Social drama about the Danish restaurant industry Imagine taking all the power struggles playing out on a macro level and condensing them down to a micro level, seasoning them with the familiar social problems present in the otherwise highly acclaimed Danish fine-dining industry.
That's exactly what Julie Rudbæk and Jesper Zuschlag do in this series, and they actually succeed at it!
They dramatically and sometimes humorously shed light on everything from the traditional versus the modern, gender equality, MeToo, discrimination against foreigners and older individuals in the job market, and so on.
This mixture forms the basis of a really good social drama that has something to say without being to preachy.
The characters in the series are relatively two-dimensional. Each represents a standpoint. Normally, I prefer characters with depth, but in this series, it's not the characters that are important; it's the themes.
The series revolves around Naja, who is hired as a sous chef under the former master chef Michael. Michael is a bit of a tyrant and represents the traditional. Naja, on the other hand, is the more caring and modern leader who wants to introduce performance reviews and better conditions for the employees. Michael fears that Naja is after his position, leading to power struggles between the two, resulting in unforeseen consequences for them. Let's just say, you can't guess the ending, even though it's very realistic.