The Cook in Office

This film (drama)Also known as厨子当官，is aMainland ChinaProducerbeauty live，At2005Released in year 。The dialogue language isMandarin Chinese，Current Douban rating7.4(For reference only)。

During the Guangxu era, the county magistrate of Xianghe, Ma Dongyang, was assassinated. The Empress Dowager wanted to appoint her chef, Niu Buge, as the new magistrate, but Guangxu opposed this. So both sides sent a chef to take office, alternating their judicial duties on odd and even days. The divine chef played by Li Baotian and the imperial chef engaged in a struggle for power and culinary skills, leading to a series of humorous and absurd events over their rivalry for the prestigious position and their competition in resolving cases.