“Modern chef Ye Jiayao time-travels to Imperial China, using wit and humor to survive kidnapping and pursue culinary dreams.”
Cinderella Chef
萌妻食神
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Synopsis
Modern chef Ye Jiayao time-travels to Imperial China, using wit and humor to survive kidnapping and pursue culinary dreams.
Ye Jiayao is a young and talented cook who dreams of becoming a renowned chef one day. As luck would have it, she's magically transported back in time to Imperial China, and in the body of an extremely useless girl. Ye Jiayao is immediately kidnapped and held for ransom, but she manages to use her wits (and her sense of humor) to get whatever she wants. (Source: CBR)
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Community consensus
Derived from 20 sampled reviews
What 20 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.11 · split reception
4.7 pts
Recommenders 7.9 · others 3.3
↓ 0.50
Running avg · Mar 2019 → Jan 2026
- 9 “• Plot > The story is decent... pretty casual, it's like "Food Wars" but family friendly. Unlike some other drama anime which makes you want to just stop out of cringe this has less drama, and the...”
- 7 “Good sides: First this was my very first Chinese anime which I have watched sub by MizureX33 and I have found it weird but refreshing. It is quite similar with a Isekai anime except it is not...”
- 8 “I really enjoyed this anime. The main girl basically gets sent to another world, spends a short time falling for a handsome man, then they are torn apart by circumstances and the man spends his...”
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- Format 12 × 20′ eps × min
- Total runtime 4h 00m all episodes
- Aired Dec 2018 – Mar 2019
- Source Ona media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-13973 catalog
Produced by
- bilibili Producer
- China Literature Limited Producer