After Jackie Dalrymple-Jones finds her domineering mother lying dead, face down in a bowl of porridge, she has to take responsibility for Café Paradise. The greasyspoon in York has seen better days, but Jackie's plans to modernise are not appreciated by her wilful staff ...

Zumba dancing, feckless chickens, cross-dressing and the world's most fiery curry all play their part as Jackie and her friends find love and fight financial skullduggery.