In Napoleon’s Europe, in the midst of upheaval, Antonin Carême, an orphan with exceptional talent, dreams of only one thing: becoming the most famous chef in the world and bringing prestige to a new art form, gastronomy. But to achieve this, he will have to make a pact with the devil and become a spy in the service of a Machiavellian man who has elevated politics to an art form: Talleyrand.