Simon LeFevre, chef to the royal family of Askazer-Shivadlakia, has plenty to keep him busy -- aside from feeding everyone, he’s also on the planning committee for the Reclamation Day Festival this year, overseeing the food fair and cooking competition. Unfortunately, he’s been partnered with the city’s newest chef, Mr. Ylias Lazaar, with whom he does not get along. 

Ylias, happy to be home where a woman with male honorifics isn't especially unusual, is excited to be opening her own restaurant at last, and enjoys prodding Simon a little. When she claims she could improve on Simon's curried chicken salad, they decide they’ll enter the Reclamation Day cooking competition, and may the best man win. 

But as they bicker and collaborate and compete, it's becoming evident to both of them that their casual relationship could perhaps be more. Now if only they could get on the same page as to what "more" might mean.