(PREVIOUSLY) Customers all over the world are waiting for my dish.
Let's begin.
The main dish to be served to our VIP is supposed to be duck.
I'm the owner of this restaurant.
And I'm the chef of this restaurant.
Roasted Venison, the Triumph of Joan of Arc!
Kakitani-sama and the others were hospitalised.
It's food poisoning.
She's too egoistical. We put on a show to get her dismissed.
It was all an act?
I'd like you to become the chef de cuisine.
You caused a stir in the industry because of the food poisoning.
I don't think any restaurant will hire you.
Someone would really like you to work at their place.
This is your new workplace.
School lunches?
Where's Hoshino-san?
Which restaurant is she working at now?
I heard she has become a school cook.
Are you kidding me? Look at this useless group.
Can they really make proper school lunches?
This is the authentic...
- It tastes bad! - I want to eat fried buns.
It's too salty!
These customers complained about your food.
I'm sorry, but your life as a chef is over.
My cuisine is always delicious!
I knew she would come.
Aren't you a three-star chef? Go to a three-star restaurant!
I will. After I make the most delicious school lunch.
What's the menu today?
Today, we're serving fried noodles, seaweed soup and boiled vegetables.
The recipe is written on the menu.
- Yes, Sir. - Yes, Sir.
It doesn't arouse any expectation at all.
Listen, you must make the customers...
be full of expectations when they look at the menu.
Before you arouse their expectations,
make sure you fill their stomachs first. You're just an amateur.
Who's an amateur? I'm a three-star chef.
I don't know about the three stars.
But we don't need someone who can't get the school lunch ready on time.
- Let's go. - Yes, Sir.
Her name is Hoshino Mitsuko.
She has come to a school kitchen from a three-star restaurant.
Can this genius chef, who has very high confidence in herself,
make the best school lunch?
Well then, the test shall continue tonight.
CHEF: Three Star School Lunch [Episode 2]
Subtitles by VIU
Ripped and resynced by gabbyu@subscene
My cuisine is always delicious!
Did you watch "The Star of School Lunch"?
I was on TV.
My hand was shown!
That show is very popular.
My cuisine is always delicious.
It tasted really bad though.
Chef Okudera has changed a lot.
He used to be so inconspicuous.
That's right! But somehow it seems...
- Thank you for your hard work. - Thank you for your hard work.
- Chef Hoshino...
It's disgusting!
My cuisine tastes bad?
This is unbelievable.
- Thank you for your hard work. - Thank you for your hard work.
Please get ready for the opening.
Yes, Sir!
Even Chef Hoshino didn't expect this reaction.
It can't be.
Chef Hoshino was in shock...
I'm counting on you.
(EXAMINATION OF INGREDIENTS)
No! Don't come in yet!
Pardon?
- Have you measured its temperature? - Temperature?
Measure its surface temperature before you come in.
The surface temperature?
It's to check if there's any problem in hygiene management.
The ingredients can't be used if the surface temperature is too high.
That's the rule of school lunches.
Is that really necessary?
We can't cause food poisoning like you did.
- That food poisoning... - Don't go in there!
I already found out that the food poisoning was a set up.
The restaurant manager set me up... Hey, are you listening?
Are you listening?
(WASHING)
No! Don't move them out in that basket.
Listen carefully. This is the dry area.
You can't drip any drop of water on the floor. Use those crates.
It's only water. It should be fine...
Even a drop of water on the floor...
will increase the humidity level,
and bacteria could reproduce in the water that's all over.
Not even one drop?
That's the rule of school lunches.
(MINCING)
No! Don't use the knife.
But we have to prepare the ingredients!
There's a lot of vegetables today. Use that machine over there.
They have to be cut differently based on...
their quality and the cooking method.
We won't be on time if we use different methods all the time.
Prepare the ingredients one day beforehand then.
It's normal to prepare vegetables a few days early.
That's not allowed! The ingredients must be prepared on the day itself.
What?
To ensure hygiene, school lunches can't be cooked beforehand.
Sumo hot pots are also prepared in the early morning of the day.
Get 324 sets of school lunches ready within the time provided.
That's the rule of school lunches.
