Very well done. Gemma Jones is delightful, but lays on the Cockney accent a bit too thick imho...sounding like she should be a grubby gutter snipe, eats with her mouth open, talks with a mouthful, seems to lack any semblance of the social graces required to be noticed by the upper classes unless they were kinks - and many were. Seriously though she's Eliza Doolittle with a great job and a number of male admirers. I guess her performance being as dynamic as it is spices up this culinary soap. Great script, excellent acting, scenery. Nice to find a show that I can watch all the way through without boredom or aggravation. Seems to be a rather realistic view of Victorian British culture. Makes you thank God for modern conveniences!
