Rent The Duchess of Duke Street: Series 1: Part 1 (1976)

Love, ambition and intrigue below stairs at the Bentinck Hotel. Louisa Leyton has a goal: to become the best cook in England. It's the end of the 19th Century, and under the Chef de Cuisine Monsieur Alex, Louisa begins a journey that will see her feeding and influencing the rich and distinguished. Determination and hard work gets her through a difficult marriage and bankruptcy, and enables her to set up the successful Bentinck Hotel.