Franklyn is a successful chef and restaurant owner in San Francisco, who has had a crush on his pastry chef, Elise Gilbert, for years. Painfully shy, he has been trying to work up the nerve to reveal his affections - and thinks he may just have got a handle on it when Elise's ex-husband walks back into town. In order to win the woman he loves, will Franklyn be able to overcome his insecurities and show Elise that he is the one for her?