Love's Kitchen is a 2011 British romantic comedy film directed by James Hacking and starring Dougray Scott

Dougray Scott

-Early life:The son of Elma, a nurse, and Alan Scott, an actor and salesperson, Stephen Dougray Scott was born in Glenrothes, Fife and attended Auchmuty High School...

, Claire Forlani

Claire Forlani

Claire Antonia Forlani is an English actress.-Early life:Claire Forlani was born in Twickenham, London, the daughter of Barbara , who was English, and Pierluigi Forlani, a music manager from Ferrara, Italy. At the age of 11, Forlani entered the Arts Educational School in London, where she began to...

, and Michelle Ryan

Michelle Ryan

Michelle Claire Ryan is an English actress.She is best known for portraying the role of Zoe Slater on BBC soap opera EastEnders. In 2007, she starred in the short lived American television series Bionic Woman...

. After his wife is killed in a car accident a top London chef relocates to the countryside.

The film made its debut showing at the Kingussie Food on Film Festival in February 2011.

Cast

• Dougray Scott
  Dougray Scott
  -Early life:The son of Elma, a nurse, and Alan Scott, an actor and salesperson, Stephen Dougray Scott was born in Glenrothes, Fife and attended Auchmuty High School...
  
   - Rob Haley
• Claire Forlani
  Claire Forlani
  Claire Antonia Forlani is an English actress.-Early life:Claire Forlani was born in Twickenham, London, the daughter of Barbara , who was English, and Pierluigi Forlani, a music manager from Ferrara, Italy. At the age of 11, Forlani entered the Arts Educational School in London, where she began to...
  
   - Kate Templeton
• Michelle Ryan
  Michelle Ryan
  Michelle Claire Ryan is an English actress.She is best known for portraying the role of Zoe Slater on BBC soap opera EastEnders. In 2007, she starred in the short lived American television series Bionic Woman...
  
   - Shauna
• Simon Callow
  Simon Callow
  Simon Phillip Hugh Callow, CBE is an English actor, writer and theatre director. He is also currently a judge on Popstar to Operastar.-Early years:...
  
   - Guy Witherspoon
• Cherie Lunghi
  Cherie Lunghi
  Cherie M. Lunghi is an English film, television and theatre actress. She is probably best known for her role as Guinevere in the 1981 film Excalibur, as football manageress Gabriella Benson in the 1990s television series The Manageress and for starring in a series of adverts for Kenco coffee. She...
  
   - Margaret
• Gordon Ramsay
  Gordon Ramsay
  Gordon James Ramsay, OBE is a Scottish chef, television personality and restaurateur. He has been awarded 13 Michelin stars....
  
   - Himself
• Joshua Bowman
  Joshua Bowman
  Joshua Tobias Bowman is an English actor. In 2011 he was selected as one of the Stars of Tomorrow by Screen International. He stars as a series regular in the ABC series, Revenge.-Background:...
  
   - Roberto
• Peter Bowles
  Peter Bowles
  -Early life:Bowles was born in London, England, the son of Sarah Jane and Herbert Reginald Bowles. His father was a chauffeur and butler at a stately home in Warwickshire; but, upon the outbreak of World War II, he was seconded to work as an engineer at Rolls-Royce and moved the family to Nottingham...
  
   - Max Templeton
• Lee Boardman
  Lee Boardman
  Lee Boardman is an English actor and narrator.-Television:He is best known for playing Murray Priestman in Drop Dead Gorgeous as well as the drug dealer Jez Quigley in Coronation Street...
  
   - Loz
• Chris Wilson - Party Guest
• Adam Fogerty
  Adam Fogerty
  Adam Heywood Fogerty is an English boxer, rugby league player, and actor.-Career:Fogerty was born in Oldham, Lancashire. Fogerty's boxing career saw him facing a number of relatively underskilled opponents. He twice faced Paul Lister, with their first meeting in 1989 handing Fogerty his first and...
  
   - Terry
• Pip Torrens
  Pip Torrens
  Pip Torrens is an English actor.He was born in Bromley, Kent, England. He studied English Literature at Trinity College, Cambridge...
  
   - Health and Safety Official
• Caroline Langrishe
  Caroline Langrishe
  Caroline Langrishe is an English actress.In 1976, Langrishe appeared in the BBC production of The Glittering Prizes. In 1977 she played the role of Kitty in a BBC adaptation of Anna Karenina. Her first big part was in the 1978 British adaption of Les Misérables...
  
   - Liz
• Holly Gibbs
  Holly Gibbs
  Holly Gibbs is an English child actor known for having played in The Story of Tracy Beaker as Millie and Nanny McPhee as Christianna. She is the daughter of former actress Claire Toeman. She recently appeared in TEENSVILLE The show was about the Jewish Bar Mitzvah...
  
   - Michelle
• George Camiller - Brian
• Katrine De Candole - Francoise

Reception

The film was heavily criticised upon release by the British media (much of which was focused on Gordon Ramsay's involvement). It took £121 on its opening weekend (on 5 screens) in June 2011, comparing poorly with the same weekend's biggest opening film, Bridesmaids

Bridesmaids (2011 film)

Bridesmaids is a 2011 American romantic comedy film written by Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo, directed by Paul Feig and produced by Judd Apatow, Barry Mendel, and Clayton Townsend. The plot centers on Annie ....

, which took £3.44 million (on 482 screens), including previews of £1.03m.