{{short description|American television series}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox television | image = Gourmet_detective.jpg | image_size = | caption = | based_on = {{Based on|series|Peter King}} | genre = Mystery film | runtime = 83–84 minutes | director = Scott Smith<br>Terry Ingram<br>Mark Jean | executive_producer = Becky Southwell<br>Dylan Neal<br>Michael Prupas<br>Steve Valentine<br>Joel S. Rice | producer = Harvey Kahn<br>Charles Cooper | writer = Becky Southwell<br>Dylan Neal<br>Dawn DeKeyser | starring = Dylan Neal<br>Brooke Burns | editor = | music = James Jandrisch<br>Jeff Tymoschuk | budget = | country = United States<br>Canada | language = English | company = Muse Entertainment | network = Hallmark Movies & Mysteries | released = | first_aired = {{Start date|2015|05|16}} | last_aired = {{End date|2020|01|19}} }}
'''''Gourmet Detective'''''<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.eater.com/2015/4/22/8471225/gourmet-detective-is-hallmark-channels-newest-scintillating-culinary|title='Gourmet Detective' Is Hallmark Channel's Newest Scintillating Culinary Murder-Mystery|date=22 April 2015|website=Eater}}</ref> is a series of made-for-television mystery films based on a book series of the same name from author Peter King<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/series/51259-gourmet-detective|title = Gourmet Detective Series by Peter King}}</ref> that stars Dylan Neal<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.soapoperanetwork.com/2015/01/bb-alum-dylan-neal-writes-stars-hallmarks-gourmet-detective|title='B&B' Alum Dylan Neal Writes And Stars In Hallmark's 'Gourmet Detective'|date=13 January 2015|website=Soap Opera Network}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldextra.com/entertainment/television/dylan-neal-stars-in-gourmet-detective-on-hallmark-movies-mysteries/article_961d12e2-12f4-54ad-b3c4-5e40086ab7e7.html|title=Dylan Neal stars in 'Gourmet Detective' on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries|date=16 May 2015|website=Herald Extra}}</ref> as Henry Ross, a chef turned culinary sleuth and Brooke Burns<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.assignmentx.com/2015/gourmet-detective-actress-brooke-burns-on-hallmark-movie-exclusive-interview/|title=Gourmet Detective Exclusive Interview Brooke Burns|date=16 May 2015|website=AssignmentX}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timescolonist.com/entertainment/movies/big-picture-gourmet-detective-star-has-an-appetite-for-comedy-1.2190193|title=Big Picture: Gourmet Detective star has an appetite for comedy|date=4 March 2016|website=Times Colonist}}</ref> as Detective Maggie Price. Set in San Francisco, it airs on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries in the US.
==Cast== * Dylan Neal as Henry "Gourmet Detective" Ross, a charming, single chef, gourmet consultant, and famous blogger. While assisting the police in investigating a murder at a restaurant, he demonstrates a useful investigative insight, and becomes an official police consultant on relevant cases. * Brooke Burns as Detective Maggie Price, a leading detective with the Homicide Division in the San Francisco Police Department * Matthew Kevin Anderson as Munro, part of Detective Price's team * Marc Senior (films 1–4) and Alex Barima (film 5) as Bailey, part of Detective Price's team * Samantha Ferris as Captain Forsyth, Captain of the Homicide Division and Maggie's boss who first hires Henry as a consultant on one of the cases * Ali Skovbye as Abigail, Maggie's daughter who, until the fifth film, is a teenage girl living with her mother * Christine Willes as Doris, Maggie's mother who lives with her * Shannon Chan-Kent as Lucy, Henry's devoted assistant * Brenda Crichlow (films 1–4) and Lossen Chambers (film 5) as Dr. Erica Nolan, the Medical Examiner who works with the Police Department * Bruce Boxleitner as Jim Ross, Henry's father who was a retired policemen
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |+ Characters in each film ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:4%;" | Character ! scope="col" colspan=5 | Title |- ! scope="col" style="width:4%;" | ''Gourmet Detective'' ! scope="col" style="width:4%;" | ''A Healthy Place to Die'' ! scope="col" style="width:4%;" | ''Death Al Dente'' ! scope="col" style="width:4%;" | ''Eat, Drink, and Be Buried'' ! scope="col" style="width:4%;" | ''Roux the Day''
