

TV series
Chef Is a Great Detective
2021–, Japanese, on TV Tokyo.
Mifune Shinobu is a chef for a French restaurant. He learned French cooking at restaurants in the countryside of France more than 10 years ago. Shinobu doesn’t talk much and he is calm, but he has a warm heart and he is considerate of other people. He isn't interested in achieving success as a chef and he only cares about healing people with his food. He also has an excellent memory and remembers the smallest of details. Shinobu is also a great private detective, who solves customers' problems or worries.
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 9
- Episode length
- 49 min
- Status
- Still running
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Latest episode
S1 E9: Episode 9
Aired 2 August 2021
Seasons 1
Cast & crew
Details
- First aired
- 31 May 2021
- Network
- TV Tokyo
- Original title
- シェフは名探偵
- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Japan
- Type
- Scripted
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Chef Is a Great Detective has 1 season and 9 episodes, about 49 minutes each.
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