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.