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Nagiyev decides that it's time for the restaurant to keep up with the times, and is looking for a new cook- a specialist in molecular cuisine.

The kitchen staff plot each other intrigues. Max and Ilya also decide to compete. A competition for the best tip is announced. By chance, Ilya sets up a girl, and she is fired.

Max and Vika are forced to apologize to a dissatisfied client - the prefect's wife. And the Chief hides in every possible way that Katya is his daughter.

Nagiyev divorced his wife and is celebrating it in a restaurant. His ex also comes to "celebrate the divorce", and a scandal erupts. Nagiyev gets drunk, and in conclusion eats a dish with hallucinogens. Victor has a talisman - an elephant that brings good luck. Victor decides to go to the casino, loses everything, gets drunk, loses his elephant.

At the opening of the summer terrace, the chef's daughter gives a master class in molecular cuisine. All the guests are delighted, they order a molecular banquet for the next day, but Katya unexpectedly quits, and the chef has to do something that he does not know how to do. Max is jealous of Vika for Nagiyev, who invites Vika to Paris and wants to give her a car.

Nagiyev and his ex-wife Kristina are trying to share the restaurant. Nagiyev finds Max with Vika and tries to fire Max, and Vika confesses his love.

Max continues to fight for Vika and replays in his head different scenarios of how he wins her heart.

Friends come to Lena, and Spartak plays at the boss's, but he agrees to spend the weekend with Lena's friends. Nagiyev continues to care for Vika. Nagiev asks the Chef to return Max to the kitchen, in return the Chef asks Dima to tell Lena that they have a banquet and he needs to work.

Chef wakes up at Max's after yesterday's booze and they go hangover together. Nastya's father comes to the restaurant to talk to Kostya about their future life together, and offers Kostya a job as a lawyer. Kostya agrees, but hides it from Nastya. The boss makes Max his drinking buddy, calls him at night, demanding that Max come to him urgently. Max arrives at the specified address, there is a casino. Joint drinking is gaining momentum.

Lyova is in love with the Chef daughter and asks Max to help him. The Chef makes a bet with Nagiyev that he will find a woman for himself right today. He tries to get acquainted with the visitors of the restaurant.

A Frenchman arrives in Moscow - a friend of the chef and curator of the Katya Academy, who knows that the daughter of the Chef was expelled. To prevent this problem from popping up, Katya tells her father that she is pregnant from Max. The chief insists on the wedding. The chef accidentally overhears Nagiyev and Vika talking about replacing old furniture in the restaurant, but misunderstands. He decides that it is about himself.

In the house where the restaurant is located, grandfather Kirill lives, who has an exacerbation several times a year and interferes with the life of the owner and visitors of the restaurant. Nagiev and  Chef are trying to find an approach to the grandfather and calm him down. Vika moves out of her apartment and invites one of the staff to live there. Nastya takes the keys - but not for herself, but for Max. Max refuses, but Nastya starts renovations, and he still has to look for another place to live.

Max and Katya are trying to destroy the evidence of a night stay in a restaurant bar. Nagiyev does not leave attempts to move to a new level of relations with Victoria.

Katya starts dating a motorcyclist. Chef is not satisfied with such a fan of his daughter and he offers him one hundred thousand rubles for parting. Max quarrels with Caucasians and tries to find a way to peacefully resolve the conflict.

Nagiyev argued with a friend that he could cook a rabbit with rosemary. The waiters help him out of an awkward situation. Vika informs Kostya that she is leaving for another country.

A poltergeist has appeared in the kitchen. Maxim invents his signature dish, which is not to everyone's taste. Kristina replaces Victoria as the director of the restaurant.

Nagiyev announces that an excellent banquet must be prepared for the oil tycoon, who will save the restaurant from bankruptcy. But at the most crucial moment, the light in the entire building burns out.

After the sale, the restaurant becomes a chain: the menu changes, a pass system appears. The chief tries to fight innovations until he finds out about the bonus.

The new owner of the restaurant finds out about the homeless man, who is being fed by the cooks, and is categorically dissatisfied. The chief and Nagiyev are trying to defend "their" homeless man.Chef even hires him, during which amazing details are revealed. Vika arranges honesty checks for Max, but their relationship only gets tangled.

The new management invites the best crisis manager in the capital, which should increase the profitability of the restaurant. Kostya and Nastya are getting married. Max quits and leaves for Voronezh, but in a train compartment.