Chef: Three Star School Lunch (2016): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2016, Chef: Three Star School Lunch is a drama series.

What it’s about. Hoshino Mitsuko is the talented three-star chef of famous French restaurant, La Cuisine de La reine, in Ginza, Tokyo. She has drawn attention not just from Japan but also the world for the new recipes she continuously conceives with her delicate palate and unrivalled creativity. Gourmands around the world visit the restaurant for her cuisine and there is a three-year wait for reservations. One day, trouble occurs between Mitsuko and the restaurant owner Shinoda Shogo and she is fired. She has difficulty finding a new restaurant due to Shinoda’s interference and her over-inflated pride, and ends up creating school lunches for a popular variety programme by a hotshot producer. It was believed to be something easy for Mitsuko, but she meets many obstacles and keeps failing. Moreover, this is aired on TV and made known to the world. Even so, Mitsuko does not give up and starts to create school lunches in order to hear children say her food is delicious and also regain her lost stars.

Who’s in it. Chef: Three Star School Lunch stars Yuki Amami as Mitsuko Hoshino, Kotaro Koizumi as Shogo Shinoda, Haruna Kawaguchi as Haruko Takayama and Kenichi Endo as Heisuke Araki, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 8.2/10, Chef: Three Star School Lunch sits among the best-reviewed titles in the catalogue.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Chef: Three Star School Lunch page.

If you liked it. Fans of Chef: Three Star School Lunch tend to enjoy Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba and Attack on Titan.