The TV series "Chef. The Return" is the fifth installment of a Russian crime drama about former police officer Viktor Rastorguev. He now heads the security service of a major bank in St. Petersburg, lives in an expensive apartment, and enjoys long-awaited peace. However, his former colleague Nekrasov turns to Vitya for help: a mysterious killer has appeared in the Leningrad Oblast, and no one can catch him. The hero sets off to the town of Vetrov, where he takes on the position of the head of the local police department.