La Grande Maison Tokyo

Maverick French chef Natsuki Obana had it all: a brilliant career and a Michelin two-star restaurant in Paris. But hubris proved his downfall and he lost everything. Now, with the help of fellow chef Rinko Hayami, he’s making a comeback with his sights set even higher: a three-star restaurant, the pinnacle of the culinary world!

With preparations for the Grand Maison Tokyo’s opening well underway, chef Rinko and maître d’ Kyono try to secure a loan for the 50 million yen needed to open the restaurant, but they are turned down again and again. Then sous-chef Obana steps in and decides to go straight to the bank’s loan officer and offer to cook him a dish that will change his mind.

Rinko and Obana are struggling to come up with the Grand Maison Tokyo’s signature meat dish. They decide to enter a gibier (wild game) cooking competition, only to discover that rival restaurant gaku has cornered the market in high-quality venison.

The staff of the Grand Maison Tokyo learns that Linda, editor of a prestigious culinary magazine, will be attending the restaurant’s upcoming pre-opening party. Obana is eager to make a good impression but Rinko is anxious. At the last minute, Obana decides to change the dessert. Can they create a new one in time to impress Linda?

Food magazine editor Linda publishes an article about the Grand Maison Tokyo that inadvertently dredges up the scandal of three years ago and sets off a flood of cancellations on the day of the restaurant’s grand opening. In an attempt to salvage the situation and put the unused ingredients to good use, Obana proposes setting up a stall at a local food festival.

When Obana hears that the annual 50 Best Restaurants awards ceremony is to take place in Tokyo, he decides to create a new fish menu. Meanwhile, Kouichi, who has been secretly passing information to a rival restaurant, angrily quits after complaining about not being given enough responsibility in the kitchen.