Love and Other Disasters

Dahlia Woodson is recently divorced and close to bankruptcy. She joins the reality competition show Chef's Special hoping to start over, and her first memorable moment on camera is a fall that sends a tray of fish tacos across the floor.

She still wants to win, and the prize money matters. Then she meets London Parker, the cooking station's neighbour in front of her, and begins to want a future with them more than she wants the cheque.

London is the first openly nonbinary contestant on the show, and has just announced their pronouns on national television. They came to prove wrong the trolls, among them another contestant and their own dad. Falling in love was not part of the plan.

As the two grow closer, the pressures outside the set loosen: guilt over the divorce, worry about money and the future, the stress of transphobia. In their place come comic mischief on set, a wedding crash and impromptu swims in the Pacific.

Their steamy romantic comedy courtship carries real heat, and as the finale approaches it is tested both in the kitchen and outside it. Dahlia and London have to work out whether they can make something last once the cameras stop.