|- ! scope="row" | Henry Ross | colspan="5" | Dylan Neal |- ! scope="row" | Det. Maggie Price | colspan="5" | Brooke Burns |- ! scope="row" | Munro | colspan="5" | Matthew Kevin Anderson |- ! scope="row" | Bailey | colspan="4" | Marc Senior | Alex Barima |- ! scope="row" | Capt. Forsyth | colspan="5" | Samantha Ferris |- ! scope="row" | Abigail | colspan="5" | Ali Skovbye |- ! scope="row" | Doris | colspan="4" | Christine Willes | {{N/A}} |- ! scope="row" | Lucy | colspan="2" | Shannon Chan-Kent | {{N/A}} | Shannon Chan-Kent | {{N/A}} |- ! scope="row" | Dr. Erica Nolan | colspan="4" | Brenda Crichlow | Lossen Chambers |- ! scope="row" | Jim Ross | colspan=3 {{N/A}} | colspan="2" | Bruce Boxleitner |}
==Production and filming== The series is filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, with production based in Victoria on Vancouver Island.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whatsfilming.ca/2016/02/15/fifty-shades-darker-filming-in-vancouver-starts-this-week/|title=Fifty Shades Darker Filming in Vancouver Starts This Week|publisher=What's Filming|date=February 15, 2016|accessdate=March 8, 2018}}</ref> The first film in the series featured the English Inn in Esquimalt as a five-star restaurant.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timescolonist.com/there-s-a-television-mystery-at-esquimalt-s-english-inn-1.1619619|title=There's a television mystery at Esquimalt's English Inn|date=24 November 2014|website=Times Colonist}}</ref> Scenes from the fourth film in the series, ''Eat, Drink and Be Buried'' were filmed in Oak Bay and near Trafalgar Park.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oakbaynews.com/news/filming-spotlights-oak-bay-ave/|title=Filming spotlights Oak Bay Ave|date=18 July 2017|publisher=Oak Bay News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oakbaynews.com/community/july-2017-death-cap-mushrooms-abundant-and-early-in-oak-bay/|title=Murder mystery movie films on local site, donates to Victoria Hospice in lieu of location fee|date=29 December 2017|publisher=Oak Bay News}}</ref>
==Films== <onlyinclude> {{Episode table |background=#02A9A3 <!-- The following column widths provide optimal display at all resolutions, not just the one that you are using. --> |overall=5 <!-- This column must be set to at least 5% in order to fit "overall". Setting it lower has no effect. The text will still force the column to be at least 5% wide at lower resolutions. --> |title=19 |director=11 |writer=31 |airdate=11 |episodes={{Episode list/sublist|Gourmet Detective |EpisodeNumber = 1 |Title = Gourmet Detective |DirectedBy = Scott Smith |WrittenBy = Becky Southwell, Dylan Neal |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|5|16}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvweeklynow.com/news-blogs/news-blogs-RicksPicks/gourmet-detective-dishes-up-a-delectable-murder-mystery.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828175728/http://www.tvweeklynow.com/news-blogs/news-blogs-RicksPicks/gourmet-detective-dishes-up-a-delectable-murder-mystery.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=August 28, 2016|title="Gourmet Detective" Dishes up a Delectable Murder Mystery|last=Gables|first=Rick and Christina|work=TV Weekly Now|date=May 12, 2015|accessdate=March 8, 2018}}</ref> |ShortSummary = Maggie Price is a tough workaholic detective with the San Francisco Police Department and works in the homicide division. Recently divorced, she lives with her mother and thirteen-year-old daughter Abigail. A casual date turns into an encounter with the gourmet detective Henry Ross, who portrays himself as a charming and confident man with a refined taste for food. They are thrown together when an investigative journalist dies at a restaurant owned by Henry's friend. All guests are suspects, including Henry, but he is paired up with Detective Maggie Price because he knows everyone and everything about the food industry in town. ---- |LineColor = 02A9A3 }} {{Episode list/sublist|Gourmet Detective |EpisodeNumber = 2 |Title = Gourmet Detective: A Healthy Place to Die |DirectedBy = Scott Smith |WrittenBy = Dawn DeKeyser, Becky Southwell, Dylan Neal |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|8|2}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywooddailystar.com/hallmark-movies-gourmet-detective-2-dylan-neal-and-brooke-burns-find-dead-body/|title=Hallmark Movies Gourmet Detective 2, Dylan Neal and Brooke Burns Find Dead Body|date=August 2, 2015|work=Hollywood Daily Star}}</ref> |ShortSummary = Forced to take a vacation, Detective Maggie Price reluctantly accompanies Henry to a spa resort where Henry and other chefs are presenting their work at a conference. Henry meets journalist Kathleen Evans who has something to tell him but she goes missing the same night. Henry and Maggie must work quietly to catch the unsuspecting culprit as secrets, affairs, and scandals emerge. ---- |LineColor = 02A9A3 }} {{Episode list/sublist|Gourmet Detective |EpisodeNumber = 3 |Title = Death Al Dente: A Gourmet Detective Mystery |DirectedBy = Terry Ingram |WrittenBy = Becky Southwell, Dylan Neal |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|10|9}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldextra.com/entertainment/television/hallmark-cooks-up-another-mystery-with-death-al-dente-a/article_47fdddbb-96f8-5c51-b9e2-37c339336268.html|title=Hallmark cooks up another mystery with 'Death Al Dente: A Gourmet Detective Mystery'|date=October 12, 2016|work=Herald Extra}}</ref> |ShortSummary = Henry's friend and restaurateur Leo owns the hottest Italian restaurant in town but it is evident he doesn't get along with his star head chef Matteo. After a break-in at the restaurant, Leo ends up dead with Henry and Maggie working the case. Tensions between them increase as their exes reappear. Both are forced to question their feelings for each other while the case leads them to Leo's family treasure. ---- |LineColor = 02A9A3 }} {{Episode list/sublist|Gourmet Detective |EpisodeNumber = 4 |Title = Gourmet Detective: Eat, Drink, and Be Buried |DirectedBy = Mark Jean |WrittenBy = Becky Southwell, Dylan Neal |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|10|8}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvwise.co.uk/2017/11/movies-24-sets-uk-premiere-date-gourmet-detective-eat-drink-buried/|title=Movies 24 Sets UK Premiere Date for the 'Gourmet Detective: Eat, Drink, and Be Buried'|date=30 November 2017|work=TVWise}}</ref> |ShortSummary = Henry and Maggie have been together for three months now. They attend a wealthy businessman and Henry's friend, David Weston's birthday party where Henry is catering food. During an enactment of a scene from the eighteenth century, a fake gun ends up killing one of David's four children. It is up to Henry and Maggie to find the killer as it gets likelier that they may be a family member, and that other family members may also be in danger. Meanwhile, Henry's father drops in, forcing Henry to face more awkward memories such as the death of his mother and his issues with celebrating his birthday. ---- |LineColor = 02A9A3 }} {{Episode list/sublist|Gourmet Detective |EpisodeNumber = 5 |Title = Roux the Day: A Gourmet Detective Mystery |DirectedBy = Mark Jean |WrittenBy = Dylan Neal, Becky Southwell |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|01|19}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9450768/reference|publisher="IMDB|title="Gourmet Detective" Gourmet Detective: Roux the Day (TV Episode 2020) - IMDb}}</ref> |ShortSummary = Henry is hired to authenticate and purchase a long lost and very valuable recipe book. Soon Henry and Maggie find themselves in a murder mystery where secrets hidden within the treasured book have dire consequences for all who own it. ---- |LineColor = 02A9A3 }} }}</onlyinclude>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb title|3600960|Gourmet Detective}} *{{IMDb title|4041382|Gourmet Detective: A Healthy Place to Die}} *{{IMDb title|4143270|Death Al Dente: A Gourmet Detective Mystery}} *{{IMDb title|6619330|Gourmet Detective: Eat, Drink, and Be Buried}} *{{IMDb title|9450768|Roux the Day: A Gourmet Detective Mystery}}
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