Lower. Just be natural.
All right. Okay.
Okay. Next. Come here.
Don't look at the camera.
Everyone likes the camera so much. Just act naturally.
Meat! Bring more meat.
No! You can't add more meat.
Why? There isn't much meat in it.
That will exceed the recommended calorie intake level.
What?
The recommended calorie intake level for school lunches is 640 per child.
We can't exceed that?
That's the rule of school lunches.
No! Don't cut down on the ingredients on your own.
But the taste won't be coordinated if you add maitake mushrooms to it.
Changing the combination will cause an insufficiency of B2 vitamins.
What?
They must have 12 nutrients in the recommended amounts.
Even the amount is regulated?
Mitsuko-san, you didn't read this, did you?
(SCHOOL LUNCH INTAKE STANDARDS FOR EACH STUDENT)
(PROTEIN, FAT, CALCIUM, IRON, ZINC, VITAMIN A, VITAMIN B1,)
(VITAMIN B2, VITAMIN C, FIBRE, MAGNESIUM, SODIUM)
Really? It's so detailed.
That's the rule of school lunches.
Got it?
It's so...
It's so detailed?
- That's the rule... - For school lunches.
- The rule... - Okay!
No! That's too much salt!
She really did it.
It was just a pinch of it.
No, you added a huge amount.
The recommended salt intake for each child is 2.5 grams.
Just 2.5 grams?
That's the rule...
for school lunches!
Rules and more rules. Who came up with these rules?
The Ministry of Education set them in the School Lunch Act.
But it tastes bad if we follow the rules.
We won't be on time again if we remake it.
After the incident last time, the PTA will definitely be up in arms!
Scoop the ingredients out and boil the soup again.
Hurry! We're running out of time!
You're giving us extra work! My goodness!
Even if those are the rules,
you can't serve bad food to your customers!
Even a three-star chef can't do anything when she's bound by rules.
It's getting more and more interesting.
I've waited for a long time. You've finally reopened!
And I heard you started serving lunch,
so I came rushing over.
Thank you very much.
This is our menu for lunch.
This is tasty. It's so delicious.
Chef, the minced shallots.
Chef, the coarse pepper.
Dip the bones in the sauce.
Yes, Chef!
Chef, please examine its doneness.
Perfect!
- Let it sit for 10 minutes. - Yes, Chef!
Thanks for your hard work.
Thank you for your hard work.
Kakitani-san mentioned our restaurant in a magazine.
A TV station will come for an interview next week.
I'm counting on you, Executive Chef.
Yes, Sir.
And I'm thinking of adding more seats starting next month.
Adding more seats?
The chef...
who likes changing the menu at the last minute is no longer here.
We can now purchase ingredients in bulk beforehand.
The more customers there are,
the lower the purchasing cost is, and we'll rake in a higher profit.
Sir, President Machida of Todo Bank is here with his wife.
I'm counting on you.
I heard you started providing lunch.
My wife insisted on coming.
We can't make any reservations for dinner.
I'm glad I can have lunch at La reine.
Thank you very much.
Things must have been tough for you, Mr Shinoda.
We've started over under the leadership of a new chef.
Please take care of us in the future.
This is the menu for lunch.
I'll have the fried sea bass.
Don't you have the roasted Kobe beef ribs with truffles?
There's been some difficulty in purchasing the ingredients, so...
That's too bad.
Only Chef Hoshino can make that dish, right?
I really wanted to try that.
Me too.
My cuisine is always delicious.
You even recorded it?
Try to not finish the food if you can.
This is my very best cuisine.
(COOKING PROCEDURE)
I've never tasted something like this.
It tastes bad!
It tastes bad.
It's disgusting!
(REPLAY. FIRST SCHOOL LUNCH AND THE TASTE IS...)
(NEW PROGRAM, STAR OF SCHOOL LUNCH. MY CUISINE TASTES BAD?)
I'll be on TV now, I'll have to spend more on clothes and make-up.
We're all wearing a uniform and a mask. No one will see your face!
I was on TV for four seconds!
And did you hear about it?
There'll be a new female assistant chef as well.
We don't need another old lady who's not cute at all!
We'll have to teach her from the beginning as well?
