Life is good for the staff of R&R restaurant. With no real competition on their strip, their restaurant is a year old and a success. That is until the arrival of Gabe, the next in line to the old Italian family restaurant across the road.
The passionate relationship between Sachin and Carmelita is tested. Meanwhile, Gabe is beginning to realise that running a restaurant and being a single father might be too much to handle.
Dishpig is experiencing something of a meltdown. The combination of Ruth's rejection of his advances and Gabe stealing his girl has flushed out all his deepest insecurities.
When, through the influence of Ruth's "tame" DJ, R&R begins to edge ahead of Snatch and Grab, Gabe and his team decide they need some publicity of their own.
A former mentor and, it turns out, lover of Rita's comes to town to conduct a cooking master class. This man, Rita assures everyone, is a food genius, and so R&R will host the class.
R&R restaurant is raided by the Department of Immigration, and terrified of something going wrong, Carmelita brings forward the date of her wedding to Dishpig.
Two influential celebrities have chosen to dine at R&R on their wedding anniversary, and have asked Rita to prepare a special heart-shaped dessert for the occasion.
During the "Cooks of 2000" cooking school reunion, various relationships come to the boil, and in one long night of very hard partying, some decisions are made that will change lives forever.
