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Maksim "Max" Lavrov wants to become a great chef. But he finds out that the kitchen isn't the place for an easy career. And at restaurant "Claude Monet," this job looks to be harder and much more complicated than just cooking.
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The Kitchen premiered October 22, 2012. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Maksim "Max" Lavrov wants to become a great chef. But he finds out that the kitchen isn't the place for an easy career. And at restaurant "Claude Monet," this job looks to be harder and much more complicated than just cooking.
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Episode 1
Max starts working as a waiter. Nagiyev decides that it's time for the restaurant to keep up with the times, and is looking for a new chef - a specialist in molecular cuisine. As a result, Viktor Barinov's eldest daughter, Katya, becomes him. Nastya doesn't dare to tell her father that she's pregnant. Max is trying to ask Vika out on a date by any means...
Where to watch The KitchenEpisode 2
Max and Ilya argued: who will pick up the most tips per shift. Meanwhile, a commotion is happening in the kitchen: Senya and Fedya play a trick on Katya, taking her clothes from her. Katya decides to take revenge on them: she prepared a molecular dish with mutton manure. Nagiyev, not suspecting anything, tries the dish, and he likes it. Meanwhile, Nastya can't help herself and eats meat. Nagiyev fires Sasha because of Ilya.
Where to watch The KitchenEpisode 3
Maxim had a conflict with a client who turned out to be the prefect's wife. And now Maxim and Vika have to apologize to her. Meanwhile, in the kitchen, Katya actively mess in the team. The boss doesn't like it, and he decides to prevent it...
Where to watch The KitchenEpisode 4
Elena gave the boss an elephant, which brings good luck, and now the boss is lucky everywhere! Nagiyev eventually divorced Kristina, and now he has a reason to raise everyone's salary and himself. Ilya falls under the hot hand and the changeable mood of Nagiyev, who fires him. Ilya decides to take revenge on Nagiyev, but the boss, Max and Katya also suffer from it. Max is trying to get closer to Vika again.
Where to watch The KitchenEpisode 5
Nagiyev tries to win Vicky's favor, but Max is getting jealous. Senya is caught stealing, and not for the first time. Katya is going to leave the restaurant, but she can stay on one condition: if the chef makes her a sous-chef of molecular cuisine. Will the boss adme this condition?
Where to watch The KitchenEpisode 6
Max is suffering because of Vicky. Nagiyev and his ex-wife Kristina are fighting for the restaurant, trying to find out which of them is the full owner. They want to organize events on the same day in secret from each other. The boss is trying to please both of them...
Where to watch The KitchenEpisode 7
Max realizes that he is losing Vika and tries to come up with the perfect plan to get her back, but every plan ends sadly. The main problem is Nagiyev. Kostya and Nastya are arguing about the name of their future baby...
Where to watch The KitchenEpisode 8
Elena calls the boss to a meeting with her friends, and the boss has football - Spartak-CSKA. The boss tries to get to the TV by any means, but in the end he is defeated. Because of Nagiyev, Max is working in the kitchen again... though, as a janitor. Maxim is going to quit, but soon he becomes a cook again...
Where to watch The KitchenEpisode 9
Kostya got a second job, but hides it from Nastya, since he works for her father. The boss goes on a singe and drags Max behind him...
Where to watch The KitchenEpisode 10
Lova, with the help of Max, is trying to arrange a date with Katya. The boss argues with Nagiyev that he can find himself a woman in one day...
Where to watch The KitchenEpisode 11
An old friend of the chef and the curator of the academy, from which Katya was expelled, comes to the restaurant. Because of this, Max becomes a victim of Katina's lies about pregnancy. The boss thinks Nagiyev wants to fire him...
Where to watch The KitchenEpisode 12
Grandfather Kirill is the main enemy of the restaurant and tries to take revenge on the workers all the time. The persuasions of Nagiyev and the chief do not work. Soon grandfather Kirill dies. Vika moves from her apartment to Nagiyev and leaves the keys to Nastya, who gives them to Max...
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Is Nagiyev ready for a serious relationship with Vika, and Vika with Nagiyev? Who smashed the bar in Claude Monet? What happened that night between Max and Katya?
Where to watch The KitchenEpisode 14
The boss doesn't like Katya's new boyfriend, and he tries to get rid of him with money. Max has a conflict with the Caucasians. Katya gets into an accident on a motorcycle.
Where to watch The KitchenEpisode 15
Nagiyev needs to learn how to cook urgently. Vika quits the restaurant, and Max uses his chance to get her back.
Where to watch The KitchenEpisode 16
There's a poltergeist in the kitchen! Max is trying to come up with his own dish. Nagiyev appoints Kristina as the art director of the restaurant, but it was an extremely rash decision on his part.
Where to watch The KitchenEpisode 17
Nagiyev is thinking about selling the restaurant. Max realizes that Katya likes it and begins to rejoice at it until Vika returns to the restaurant...
Where to watch The KitchenEpisode 18
Vika sets new rules for all kitchen staff. The boss gets angry, but then changes his position. Max is trying to explain himself to Katya and talk to Vika.
Where to watch The KitchenEpisode 19
Andrei Mikhailovich, the new owner of the restaurant, saw Rodion Sergeevich in the backyard of the restaurant and wants to hand him over to the police. In a hurry, the chief says that Rodion Sergeevich is his future employee, and takes him to his kitchen. There it turns out that Rodion Sergeevich is a famous businessman who disappeared 3 years ago. Max starts a new relationship with Vika, until Katya quits the kitchen...
Where to watch The KitchenEpisode 20
Maxim pretends to have lost his memory to start a relationship with Vika. Soon his plan is revealed... Nastya's fights start at the wedding. Nagiyev buys the restaurant with the help of Rodion Sergeevich...
Where to watch The KitchenEpisode information updated Sep 19, 2026
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