Talia in the Kitchen | |
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Genre | Sitcom Teen comedy Telenovela |
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Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 20 (list of episodes) |
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Executive producer(s) |
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Producer(s) | Maria A Mavares |
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Running time | 25 minutes |
Production company(s) | Cinemat |
Distributor | Nickelodeon |
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Original channel | Nickelodeon |
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Audio format | Stereo |
Original release | July 6, 2015 | – present
Chronology | |
Related shows | Toni, la Chef |
External links | |
Official website |
Talia in the Kitchen is an American telenovela-formatted teen sitcom that premiered on Nickelodeon on July 6, 2015. It is an adaptation of the Nickelodeon Latin American telenovela, Toni, la Chef, and is created by Mariela Romero & Catharina Ledeboer, the same writers who made Every Witch Way & WITS Academy.
On March 4, 2015, Nickelodeon ordered 40 episodes for the series.;[1] The first 20 episodes comprise the first season, and the next 20 episodes make up the second season. The second season will premiere on November 25th, 2015.
Contents
Plot
When 14-year-old Talia visits her grandmother for the summer and starts spending time in her family's restaurant, she discovers she's got a gift. With the help of her special "salt and pepper sense" and her late father's magical spices, Talia can whip up some truly life changing cuisine and cook just what each customer needs. She's making magic in the kitchen.
Cast and characters
- Talia Parra (Maria Quezada)
The main protagonist of the series. She is a smart girl and she loves everything. She is fond in cooking and is ready to help Lola's. She doesn't like the Fuccinelli's due to their rival after them closing Lola's. Talia doesn't like what they did and she doesn't know at the start. Even though she doesn't like the Fuccinelli's, she likes Tyson Fuccinelli an owner of the Fuccinelli's Restaurant. Talia finds the special spices her dad has been hiding from her after a long time. The spices change people's emotions. She loves doing that and her two best friends are Rudy Rosales & Valerie Landry.
- Rudy Rosales (Joshua Hoffman)
Talia's best friend. He is great at fixing things such as put Mexican music which everybody hates in Miami and he can make Mexican into Punk Rock just for Talia. They are very close friends. At first, Talia didn't like Rudy becuause he would be every other typical guy but they developed feelings in Sugar Rush. Rudy is great friends with Valerie too and doesn't like the Fuccinelli's as much as Lola's.
- Valerie Landry (Ellis Ann Jackson)
Talia's friend. She is very kind and sweet but she is very scared to commit any crimes. She confesses a lot because she wants to tell the truth. She also doesn't like getting into trouble due to her parents grounding her or something like that. Valerie tries to be in her good side and bad side but it has to work. She is great friends with Talia Parra & Rudy Rosales.
- Deborah "Debbie" Fuccinelli (Gail Soltys)
The main antagonist of the series. Even though she wants to succeed with her family's business, Debbie doesn't want her twin brother to know that her and Frenchy have been sabotaging Lola's. She is slightly in confident in her abilities and tends to overcompensate. Its obvious that she cares very much for her family and will do anything to be an amazing chef like her cousin says she is. Debbie may be astonishingly beautiful, well-liked, and whip-smart, she is unable to handle the fact there is someone out there who can actually match one of her many skills. The skill being cooking. The someone being Talia.
- Federico "Frenchie" Fuccinelli (Miguel Luciano)
The head chef of the Fuccinelli's Restaurant and doesn't want to make the business fall if Lola's reopened from Talia. Frenchmen is very strict and wants everything perfect. He is even a bigger enemy to them because he ripped posters down and he is not a nice guy to be around. He is sworn enemies with Lola's and tries to close it again but will Talia's spices open it for the years.
- Tyson Fuccinelli (Liam Obergfoll)
He couldn't be any more different from his twin sister, Debbie. He's charming, polite and a little bit clueless, but he's got a good heart. He's a total heartthrob, awesome athlete and thanks to his killer smile, Talia's new crush.
- Julie Parra (Galilea La Salvia)
She is the incomer of Lola's. She and her sister, Talia, moved to Miami for the summer. She is smart, creative, gifted, taleneted, and helpful! After moving to Miami to live with her grandma for the summer, she helps jump-start a mission to save her family’s restaurant, Lola's. She's a talented chef with a passion for fixing things such as the sign of Lola's and making the stove hotter.
- Dolores Parra (Jeannette Lehr)
She is a sweet lady who wants to share her taste in culunary arts. She taught her granddaughter, Talia how to cook and she was the owner of Lola's but it was closed down by the Fuccinelli's. She is encourages her granddaughter to step in and be the best.
- Rocky Palroso (Ethan Estrada)
He is a 12 year old boy that Julie Parra meets at the community center. He has helped Talia, Julie, Rudy, and Valerie many times (most likely because has a crush on Julie), always stating that "he knows a guy."