I definitely won't do it.
I don't want to do it too!
As for me, it depends on her looks.
Everyone,
the new assistant is here.
I'm Takayama Haruko. I'm in your care.
She's a student at Tosei University.
This is the first time we have such a young girl here.
She's not an old lady.
And she's so cute.
Idiot! We don't use the word "cute" anymore.
The ratio of your eye width and the distance between your eyes is 1:1.
It's the golden ratio of a beauty!
Hi, I'm Hidaka.
Please let me know anytime if you need any help.
Thank you.
I'm in your care.
It tastes bad.
Who would like to brief her on our workflow?
- I'll do it! - Me!
This just tastes so bad!
Mitsuko-san, this isn't the time to talk about school lunch.
We're trying to decide who's going to guide Haru-chan.
So you've already given her a nickname.
Hey, at least let me decide the menu.
I told you. I decide the menu.
You will cook according to my recipes.
If we follow your recipes, it's all going to taste bad.
Does it taste bad?
I don't want people to see on TV that I made food that tastes bad.
What's this? I didn't think it was possible, but did you just laugh?
Yes. I think kids are very honest.
They're not.
If they say it tastes bad, it tastes bad.
Who are you talking to?
You can't make good school lunches for the kids.
I'd really like to ask something.
Why do I have to be criticised by this brat?
You can't see it from her looks, but she's mean when she talks.
This reversal makes me fall for her even more!
Haru-chan, you're right. You can't do it!
I'm a three-star chef!
You're a three-star chef who ignored the rules...
and made a school lunch...
that the kids complained about non-stop!
That's because the level of my cuisine is too high.
Primary school students can't appreciate world-class cuisine.
Just like for Cristiano Ronaldo, junior football is beneath him.
Listen here, even in junior football,
it's against the rules to score with your hands.
Abide by the rules if you want others to praise your cuisine.
It's time to clean up.
If you don't mind, come and have a look.
Yes, Sir.
Right. Let's organise a welcome party for Haru-chan.
That sounds good!
I'm craving for Araki-san's fried chicken.
In that case, I'll make it.
Araki-san used to run a Japanese restaurant.
That's right. Well then, Haru-chan, come this way.
Let's go.
We watched the show.
- Really? - It was fun!
- Glad to hear that. - My mum laughed too.
Send my regards to your mum.
Chef Hoshino Mitsuko.
Who are you?
I'm Kanazawa Masaru from the publicity department...
of Michel Blanchot.
Do you mean the French fashion brand, Michel Blanchot?
Do you have some time for us?
Kanazawa-san admires your products very much.
"Products"?
We're here. Please come with me.
To increase our brand image, our Paris HQ requested us...
to set up a French restaurant...
on the highest level of our HQ building.
We hope our customers may enjoy cuisine that reflects...
our company's spirit after shopping here.
We're going to open in a month.
We planned to hire the star chef, Frédéric Chopin,
but he was headhunted by a restaurant in Paris.
Frédéric and I used to study together.
His cooking is indeed of the highest level.
But I became a chief cook earlier than him.
Yes. And we know your cuisine is outstanding.
I dined at La Cuisine de La reine once.
It was so delicious!
I haven't heard that in a long time.
Actually, I'd like you to join us as the head chef.
The head chef? Me?
Yes.
Even though I'm busy with my show,
since you invited me so sincerely,
I really can't bear to turn you down.
I'll accept your offer.
Wait, I would like you to join us,
but our president didn't accept my proposal...
due to the food poisoning incident.
That was just a rumour!
But it did become an international news.
So what do you want me to do?
Chef Hoshino, you're in a show about school lunches, right?
Yes.
Our president likes that show too.
If your cuisine...
is complimented by the children and shown on TV,
I think I'll be able to convince our president.
I understand. I'll definitely have the children praise my cuisine.
Great.
A fixed menu.
I decide the menu.
Limited ingredients within the budget.
The budget for a school lunch for each student is 240 yen.
Fixed calorie intake and nutrients.
The recommended calorie intake level for school lunches is 640 per child.
They must have 12 nutrients in the recommended amounts.
And salt.
The recommended salt intake for each child is 2.5 grams.
