Kung Fu Chefs (2009) on Netflix

Plot summary

Wong Kai Joe resents his uncle, chef Wong Ping Yee, and works to push him out of the village and claim the Dragon Head Cleaver, the clan's symbol of power. At a function, guests fall ill, and Yee is blamed and forced to leave. He meets Shum Ching and her sister, who are struggling to keep their restaurant, Four Seas, running, and he stays to help. Lung Kin Yat finishes school as the first in his batch to graduate, and his principal advises him to find a master who can teach him cooking. Yee takes him on and prepares him to compete for the title of Top Chef against Chef Tin, the head chef of the Imperial Palace.