Temptation was an Australia

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n telemovie which screened on Network Ten

Network Ten

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 in 2003, starring Colin Friels

Colin Friels

-Background and training:Friels was born in Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland. His mother was a mill worker and his father a joiner. He lived in Kilbirnie until 1963, when his family moved to Australia, arriving in Darwin, Northern Territory before settling in the Melbourne suburb of Broadmeadows...

 as Roberto Francobelli. It was a co-production with subscription television and screened on the UKTV

UKTV

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 channel on Foxtel

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. It was produced by Penny Chapman

Penny Chapman

Penny Chapman is an Australian television producer. Her work includes Brides of Christ and RAN Remote Area Nurse. and the award winning My Place -References:...

 and Sue Masters. The directors was Tony Tilse.

Temptation was about the passion of cooking and love. Chefs Ruth and Gabe are the top students of their graduating year and have fallen in love. Gabe starts working at his father Roberto's restaurant but their peaceful existence is shattered when they discover that Ruth is opening a restaurant across the road with Roberto's ex-partner Rita. It's love and war involving the staff of the two restaurants in the same street.

Temptation led to a spin-off television

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 drama

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 series that ran for one season on Network Ten

Network Ten

Network Ten , is one of Australia's three major commercial television networks. Owned-and-operated stations can be found in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, while affiliates extend the network to cover most of the country...

 in 2004 called The Cooks

The Cooks

The Cooks was an Australian television drama series that ran for one season on Network Ten during the summer of 2004/05. It was a co-production with subscription television and screened on the UKTV channel on Foxtel. It was produced by Penny Chapman and Sue Masters...

. Temptation was about the love and war in the kitchens and bedrooms of the chefs.

Locations

Most of the exterior scenes were filmed around the inner west

Inner West (Sydney)

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 areas of Sydney

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. The restaurants were located in the suburb of Summer Hill

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Cast

• Colin Friels
  Colin Friels
  -Background and training:Friels was born in Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland. His mother was a mill worker and his father a joiner. He lived in Kilbirnie until 1963, when his family moved to Australia, arriving in Darwin, Northern Territory before settling in the Melbourne suburb of Broadmeadows...
  
   as Roberto Francobelli.
• Toby Schmitz as Gabe Francobelli
• Kate Atkinson
  Kate Atkinson (actress)
  Kate Atkinson is an Australian television, film and theatre actress. She is best known for her roles on television series SeaChange as Karen Miller and Offspring as Renee....
  
   as Ruth O'Neill
• Nicholas Brown
  Nicholas Brown
  Nicholas Brown may refer to:*Nicholas Brown I , American signer of the 1764 charter of what became Brown University*Nicholas Brown II , Brown University was renamed for him in 1804*Nicholas Brown III , American Consul to Italy...
  
   as Sachin
• Rhondda Findleton as Rita Molloy
• Emma Lung
  Emma Lung
  - Career :Lung played Carmelita in the short-lived Australian drama series The Cooks. She received her first breakthrough role in the film Peaches starring alongside Jacqueline McKenzie and Hugo Weaving. She starred in the movie 48 Shades alongside Victoria Thaine and Richard Wilson...
  
  as Carmelita