Aaron Douglas’ Hallmark movie GOURMET DETECTIVE: DEATH AL DENTE premieres TOMORROW night (Sunday, October 9, 2016) at 9/8c.
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If you miss the premiere screening, it’s airing again on the following dates/times:
Tuesday, October 11 at 3pm
Thursday, October 13 at 9pm
Sunday, October 16 at 1pm
Wednesday, October 19 at 3pm
Synopsis: Having helped to successfully solve two murder cases, former world-class chef and culinary authority Henry Ross (Dylan Neal) is back on the case to lend a hand to by-the- book SFPD detective Maggie Price (Brooke Burns) in a murder investigation when an acquaintance of Henry’s, a restauranteur who has been shot by an intruder, mysteriously dies while lying in a coma at the hospital. With murder a strong possibility, Henry and Maggie must investigate a list of suspects that grows even longer when the discovery is made that a mysterious – and extremely valuable – family legacy might have been hidden somewhere in the restaurant.Claudia (Jordana Largy) seems genuinely distraught over her husband, Leo’s (Ben Wilkinson), shooting by an apparent burglar at their restaurant, Carmella’s. It was Claudia who discovered Leo, alive but unconscious, the morning after Maggie and Henry had dined at Carmella’s to help celebrate the restaurant’s latest award. Maggie recalls overhearing an argument between Claudia and Carmella’s head chef the night before, and she begins to think it sounded a lot like a lover’s spat to, so both Claudia and chef Mateo (Matt Hamilton) shoot to the top of the suspect list. When Leo, who has been lying in a coma at the hospital, dies for no apparent reason, Maggie believes it was foul play so they steer the investigation in a new direction.
As always, Maggie’s trusty colleagues Bailey (Marc Senior) and Munro (Matthew Kevin Anderson) are on the scene to help uncover clues. After determining there was no forced entry, Maggie and Henry cast a wider net that includes anyone who might have had access to the restaurant. There’s Carmella’s co-owner, Sara (Camille Sullivan), who stands to get $1 million from the insurance policy she held on her partner. Henry invites her to dinner as a “casual” way of questioning her, but she sees right through the ruse and quickly claims outright that the insurance company is unlikely to pay since Leo was no longer the chef and the policy was based on him being utterly integral to the business which, as simply a co-owner/operator, he was not. The investigation has now been joined by Steve (Chris William Martin), a handsome colleague and former flame of Maggie’s who’s returned to San Francisco and seems intent on picking up where they left off. Although uncovers more promising suspects, including Carmella’s ex-chef, Whitt (Alex Zahara).
Unhappy about having been fired by Leo, Whitt has some additional secrets that could easily be interpreted as motive. Others on the growing list of suspects include Claudia’s nephew, Dom (Andrew Dunbar), who Leo took in and gave a job in the kitchen when he needed it most, and Dom’s dad Frank (Aaron Douglas), who they learn was recently released from prison and also brought in a large diamond for appraisal to a local jeweler. Could a cache of diamonds be the “family legacy” that was noted in a letter found in the restaurant’s shredder? If so, Dom certainly had access, but his smartphone indicates he was at home, far from Carmella’s, the morning Leo was shot.
The more Henry and Maggie unravel the details surrounding Leo’s shooting, his subsequent murder at the hospital, and the purported family legacy inferred in Leo’s Aunt Vera’s letter, the more puzzling the mystery becomes. As the investigation continues, it becomes clear that Henry is in it for more than just helping to solve a murder. He’s got a crush on Maggie, which only deepens after Steve reenters the scene. Perhaps it’s because he wants to prove his mettle to Maggie and win her approval, or maybe it’s because he really wants to bring whoever is responsible for his friend’s death to justice but, in a bold and ultimately dangerous move, Henry takes matters into his own hands and, throwing caution to the wind, does a little “breaking and entering” himself. But Henry’s “heist” doesn’t quite go as planned, and both he and Maggie find themselves held at gunpoint as the mystery builds towards a tense and surprising conclusion, as does Henry’s resolve to let Maggie know that his feelings for her are more than simply professional.