Strict hygiene management.
To ensure hygiene, school lunches can't be cooked beforehand.
Limited time and manpower.
Get 324 sets of school lunches ready within the time provided.
That's the rule of school lunches.
The rule...
Ouch!
- Sorry! - Sorry!
- It's the aunty from last time. - It's the aunty from last time.
Goodness. It's already evening...
and yet you're all still very energetic. That's great.
That aunty is really something.
- It's coming. - From that distance?
Stop talking.
The goal is too small! But I'll definitely score a goal.
They must have 12 nutrients in the recommended amounts.
That's the rule of school lunches.
The recommended salt intake for each child is 2.5 grams.
That's the rule of school lunches.
Get 324 sets of school lunches ready within the time provided.
That's the rule of school lunches.
If your cuisine...
is complimented by the children and shown on TV,
I think I'll be able to convince our president.
No! Don't move them out in that basket.
Not even one drop?
That's the rule of school lunches.
Bring more meat.
No! You can't add more meat.
- Why? - That's the rule of school lunches.
No! That's too much salt!
She really did it.
Even if those are the rules,
you can't serve bad food to your customers!
Even Chef Hoshino...
was at a loss due to the meticulous rules of school lunches.
Hey, why is Halloween so popular?
- Thank you for your hard work. - Thank you for your hard work.
Thank you for your hard work.
I really don't get why Halloween is so popular.
Christmas is enough, isn't it?
(RATINGS SEARCH SYSTEM. TYPE OF SHOW. SHOW RATINGS BY MINUTE)
(STAR OF SCHOOL LUNCH. 18.2 PERCENT)
Haru-chan, you don't have to worry about the heavy stuff.
Just count on me, I used to be a sumo wrestler.
I saw this flower on my way here. I think it suits you.
I'll serve you with a hot and excited crucible next time!
Hey, Hoshino-san is dancing more energetically than usual.
- Haru-chan... - Haru-chan...
Haru-chan, the heavy stuff...
Haru-chan?
Haru-chan,
trust me. You'll get excited.
The menu today is...
I'll make the school lunches delicious starting from today.
Why are you saying something like that again?
Just make the school lunches according to the rules.
I'll abide by the rules and make delicious school lunches.
For today's menu, the main dish is rice with beef.
The side dish is cabbage and burdock root in mayonnaise.
This is the workflow for today.
The main dish is beef over rice, make the powder with beef tendon.
Marinate the beef in red wine to get rid of its odour,
and simmer it over a low fire for three hours to soften it.
If the stock is tasty enough, even if you use less salt,
it will still be very delicious.
We'll make the sauce from scratch with butter and flour.
Before frying the beef, we'll season it with red wine and rice wine.
Finally, we'll mix coconut milk and rice flour to thicken the sauce.
Fantastic!
Fantastic.
For the side dish, cabbage and burdock root in mayonnaise,
the vegetables must be prepared by hand.
Different vegetables have to be chopped differently.
Burdock root must be sliced along its fibres.
Carrots must be done the same so that the pieces will be soft.
Parboil the cabbages before you fry them...
so that they won't wither.
Please prepare a set of knives for yourselves.
No. You're not going by the rules.
I am.
I fulfilled all the requirements in calorie, nutrients, salt and budget.
I meant the time.
With so much to do, we won't make it by noon.
If that's the case, let's start earlier then.
From tomorrow on, we'll start work two hours early.
Two hours?
From 6 AM?
No way. The morning exercise doesn't even start at 6 AM.
And there's no overtime allowance for us to do that.
And if we prepare more, we'll have to clean more.
Wait a second.
Season the fish and meat earlier so that they taste better.
Let's start at 5 AM instead of 6 AM.
Why did you make it even earlier?
That's enough.
This isn't a restaurant. Don't make things complicated.
If you want to make good food, you'll have to put in more effort.
We're making school lunches.
So it's okay for school lunches to taste bad?
I want to make delicious school lunches.
What's the matter?
Are you willing to sacrifice everything...
in order to make delicious dishes?
Of course.
A chef has to sacrifice everything...
in order to make delicious dishes.
That girl is quite interesting too.
