影片由美国导演大卫·卡普兰(David Kaplan)执导,讲述印度裔美籍演员阿契夫·曼德维(Aasif Mandvi)饰演的厨师Samir本在大餐厅工作,可是因为工作不如意而辞职,并接手父亲的印度菜馆。本来对印度菜一窍不通的Samir ,经过身份神秘﹑曾为厨师的的士司机点化和帮忙后,终于领略印度菜的精髓,而且解开和父亲多年来的心结,也赢得美人归,皆大欢喜。Samir is a sous chef in Manhattan. He quits when he's not promoted - his boss says his cooking lacks soul. He decides to find an unpaid internship in Paris, but his father suffers a heart attack keeping him home for a few weeks. Samir must run the family's failing Indian restaurant in Queens. He can't cook Indian food, so things get dire when the chef quits: Samir tracks down Akbar, a cabbie who claims to have cooked for British royalty in Bombay. Akbar cooks with mind, heart, and gut - and offers philosophy as well. With the help of Carrie, whom he met at the Manhattan restaurant, Samir begins to enjoy the work. But will his father approve, and if not, what then?