Episodes
Season 1 (2015)
No. in series |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date[2] | Production code[3] |
U.S. viewers (in millions) |
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1 | "And Spice Makes Nice" | Clayton Boen | Catharina Ledeboer | July 6, 2015 | 101 | 0.96[4] |
The series begins with Talia cooking up a storm and listening to music. She gets a text from her grandmother, Dolores, who is excited that she and her younger sister Julie are going to be staying with her for a month. Eventually she gets interrupted by her Aunt Tilly, making a mess in the process. The next morning she has to clean up the kitchen, when Julie comes in. They talk for a bit and it is revealed that both their mother and father died. Later, Tilly drops the two off at Dolores', where Talia discovers that her family restaurant, Lola's, has been shut down. Dolores promises to explain everything later, and they go inside. Across the street are Debbie and her cousin Federico, nicknamed Frenchie, who are worried that Talia will reopen Lola's as their family owns Fuccinelli's Restaurant. Once in their house, their neighbor Rudy Rosales introduces himself and proceeds to try to show off to Talia by carrying her bags. Dolores shows Talia and Julie their room and lets Rudy show Talia around. They try to break into Lola's, but it's blocked off, so Rudy goes to check out the back entrance. Valerie Landry goes up to Talia and hugs her, reminding her about how they used to play together when they were kids. Rudy takes them around back where Talia picks the lock and they go in. They reach the back room where Talia finds her dad's old spices hidden in the walls. She shoves them in her bag, but gets in trouble with Dolores as Valerie got her for "help" because she was scared. The next day, she blames Dolores for her breaking into the restaurant because she still hasn't told her what happened. Dolores gives her and Julie breakfast, where they have to act like it's edible. That day they go to the community center to sign up for classes. Rudy is there and is helping Talia when she sees Tyson Fuccinelli come in. Debbie arrives and is putting up a poster for a cooking class Frenchie is teaching, and Talia decides to sign up. When she approaches Debbie, she doesn't get a warm welcome. While signing up, Debbie bashes her and Dolores from a few feet away, which angers Talia so much she takes Rudy's drinks and dumps them on Debbie's head. Later, she and Rudy are waiting in her living room for Dolores to come home after her meeting about Talia. Surprisingly, she is not banned from the community center, but Dolores wants her to apologize. Talia uses her father's spices to make a treat and goes into the Fuccinelli's kitchen. She gets annoyed when Debbie insults her, so she puts her food down and leaves. Tyson goes after her. Frenchie and Debbie try out Talia's food, and unbeknownst to anyone, the spices cause them to like her for the time being and regret what they did to Lola's. | ||||||
2 | "Sugar Rush" | Clayton Boen | Catharina Ledeboer | July 7, 2015 | 102 | 0.94[5] |
After the Parras discover that the Fuccinellis were responsible for closing Lola's, the feud between the two families grow. | ||||||
3 | "Don't Cry over Spilt Tres Leches" | Clayton Boen | Catharina Ledeboer | July 8, 2015 | 103 | 0.96[6] |
To advertise Lola's, Rudy puts up posters at the community center to attract people, but Frenchie takes them down afterwards. Talia is used as bait to distract Dolores as the posters are getting set up. Julie gets some help from Rocky, a famous student from Miami. | ||||||
4 | "It's Raining Spices" | Clayton Boen | Catharina Ledeboer | July 9, 2015 | 104 | 1.06[7] |
Things do not go as planned during Lola's unofficial opening, as the food gets the customers in an overexcited mood. | ||||||
5 | "A Cat Named Bechamel" | Clayton Boen | Catharina Ledeboer | July 10, 2015 | 105 | 0.94[8] |
When she learns that if Lola's closes again, the building will be lost, Dolores keeps this a big secret from Talia. Rudy takes interest in Talia by developing a crush on her. | ||||||
6 | "Fowl Play" | Clayton Boen | Catharina Ledeboer | July 13, 2015 | 106 | 1.10[9] |
Lola's is in danger of being shut down again after the Fuccinelli's latest prank featuring chickens. Tyson tries to make amends with Talia and her friends. | ||||||
7 | "Every Witch Lola's" | Clayton Boen | Catharina Ledeboer | July 14, 2015 | 107 | 1.12[11] |
While Emma Alonso tries to restore Daniel Miller's memory at Lola's, Talia soon bonds with Daniel and prepares a special dish for him that may be just the trick. Note: This is a crossover with Every Witch Way, precedded by their episode "Lunch at Lola's".[10] |
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8 | "Spice-o-Matic" | Clayton Boen | Catharina Ledeboer | July 15, 2015 | 108 | 1.16[12] |
When Talia discovers that the spices are magic, she learns more about them. | ||||||
