Years of working in the food industry have made Juana, a working-class Latina, a chef of speed and skill. Searching for financial stability, she stumbles into a high-energy, male-dominated Japanese cuisine kitchen. The new atmosphere re-ignites her passions for food and life and makes her hungry to get mixed up in the flavors of this new world.

Set in Sarajevo in May 2021, the city's famous Old Town tries to recover after a difficult pandemic year. When a visitor from Zagreb comes looking for the best kebabs in town, a harmless gesture causes the disintegration of the business and private lives of several people.

Victor, a French chef in search of fame, tries to help a child, Lili-Beth, win a culinary competition, but to do so must contend with the hostility of an entire village towards his mother, Sonia, the intransigent local customs officer. In a remote village somewhere on the border between Quebec and the United States, Sonia initially prevents Victor, who has moved to the States, from entering the country. She soon regrets it when Lili-Beth decides to take part in a Petits Chefs competition, in which she seems to have little chance of winning. The intractable Sonia decides to try everything to get the unpleasant Victor to help her. This more-than-improbable encounter will bring a whole village together to get past the various and go taste the essentials.