Let's get started! Or else we won't make it on time.
Just do everything as usual.
- Yes, Sir. - Yes, Sir.
What?
Haru-chan is doing a great job.
There's nothing else we can teach her.
Have you ever attended culinary school?
I've been doing this since I was little.
To help your mum out?
I never had a mother as far as I can remember.
It's always been me and my father.
So I always cooked ever since I started primary school.
She came from a single parent family just like Araki-san.
She took up this part-time job...
to earn money for her university fees...
so that she won't burden her family.
- That's so touching! - She's such a good kid!
She'll definitely become a good wife!
- You're thinking too far ahead. - You fool!
Look at her clear eyes.
It still tastes bad.
I think it's delicious like any normal food.
Delicious like any normal food?
So do you mean anyone can make it?
Taste isn't the only thing that makes food delicious.
When the children get to eat happily with their friends,
that makes school lunch delicious, doesn't it?
(LEFTOVER RATE)
I knew it!
It's at the average rate today.
Kids are very picky.
It's not only us who have this problem.
They don't finish their lunch because it tastes bad.
This again?
Don't you feel anything when you see this leftover rate?
We're only making school lunches according to the rules.
Do it yourself if you want.
Chef Hoshino.
You can't change everything in a blink of an eye.
One step at a time. Take it slow.
This show is very popular.
I can't go on like this.
I won't get another chance if I don't succeed here.
Another chance?
What's wrong with Hoshino?
She's so obsessed with taste. She's doomed.
She's addicted to good tasting food.
We don't have the energy to do so much preparation.
All right. It's done.
- Let's eat. - Let's eat.
- It's hot! - Be careful.
It's hot!
- It's so delicious! - It's so good!
Of course. I marinated it for half a day...
and put in a lot of effort into frying them.
Your secret ingredients are soy sauce and pineapple juice,
and you fry them twice. You've said it so many times.
I've never had any fried chicken...
that tastes better than Araki-san's.
It's totally different from normal fried chicken.
I also woke up very early to make sumo hot pots.
You can't simply chop up the vegetables.
If you change the cutting method, the taste will be totally different.
The taste doesn't lie.
Good food does take time and energy.
That's a given if you want it to taste good.
One can't slack at all.
Wait. That sentence sounds familiar.
Idiots.
School lunches must be made according to the rules.
Idiots.
You're silly.
Haru-chan is late.
It's really delicious.
(MENU FOR OCTOBER)
(STEWED SAURY IN GINGER. SEAWEED RICE.)
(DRIED RADISH. MIXED SOUP. ORANGE JELLY)
To ensure hygiene, school lunches can't be cooked beforehand.
With so much to do, we won't make it by noon.
We're only making school lunches according to the rules.
Do it yourself if you want.
- Good morning! - Good morning!
Today's lunch is stewed saury in ginger, right?
That's right.
That tastes really bad.
It smells weird.
And it has a lot of bones. It tastes bad.
Araki-san, good morning.
Hello, good morning.
Aunty, good morning.
Aunty, are you serving saury today?
Yes, it's saury.
- That's the worst. - It's disgusting.
It's really bad. \ I don't feel like eating at all.
- What? - What's going on?
Haru-chan, you're early.
What's going on?
Good morning, everyone.
I've prepared the ingredients for the delicious lunch today.
There isn't any problem with hygiene too. To start preparing earlier,
I made them send the ingredients over earlier as well.
You got all of this done on your own?
Yes. You told me to do it myself if I wanted,
so I did it myself.
You didn't use the machine, but prepared them all by hand?
Of course.
These are... It's 300 sauries...
You got them done all by yourself?
When I was still studying, I only slept for three hours a day.
I was standing and preparing ingredients the rest of the time.
I've been doing that 365 days a year for so many years.
So I'm very confident of my physical strength.
And now just do it the way you always do.
I'll have some tea and take a break. Please excuse me.
All right. Let's begin.
- Yes, Sir. - Yes, Sir.
(30 MINUTES TO SCHOOL LUNCH)
All right. C'est bien! The dried radish is done.
- C'est bien. - C'est bien.
The soup is done.
C'est bien. The orange jelly is done.
