Netsuretsuteki Chuuka Hanten (Chinese Cuisine Served Star Leo Style)

Suzuki Kyoka plays the character of Tachibana who is creating an event for her VIP's to feature top chefs. Unfortunately, the chefs don't like her and so, Tachibana has to find a way to find the chefs that the VIP are expecting, thus she finds a few amateurs who she hopes will make her event happen and not disgrace the VIP's.

[FUJI TV Synopsis]: Bound for Japan from Hong Kong, the luxury liner "Star Leo" is about to be the stage for a huge gourmet event for VIPs. Seven top chefs are scheduled to serve the finest dishes from the four great schools of Chinese cuisine: Peking, Canton, Szechuan, and Shanghai. The woman who has put this event together is Tachibana, a gifted businesswoman who studied Business Management in Hong Kong and a candidate for a top management position. The seven Japanese chefs from the well-known Chinese restaurant "Heiheiro" on the Star Leo don't like the way Tachibana organizes the event, so they refuse to board the ship. The only people she now has left to cook for the VIPs is a group of amateurs including a worthless chef by the name of Sakota, who came late to work, a wanna-be chef named Nanami, and the person in charge of buying all of the foodstuffs for the restaurant, Noguchi. Before Tachibana finds out the "real" chefs aren't coming on board, her attitude towards the three is terrible. In fact, she even tells them "the seven chefs will do the cooking, so these three should be enough to get us by with the rest of the work." Unaware of what has taken place, the VIPs await their feast. "As long as there are customers to be served, a 'pro' always sends them home satisfied no matter what" says one of the servers to Tachibana. She then decides that the show will go on. While all this is happening, one of the ship navigators has come down to the kitchen to pick a fight. Also two annoying passengers have come to Heiheiro to have a taste of its fabulous fried rice... Now with a completely different attitude towards Sakota and the others, Tachibana tries to talk them into helping her out and gives them an inspiring speech, "everyone's got potential. If you realize that potential, then your life will move in the right direction. So let's get to work!" She is so convincing that they decide to join her. There are only a few hours left before the feast is to begin, so the "worthless" chefs, begin making preparations

STARRING: Suzuki Kyoka, Shiina Kippei, Seto Asaka, Ninomiya Kazunari, Ito Shiro, Katsumura Masanobu, Azuma Mikihasa, Takahashi Katsumi.
THEME SONG: "Rainbow" by Sowelu
DURATION: Started on January 8, 2003 through March 2003
NETWORK: FUJI TV
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