short series

Chef Daddy

share time: 2025-10-03 12:30:44

Top French chef Gu Mingyuan retired after losing his sense of taste in an accident, only to suddenly take in his ex-girlfriend's 5-year-old daughter, Xiaotang. Never having been a dad before, he's totally flustered by the little girl who refuses to eat and cries for her mom every day—burned porridge, messy braids, even his signature foie gras is dismissed as “like medicine” by Xiaotang. To win his daughter's heart, Gu digs out his mother's old recipe book and starts learning to cook homey dishes like tomato scrambled eggs and braised pork—the “taste of mom”. There are plenty of laughs along the way, but he also gradually realizes that “love” isn't about fancy ingredients, but the patience to kneel down and make potato泥 with his daughter. Just then, an old rival comes to challenge him, forcing Gu to choose between taking care of his daughter and regaining his cooking skills. Little does he know, a old photo hidden in Xiaotang's schoolbag is quietly revealing the last secret about her mom…

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