This student is allergic to chicken, so don't serve chicken to this one.
(ONE MINUTE TO SCHOOL LUNCH)
C'est bien.
The main dish, stewed saury in ginger, is done.
All right. Let's distribute the food.
- Yes, Sir. - Yes, Sir.
Headmistress, please taste the food.
It's stewed saury in ginger today, right?
Yes, Ma'am.
Thank you for the food.
(TESTING)
It's saury today.
This tastes bad, right?
Miss, I hate saury!
Don't say that!
Don't think it's the usual saury.
It looks like the usual saury.
That's right. I'm sure it tastes bad!
- He's right. - I'm sure it tastes bad.
Try to not finish your food if you can.
This is my very best cuisine.
Well then, let's enjoy the food.
- Thank you for the food. - All right. Start eating.
I've never tasted something like this!
It tastes good!
It's different from the usual saury!
Right? I told you.
It's delicious. Even the bones are soft.
It doesn't smell at all.
- It's delicious! - It's delicious!
Kids hate fish because of the smell and the bones,
so if you cook it with ginger and onion...
It's so delicious! Right?
I'm still explaining here, I'm...
- It's delicious. - It's delicious.
My goodness!
As expected of Chef Hoshino.
Sudo-chan, what are you doing?
"Sudo-chan"? Give me a closeup here.
Yes, Ma'am.
Not there. Here.
Eat slowly.
All right, everyone. Is it delicious?
- It's delicious! - Smile!
The kids are saying that the saury tastes good?
This is the first time.
Everyone is smiling.
Is my face oily? Is it okay?
Let's go to the next classroom.
Okay. Come with me. Come.
- Come on, Sudo-chan. You're slow. - I'm coming.
It's delicious.
It's delicious!
Miss, it's soft and delicious!
That's great! Chew well before you swallow.
Let's start eating too. Thank you for the food!
- Thank you for the food. - Thank you for the food.
- It's delicious! - This is really delicious.
- Delicious. - This is really delicious.
It's totally different.
The taste has changed so much.
If there's any left over, I'll finish it all.
Give me your saury.
No way.
Hello?
Don't think it's the usual saury.
I've never tasted something like this!
It's delicious!
Kids hate fish because...
I'd like to have a taste of her cuisine.
Understood.
Excuse me, Sir.
Yaguchi-san from CNB TV is here.
Okay.
Yaguchi-san, please come this way.
I enjoy watching your show.
Thank you very much.
Please come this way.
The show starring Chef Hoshino, who used to work here,
has hit a 20 percent rating.
It's different now. The way she makes school lunches...
while abiding by the strict regulations...
is being received very well by audience.
That's good.
I think Chef Hoshino suits the field of school lunches very well.
This show is very popular,
so I hope Chef Hoshino will continue making school lunches, but...
it seems it'll be rather difficult under current circumstances.
What do you mean?
She might return to the world of French cuisine.
I have some connections in this industry.
I didn't hear any news regarding any restaurant hiring her.
Michel Blanchot.
That French fashion brand...
is starting a French restaurant in their HQ building in Marunouchi.
- Did you know that? - The chef is Frédéric Chopin.
He was headhunted by a restaurant in Paris,
so they're looking for a new chef.
Our president is very interested in you, Chef Hoshino.
Please convince her with your very best cuisine.
No problem at all.
We've prepared all the ingredients you've asked for.
You're free to decide the menu.
This is how it feels when you take the bandage off before a big match.
What did you say?
Freedom feels great.
Music, please.
Yes, Chef!
Peel the persimmons.
Yes, Chef!
Sautéed asparagus.
Yes, Chef!
No!
C'est bien.
The appetiser is roasted foie gras with persimmon salad.
The pottage is Paris Twilight.
The fish is mackerel pie with tomatoes.
The meat is roasted lamb chop.
The dessert is crispy pear.
I've never tasted something like this.
Only you can make such delicious cuisine.
It's the best.
Thank you.
This is the best. It's so delicious.
Thank you.
Chef Hoshino,
we'll have a meeting a few days later to discuss the matter.
I believe you'll receive some good news.
I'm in your care.
Great!
All right, everyone. Is it delicious?
