After a car accident, Lu Yiming transmigrates into the body of an eight-year-old boy, Lin Xiaoman. To protect Huilan Pavilion, the century-old Sichuan restaurant built up single-handedly by his mother, Su Huilan, he repeatedly uses his god-tier culinary skills from his previous life to overcome crises. Facing traps set by rivals, attacks from powerful investors, and betrayal by a mole within the family, he counters every move and repeatedly guides his family out of danger. Ultimately, he wins all eight rounds of the culinary debate among the eight major culinary schools, earning the genuine respect of renowned chefs. Refusing to be deified or turned into a product for online traffic, he chooses to establish a culinary school to pass on genuine skills to more craftspeople, keeping the kitchen fire burning so that the flavors of China can be passed down from generation to generation.