The TV series "The Cook" is a Russian detective melodrama about a police officer's widow who becomes a cook in the house of a wealthy businessman. Ulyana is forced to support her family alone, so she doesn't refuse any side jobs, and oligarch Egor Fomin offers her a decent salary. The only problem is his young wife, pop diva Victoria, who doesn't give the household staff a peaceful life. But the more Ulyana learns about the capricious girl, the more she becomes convinced that Vicky has serious problems that she can't handle on her own.