Having burned all his bridges in restaurants across Europe, volatile celebrity chef Easton West finds himself with one more chance in a high-end Shanghai restaurant. But when opening night turns into a pig-slinging disaster, the subsequent social media tsunami washes Easton ashore in the Adelaide Hills. Arriving like a pariah to a dysfunctional family he abandoned 30 years previously, he finds his outspoken 19-year-old pastry cook niece, Diana, is the only person who shows any interest in his return. Diana represents everything he's not – young, female and with her finger on the pulse – so Easton takes her under his wing in an effort to crawl his way back to relevance.

Easton and Diana set about cleaning out Jim's hoard to make way for their restaurant - but the old man isn't making it easy. Easton sends Diana off in search of inspiration for her contribution to the menu.