PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON WILDLY LAVISH 18TH CENTURY SET SPANISH HISTORICAL SERIES THE COOK OF CASTAMAR BASED ON THE BOOK BY FERNANDO J. MUNEZ

  THE COOK OF CASTAMAR 

SPAIN'S NEW PERIOD SET DRAMA 

The series started airing this February

Last Sunday I presented you with a 19th century set Spanish epic drama and this week I will introduce you to another historical Spanish series but this one set in the 18th century, and don't be surprised if I bring you something Spanish next Sunday too as I haven't yet introduced you to all the costume drama coming to us this year from the Iberian peninsula. We did cover most of Russia's and France's production so it is only polite to give the same attention to the southern regions as well. If you have an info on a period set project from your country

The series will air in twelve hourlong episodes till May

please drop the spy a note. THE COOK OF CASTAMAR (La Cocinera de Castamar) is a new historical twelve episode saga which started airing on

The series is based on a book by Fernando J. Munez

Spanish streaming service Atresplayer Premium two weeks ago. A small screen adaptation of the novel of the same name by Fernando J. Muñez is

Michelle Jenner from Isabel is leading this drama as well

toplined by Michelle Jenner (from epic series Isabel) and Roberto Enríquez and is set in early 18th century Madrid, with the plot revolving

Roberto Enriquez is the Duke of Castamar

around the love story between an agoraphobic cook and a widowed nobleman. The four months shoot was done during the corona outbreak and was finished just this December, a few days before Christmas. The airing of the series in Spain will last till the beginning of May.

THE STORY OF THE SERIES 

 Set in Madrid in 1720, the series focuses on Clara Belmonte (Michelle Jenner), an agoraphobic cook who begins to work in Castamar's kitchen seeking to escape a painful past marked by the death of her father, accused of treason. There she

The series is airing on Spanish streamer Atresplayer Premium

falls in love with the Duke of Castamar, Diego (Roberto Enríquez), and the same thing happens the other way around. However, being together will not

The series was created by Tatiana Rodriguez

be easy for either of them, due to the difference in social class between them: Diego's mother, Mrs. Mercedes (Fiorella Faltoyano), wants him to marry

Hugo Silva is Marquis de Soto in the new series

the noble Amelia Castro (María Hervás), for the duchy to have offspring. As if that were not enough, there is also the Marquis de Soto, Enrique de Arcona

The series is filled with opulent costumes from the era

(Hugo Silva), who is not only helping Doña Mercedes, but who also hides a plan to take revenge on Diego. Check out the trailer below and tell us what you think: the series is coming to Netflix July 9th this summer!