Eugenie, a cook of exceptional talent, and her employer, Dodin Bouffant, a gourmet of great reputation, have been working together for twenty years in the kitchen of a beautiful French manor house. Their special relationship has resulted in stunning culinary masterpieces that have amazed even the world's most famous chefs. As the two grow closer, Dodin must face the fact that Eugenie refuses to marry him. He starts cooking for her to prove that he is not just looking for a wife, but an equal partner...