The Prime Minister's Chef (2016)

The heroine is the Prime Minister’s Chef, a post revived after 70 years since the Yoshida Cabinet. A 25 year old female chef, Kurumi Ichiki is appointed to the post skipping over veteran chefs for her extraordinary talent. And the female genius chef sails into the Prime Minister’s residence, which is still very much male dominant, and takes it over and captivates VIPs and politicians with her exquisite culinary skills. An exciting and entertaining culinary drama filled with wide variety of mouthwatering dishes from authentic highbrow French cuisine to down-to-earth creative cross-culture dishes popular among today’s young gourmets.

• First Air Date: 2016-07-22
• Last Air Date: 2016-09-09
• Total Seasons: 1
• Total Episodes: 8
• Episode Runtime: 45 min.
• Network: tv asahi