Magic Boy Kitchener (Chinese: 《神厨小福贵》; pinyin: Shen Chu Xiao Fu Gui) is a Chinese cartoon series currently broadcast on CCTV.
The series takes place in the late Qing Dynasty, during the era of the Empress Dowager Cixi. After a convoy accident in which the imperial kitchener perishes, Cixi orders the search for a new kitchener from the region. She sends her eunuchs to a nearby town, where they find a small tavern with a skilled elderly chef - the grandfather of the series protagonist, Fugui, a young aspiring chef himself. His grandfather is taken away by the eunuchs, leaving only one option for Fugui - becoming the imperial kitchener, thereby saving the life of his grandfather. Fugui must train his cooking skills in order to beat all the other cooks trying to become the Dowager's new cook. Fugui eventually finds a friend for life, Feidie, while searching for his grandfather. Feidie helps Fugui in order to get closer to the Dowager, who she wants to assassinate due to her belief that she killed her father. Fugui also befriends eunuch Xiao Lizi - despite him leading the capture of his grandfather at the town tavern, and dispatching Fugui rather harshly during the capture.
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