Nightmare kitchen

Evan Warrington – 18 years of age (his birthday was

yesterday), keeps to himself but has very sarcastic sense of
humour. He is starting a new job and is very nervous to meet
his new colleague.

INT – Evans interview room – day – morning

In an interview

Evan
I guess I’ve always had a passion for cooking, I’ve always
tried to make something new for people to enjoy and I would
say I’ve got quite good at what I do.

INT – Evans kitchen – day

A flame starts up in the kitchen while Evans out the room, he

enters the room

Evan
Shit!

Evan rushes to put the fire out using a towel to flap at the
pan, his sister enters the room with a mini fire extinguisher
and starts putting out the fire.

Evan
What the *beep* are you doing!
Put that down!

Evan then runs over to the fire alarm that’s going off to try
and make it stop by waving the towel in its way
*coughing*

INT – Evans interview room – day – morning

Evan
My sister loves cooking with me
(smiles at camera)

*Intro starts*
(gangster trippin by Fatboy Slim)
INT – Evans interview room – day – morning

Evan
So, I get to start my first job in a kitchen today, it was
kind of my wish from yesterday cause it was my birthday
yesterday.

Montage of Sam getting ready, brushing teeth/ getting changed

(takes extra care putting a chef’s hat on) and then heading
out the door.

Evan
but it’s a bit of trek

INT – Evan’s front door – day

Evan
Okay mum I’m leaving now

Evans mum
Bye, have a good first day.

EXT – walking along a road – day

Vo: Evan
Shouldn’t take that long to get there
Just a short hop skip and a jump to the bus stop

Montage of Evan walking to bus stop

INT - inside bus - day

Evan sits down on the bus and puts his head phones on and
begins listening to music

Pov: Evan goes through trying to find a song to listen to he

looks up briefly and sees a man staring at him

cut to camera looking at Evan face on

he starts making a face
close up of man's eyes staring blankly and unblinking at Evan
Evan starts making faces at him on purpose
a lot of fast cuts of Evan making faces
old woman besides Evan slaps him

Old woman
how dare you

Evan looks as the old man fumbles round and finds his glasses
and puts them on he then grabs a cane and gets off the bus
Evan stares on in horror and sinks down and tries to hide
himself in his clothes and he audibly groans

shot of Evan getting off the bus and checking his phone maps
and walking off.

EXT - outside Evans new job - day

Evan walking up
looks at the camera and makes a face

INT - Evans interview room- day

Evan
this is definitely not what I was expecting

INT - the kitchen - day

Evan
hello?

Pete
for *bleeps* sake you scared me, who are you

Evan
I’m the new sou chef

Pete
you?!

Evan
yeah? what’s the problem

Pete (walking away)

wait half an hour when we open and you'll see! the average age
of this kitchen is about 20!

INT - Pete interview room - day

Pete
how does this work? (leans down into it and groans at it)
*chuckles*
I’m Pete Sned head chef of this establishment and I am the
best boss anyone could ask for cause I’m so fun

interviewer
why did all your previous staff leave?
Flash back

clip of Pete Sned putting a co-worker in a head lock

Pete
couldn't tell you

INT - Evans interview room- day

Evan
Pete is in charge because he’s the oldest by 3 months,
And the usual head chef is off sick, so we’ve got this idiot
bossing us around

but a job a job at the end of the day

pan left to reveal Bernard

Bernard
he's not actually all bad he’s only yelled at me like
(starts counting on his hands)
actually, I lost count, but at least he hasn't put me in a
headlock

INT - kitchen - day

Evan has started some food prep when sandy walks in

Sandy
oh hi, you must be Evan

Evan
(flirting) whose asking?

Sandy
umm... me, you’re not an idiot, are you?

Evan
(embarrassed) nononono... I was trying to be funny

Sandy
great a comedian(sarcastically)

INT - Sandy's interview room - day

Sandy
he seems nice but I’m not sure how he'll handle Pete.
(plays clip of sandy and Pete arguing)
Pete likes to think he's well cultured so he tries to speak
Chinese to me
 every day 'Zǎoshang hǎo' this 'Nǐ hǎo' that, which is great
and all.... but I’m actually Thai

INT – kitchen - day

Pete
afternoon all, ni hao sandy

Sandy
yup, hi Pete

Pete
this....

