t275355.html Week 1 Ratings
2. http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Ratings_Reports_28_03_2011_03_04_2011_t275784.html Week 2 Ratings
3. http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Rating_Reports_04_04_2011_10_04_2011_t278071.html Week 3 Ratings
4. http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Rating_Reports_11_04_2011_17_04_2011_31_complaints_t278550.html Week 4 Ratings
5. http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Rating_Reports_18_04_2011_24_04_201115_complaints_t279550.html Week 5 Ratings
6. http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Rating_Reports_25_04_2011_01_05_2011_t279977.html Week 6 Ratings
7. http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Rating_Reports_02_05_2011_08_05_2011ATV_Claims_having_t281878.html Week 7 Ratings
8. http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Rating_Reports_09_05_2011_15_05_2011_t283905.html Week 8 Ratings
9. http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Rating_Reports_16_05_2011_22_05_2011_t284536.html Week 9 Ratings
10. http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Rating_Reports_23_05_2011_29_05_2011_15_Complaints_t284887.html Week 10 Ratings
11. http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Ratings_Report_30_05_2011_05_06_2011_6_complaints_t285288.html Week 11 Ratings
12. http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Rating_Reports_06_06_2011_12_06_2011_18_complaints_t285570.html Week 12 Ratings
13. http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Rating_Reports_13_06_2011_19_06_2011_t285993.html Week 13 Ratings
14. http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Rating_Reports_20_06_2011_26_06_2011_t286816.html Week 14 Ratings
15. http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Rating_Reports_27_06_2011_03_06_2011_9_complaints_t289290.html Week 15 Ratings
16. http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Rating_Reports_04_07_2011_10_07_2011_8_complaints_t289594.html Week 16 Ratings
17. http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Ratings_Report_11_07_2011_17_07_2011_21_complaints_t289945.html Week 17 Ratings
18. http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Rating_Reports_18_07_2011_24_07_2011_19_complaints_t291092.html Week 18 Ratings
19. http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Rating_Reports_25_07_2011_31_07_2011_t292541.html Week 19 Ratings
20. http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Rating_Reports_01_08_2011_07_08_2011_t292882.html Week 20 Ratings
21. http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Rating_Reports_08_08_2011_14_08_2011_t294716.html Week 21 Ratings
22. http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Rating_Reports_15_08_2011_21_08_2011_t296361.html Week 22 Ratings
23. http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Rating_Reports_22_08_2011_28_08_2011_9_complaints_t296760.html Week 23 Ratings
24. http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Rating_Reports_29_08_2011_04_09_2011_t297674.html Week 24 Ratings
25. http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Rating_Reports_05_09_2011_11_09_2011_14_complaints_t298590.html Week 25 Ratings
26. http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Rating_Reports_12_09_2011_18_09_2011_t298970.html Week 26 Ratings
27. http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Rating_Reports_19_09_2011_25_09_2011_t299402.html Week 27 Ratings
28. http://hktvenews.wordpress.com/2011/10/03/tvb-rating-reports-26092011-02102011 Week 28 Ratings
29. http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Rating_Report_03_10_2011_09_10_2011_t299940.html Week 29 Ratings
30. http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Rating_Reports_10_10_2011_16_10_2011_t300789.html Week 30 Ratings
31. http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Rating_Reports_17_10_2011_23_10_2011_t301164.html Week 31 Ratings
32. http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Rating_Reports_24_10_2011_30_10_2011_t301537.html Week 32 Ratings
33. http://asianuniverse.net/forums/TVB_Rating_Reports_24_10_2011_30_10_2011_t301537.html Week 32 Ratings