Tenno no Ryoriban

• Drama: Emperor's Cook (literal title)
• Romaji: Tenno no Ryoriban
• Japanese: 天皇の料理番
• Director: Yuichiro Hirakawa, Shingo Okamoto
• Writer: Hisahide Sugimori (novel), Yoshiko Morishita
• Network: TBS
• Episodes:
• Release Date: April, 2015 --
• Runtime: Sundays
• Language: Japanese
• Country: Japan

Plot

Atsuzo Akiyama (Takeru Sato) is a young man living in a rural area. One day, he eats cutlet. That experience leads him to become a cook for western style food. He first goes to Tokyo and then Paris, France to learn about the culinary arts. Fighting against discrimination and prejudice, he becomes a chef at the Hotel Ritz in Paris, France. At the age of 26, he becomes the chef for the Emperor of Japan.