Series synopsis
Chef: Three Star School Lunch, also known as Chef〜三ツ星の給食〜 is a Japanese drama television series that premiered on Fuji TV on October 13, 2016. It ended on December 15, 2016. It stars Yuki Amami, Kotaro Koizumi, Haruna Kawaguchi and Kenichi Endo.
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 di ...
Premise
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.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Yuki Amami as Mitsuko Hoshino
- Kotaro Koizumi as Shogo Shinoda
- Haruna Kawaguchi as Haruko Takayama
- Kenichi Endo as Heisuke Araki
- Yoshiyoshi Arakawa as Minoru Komatsu
- Narushi Ikeda as Masataka Hidaka
- Shinpei Ichikawa as Shoichi Baba
- Shuko Ito as Toshiko Inohara
Supporting cast
- Kosuke Toyohara as Kenji Okudera
- Tomochika as Saki Yaguchi
- Nao as Miyata Kana
- Mai Higuchi
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 10 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 10 | October 13, 2016 | December 15, 2016 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | October 13, 2016 |
| 2 | Episode 2 | October 20, 2016 |
| 3 | Episode 3 | October 27, 2016 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Fuji TV |
|---|---|
| First aired | October 13, 2016 |
| Last aired | December 15, 2016 |
| Runtime | 45 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Thursday at 22:00:00 |