Nikki is a self-trained cook but due to her never having been to culinary school, she was turned down for kitchen jobs. When a chance came for her to work as the assistant to her idol, celebrity chef Holly Hanson, she took the job. One night, when she was locked in (having worked too late), she went into the kitchen to cook up her own variation of beef stew. Surprisingly, chef Holly showed up and allowed her to continue. What Nikki didn't know was Holly had hit a creative wall and the restaurant is in a deep decline, and the exec chef Paul is about to quit, because Holly had refused to put any of his creations on the menu, but he felt bound to Holly for giving him the start in his career. Holly then proceed to study the video footage of Nikki cooking, and replicated her recipe... and claimed it as her own... After firing both of them. And Holly will use the stolen recipes for a relaunch of her restaurant. The pair has an idea to beat the scheming celebrity chef at her game... but will it work?
Clean as Hallmark movie should be, it's nonetheless pretty good, even though the stuff's pretty trope. Paul's fully trained and regimental, while Nikki uses some of the weirdest ingredients seen, like peanut butter in the beef stew, or candy bar chocolate as part of chicken... and those do sound delicious. But the plot of who's first and so on was, well, seen that before. Still, a nicely polished tale of opposites attract, unite against common enemy.
Category: Contemporary
Overall Rating: 4/5
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