Lin Yan, an apprentice who was framed and fired, fights back against all odds at the night market with an inherited iron wok and extraordinary culinary skills that turn the ordinary into the extraordinary. He not only defends the street vendors' right to survive, but also leads the neighborhood's working-class residents in forming the True Heart Food Alliance. With honest flavors and blazing cooking fires, they overcome the siege and suppression of powerful high-end capital. A true God of Cooking does not build an empty reputation with expensive ingredients, but uses an unwavering respect for food to warm the hearts of everyone weary in the late hours of the night.