It's delicious!
She's indeed a three-star chef.
School lunches comes with various meticulous regulations,
so you can't really expect delicious food...
(LEFTOVER RATE)
Hoshino-san only started preparing the ingredients alone for a week...
and the leftover rate has dropped to half the usual rate.
Hey, after it was broadcasted,
some housewives yelled at me on the street...
and told me to put in more effort as the food was for kids.
I encountered the same thing.
They told me to give Hoshino-san a hand.
I was also criticised by my 14 girlfriends.
They asked if I was slacking.
I was also scolded at the racetrack.
Why has that woman become the good guy and we the villains?
What are you talking about?
We're just doing our job. That person will leave soon anyway.
Don't pay any attention to her.
Thank you for the food.
(MITSUBA PRIMARY SCHOOL)
It was so delicious!
Thank you for your hard work.
Please come this way.
This place is a little dirty. I apologise for that.
Please pardon my intrusion.
Who is this person?
He's the manager of the fashion brand, Michel B...
- Michel Blanchot. - That's it.
I'm Kanazawa.
Yes. He'd like to talk to Hoshino-san.
Our company is setting up a French restaurant,
and we've made a deal with Chef Hoshino.
Is that person going back to a restaurant?
You've finished eating?
- Chef Hoshino. - Yes?
We've decided to hire you as our chef.
Thank you very much.
At the food tasting event,
the president and all the directors praised your cuisine greatly.
Please come to our HQ now to sign your contract.
And to get ready for the opening,
we'd like you to join us earlier...
I'll be there tomorrow.
Everyone, thank you for your care. Or lack of.
I see. That's good.
Hoshino-san has achieved her dream of going back to a restaurant.
And we won't be treated like villains anymore.
This is a win-win situation.
I feel lonely somehow.
But I still have Haru-chan, so it's okay.
Give me a discount if I visit the restaurant next time.
Yes, Araki-san, let's go together.
I have no interest in food made from butter and...
raw cream cheese.
You won't be able to get a table once it gets three stars.
You better come as soon as possible.
I'll go get changed now.
I'll wait for you outside.
Everyone, please!
We'd like to take some good shots. I'm begging you.
Everyone has come to see you off.
Well then, everyone,
goodbye.
Ever since the president and the directors tasted your dishes,
they never stopped complimenting you.
They said they had never tasted such delicious food.
I heard them say that many times too. They said it was the best.
Aunty!
The school lunch was delicious too today.
- It was delicious! - It was so delicious!
You finally understand the real taste of food.
Hey, let's have some deli chicken at the convenience store.
That's the most delicious food!
Deli chicken is the best!
Deli chicken?
Deli chicken is the best!
The best?
It's delicious!
It's the best!
It's the best.
- It's the best. - Thank you very much.
It's the best.
Chef Hoshino, what's wrong?
Chef?
So that's how it is.
I knew something was missing.
Missing?
Although I promised to join your restaurant, please forget about it.
I won't join your restaurant for now.
Why?
Hey, how was the school lunch today?
- It was delicious. - Yes, it was delicious.
It was delicious.
- Let's go. - Let's go.
See? Something is indeed missing.
No! Of course not!
Everyone said it was delicious. Right?
Yes. Everyone said it was delicious.
Why?
My cuisine shouldn't only be delicious.
It should be the best!
"The best" is missing!
Are you kidding me? She really cares about that?
What an idiot.
Hoshino Mitsuko is the best character there is,
she's beyond one's imagination.
I won't accept that it's only delicious.
I can't leave here before they say the school lunch I make...
is the best food they ever had!
All right. Get out of my way!
What's a deli chicken?
(ON THE NEXT EPISODE) A parent-student school lunch?
This is one of our school's annual events.
Please don't play with the feelings of the kids because of your pride.
Hoshino Mitsuko is no longer here.
Try to not finish your food if you can.
The best Napolitan.
I'll join your restaurant after I settle my business here.
I can finish the school lunch today!
We'll prepare two types of Napolitan for the adults and the kids.
If we make them taste the same...
Impressive. You're as incredible as they say.
A chef has to give her all and do everything within her ability.
That's my pride as a chef.