Sweet Trap — Season 1, Episode 1: Knife-Stealing Challenge
Comedy, Drama • 36 min • 1 season, 24 episodes • ★ 7.1/10
Episode synopsis
Baichuan is famous for the gourmet cuisines of Seven Chefs. For more than 200 years, the Seven Chefs are the only five-star chefs. According to the rules of the Chef Alliance in Baichuan City, if a chef wants to rank up, that chef has to challenge another chef of the same rank in a knife-stealing challenge. The restaurant of the loser will be shut down and the loser's name will be removed from the industry. All who challenged the Seven Chefs failed. But the head chef of Chunxing, Jiang Jie, managed to become a five-star chef through the knife-stealing challenge in under a year. Jiang Jie holds a grudge against Xue Congming for refusing to take her in. So, he decides to challenge the Xue Clan first.
About Sweet Trap
Apprentice Li Nai went undercover to help his master reclaim the prestigious Five-Star Kitchen Knife, symbolizing honor. Her sole purpose was to one day defeat the "Chef Assassin" Jiang Jie, but she ended up falling into a trap designed by Jiang Jie. This drama is set against the backdrop of traditional Chinese cuisine, where a culinary novice and the "Knife-Stealing Assassin" in the culinary world embark on a battle of wits and skills, creating a sweet and bitter rivalry on their culinary journey.