烹饪天才星野光子(天海佑希饰)在银座著名三星法国餐厅担任主厨,但因她过于追求料理水准,完全不考虑成本,惨遭解雇。暂时无法在其他餐厅工作的星野,参加了一档制作营养午餐的电视节目。成本和营养的要求更加严苛,屡屡碰壁的星野却越挫越勇,决心把营养午餐也做成米其林三星水准。Mitsuko Hoshino went through difficult culinary training in France. She apprenticed at a famous restaurant in Paris and won numerous contests. After coming back to Japan, she begins work as a chef at famous French restaurant "La Cuisine de La reine" in Ginza, Tokyo. The restaurant receives three stars and Mitsuko gains fame as a chef. One day, Mitsuko gets in trouble with the restaurant owner and gets fired from her job. Mitsuko has a hard time to find a new job. She then participates in a TV program centered around school meals.