Pete walks over and gives Evan a big slap on the back and Evan
leans over slightly from the force

Pete
...is our new recruit, so be nice and say hello

Pete walks Evan over to Bernard

Pete
I’m sure you guys have met

Bernard
ummm... yes, we actually have, but I haven't properly
introduced myself.
my name is Bernard but some people call me Berny

Sandy
no one calls you that

Bernard grumbles under his breath

Pete then walks Evan over to Amelia

Pete
and this is Amelia (whispers) she's about as sharp as a marble

Amelia is on her phone and chewing gum and briefly looks up at

Evan

Amelia
oh, hi

Evan
um hi? what do you do?

Amelia
 I do front of house

Evan
really... you?

Amelia
yeah, and what?

Evan
(sarcastic) nothing, you seem great with people

Amelia
i actually am thanks, I've got 200K followers on Instagram

Evan
why are you working in a kitchen if you've got so many
followers

Amelia
my career hasn't quite taken off yet

Evan
you didn't buy those followers did you

Amelia looks up in a flash violently tugs Evans t shirts and

brings him down to her level and she quietly whispers in his
ear

Amelia
who told you that

Evan
(uncomfortable) excuse me?

Amelia
(screaming) who the fuck told you that?

Amelia aggressively exits the room, Evan stares in

bewilderment at the camera for a few seconds later a loud
scream follows from the next room over.

INT - Amelia interview room - day

Amelia sits down calmly and smiles at the camera

interviewer
do you feel a bit better now?
Amelia
I’ve always prided myself on staying calm under pressure
plays clip of her screaming and throwing a tantrum in the back

Amelia
that's how I got this job

interviewer
doesn't your dad own the canteen?
and our research showed us you got fired from your last job
for umm... assaulting a customer

Amelia starts to start hyper ventilating and grips the arms of

her chair tightly she lunges forward while screaming, camera
quickly cuts to Evan's interview before she reaches the camera

INT - Evans interview room - day

Evan
what actually is wrong with the people in this kitchen,
they’re not real people I swear
this kitchen is like a....

INT - kitchen - day

Sandy is washing dishes and talking to Evan

Sandy
...nightmare

Evan
surely, he's not that bad

Sandy
he is! he's the head chef and he's been on smoke break for 20
minutes now

Evan
I guess maybe he is that bad

Sandy
you don’t know the half of it, I’ve been here for 6 months now
and every other word he says to me is in Chinese.

she throws the washing back into the tub

Sandy
I’m not even Chinese, I’m Japanese

Evan
oh, really?

Sandy
 no, you idiot I’m Thai

Evan
sorry, guess I’m no better than him

Sandy
trust you’re a god send in comparison
they both share a short smile before Bernard comes in crying
Sandy rushes over to make sure he's okay
the camera follows shakily
Evan walks over

Sandy
Bernard are you okay?!

Bernard
(through tears) no I’m not

Evan
What happened?

Bernard
Pete called me... a big weirdo

Evan
we should probably have a word with him
this isn't really okay

Sandy
you might be right

EXT - smoking area - afternoon

the gang exit out of a door looking angry except for Bernard
who trails behind

Sandy
HEY!

Pete goes to grab another cigarette and light it; Sandy slaps
the cigarette out of his hand

Sandy
why are you being mean to Bernard

Bernard
yeah

Pete
 cause he is, i caught him drinking the hot dog water again

Sandy turning to Bernard with a concerned face

Sandy
you cannot be drinking the hot dog water Bernard it's not good
for you

Bernard
(reluctantly) okay I’ll stop

Sandy
and anyway, that doesn't give you an excuse to call him a
weirdo

Evan
and Sandy is Thai not Chinese you can’t just assume she's
Chinese just because she's Asian

Pete
no no no, I’m only joking, I've got Asian friend's

Sandy
I'm not your friend so please don't make those jokes

Pete
okay okay okay okay I’m sorry

Sandy
and sorry to Bernard

Pete
(begrudgingly) sorry Bernard, where’s Amelia?

Quickly pans left and cuts to Amelia in the kitchen

INT – Kitchen - day

Amelia
I just don’t care

EXT – smoking area -day

Evan
glad we're done here because I think it's time we pack up and
go home

Bernard
good
they all start walking off back inside as the screen fades to
black

EXT - bus stop - afternoon

Evan and Sandy walk out of the back of work

Sandy
what did you think of your first day?

Evan
definitely not what I was expecting

Sandy
We’ll the be plenty more tomorrow

Sandy slaps Evans ass

Sandy
see ya later alligator

Evan
in a while crocodile

they stare at each other for a bit

close up of their eyes

they walk off in different directions

sandy turns round to look at Evan
Evan trips over and looks round to make sure no one saw him
Sandy giggles

[END]