9 | "The Open to End All Opens" | Clayton Boen | Catharina Ledeboer | July 17, 2015 | 109 | 0.98[13] |
Talia is trapped in the vents after pulling a prank on Fuccinelli's with superglue, and she is in danger of missing Lola's grand reopening. Frenchie deals with the aftermath of Talia's prank | ||||||
10-11 | "Spice Me Up" | Clayton Boen | Catharina Ledeboer | July 20, 2015 | 110-111 | 0.66 (110) 0.62 (111)[14] |
Talia cooks food for herself using the spices. Meanwhile, Tyson soon asks Talia to go out on a date, and Frenchie finds out that Talia was responsible for sabotaging Fuccinelli's. Note: This is a one-hour episode. |
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12 | "The Last Enchilada" | Clayton Boen | Catharina Ledeboer | July 21, 2015 | 112 | 0.93[15] |
Frenchie goes over to Lola's to show Talia, Tyson, Rudy, Julie, Valerie, Dolores, and Rocky the video footage of Talia gluing kitchen appliances down in Fuccinelli's kitchen. Tyson, Rudy, Julie, Valerie, Dolores, and Rocky are all disappointed Talia would stoop so low to pull the prank that she did in Fuccinelli's kitchen. Talia feels the aftermath of being caught doing the prank, and wants to earn Frenchie, Dolores, and Julie's forgiveness back. | ||||||
13 | "Cupcake Wars" | Clayton Boen | Catharina Ledeboer | July 22, 2015 | 113 | 0.74[16] |
Talia bakes special cupcakes with the spices to earn Frenchie's forgiveness, and Frenchie eats one, but Tyson eats a cupcake as well, his niceness making his soccer team to loose and his friend Chris upset. | ||||||
14 | "The Spoon" | Clayton Boen | Catharina Ledeboer | July 23, 2015 | 114 | 0.83[17] |
The Spoon food critic eats at Lola's. Meanwhile, the reactions Talia's food gets arouse suspicion in Debbie and Frenchie. | ||||||
15 | "Skunk-en Souffle" | Clayton Boen | Catharina Ledeboer | July 24, 2015 | 115 | 1.06[18] |
Dolores reveals the spices' dangerous effects to Talia. Elsewhere, Debbie gets to run Fuccinelli's kitchen for one night. | ||||||
16 | "Prote-Spice" | Clayton Boen | Catharina Ledeboer | July 27, 2015 | 116 | 0.84[19] |
Talia and the gang search for Julie when she hides from Aunt Tilly. | ||||||
17 | "Spice Lesson" | Clayton Boen | Catharina Ledeboer | July 28, 2015 | 117 | 0.79[20] |
Dolores wants Talia to return the magic spices because she thinks it's not right to control others. | ||||||
18 | "Go Bake or Go Home" | Clayton Boen | Catharina Ledeboer | July 29, 2015 | 118 | 1.19[21] |
Aunt Tilly arrives to bring Talia and Julie back to Boston. Meanwhile, Will makes spaghetti with some of his own spices, which were magic like Talia's. Frenchie eats it, which puts him under Will's control; when Frenchie hears the word "snap," he will go steal Talia's spices for Will, and when he hears the word "meltdown," he will forget everything that happened. | ||||||
19-20 | "Spice Heist" | Clayton Boen | Catharina Ledeboer | July 30, 2015 | 119-120 | 1.12 (119) 0.95 (120)[22] |
Dolores allows Talia to use the spices in her food to make Aunt Tilly leave Miami without her and Julie. Talia and Tyson almost share their first kiss, but they are distracted by Dolores throwing water on them. Before the Golden Ladle cooking competition, Will comes to Frenchie and says, "Snap"; this word sends Frenchie to Lola's to steal the magic spices. Talia and Debbie compete in the Golden Ladle against many chefs until they compete against each other the next day. Debbie, however, wins because Talia did not have the main ingredient for the dish, but despite this, Talia is still told by Chef Lorena Garcia about her good cooking. Immediately after, the lights malfunction, and it is announced that a big hurricane is coming towards Miami. Everyone shelters in the community center, but soon, when Dolores quickly leaves, Talia goes to Lola's to fetch her sister's pet skunk Priscilla. Dolores returns and thinks Talia is lost. Tyson goes out to find Talia, but Debbie tries to get him to stop, and he won't, so Debbie calls the name of Frenchie, who tackles Tyson and drags him away from the exit. Talia reaches Lola's, but she soon has an encounter with Will, who is there to get the magic spices. At the end of the season, Talia is trapped in Lola's by the hurricane. |
Season 2 (2015)
No. in series |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date[2] | Production code[3] |
U.S. viewers (in millions) |
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21 | November 25, 2015 | 201 | ||||
22 | November 30, 2015 | 202 | ||||
23 | December 1, 2015 | 203 | ||||
24 | December 2, 2015 | 204 | ||||
25 | December 3, 2015 | 205 |
Broadcast
Talia in the Kitchen made its global debut on Nickelodeon in the United States on July 6, 2015, right after the premiere of the fourth and final season of Every Witch Way.[23] In Canada, the series premiered on September 7, 2015 on YTV.[24]
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