Gareth and Janice are worried over Le Chateau's high expenses. Janice complains about the prices of Mrs Courtney, the herb supplier. Gareth dismisses Mrs Courtney with his usual shower of abuse. They also decide to open the restaurant for Christmas, which requires purchasing numerous turkeys for Christmas dinners. A frantic search for the best turkeys available leaves Gareth and Janice lost in the middle of Wilts, where they get caught off the road in a rain storm. They hope for rescue when they see someone walking through the fields, but their hopes are lowered when it turns out to be Mrs Courtney, whose boyfriend owns the turkey farm, still furious at her treatment by Gareth. Eventually they agree to buy the turkeys at a price even more excessive than what they've been paying her for herbs. The purchase proves to be wasted when their main Christmas party cancels and is replaced by a group of vegetarians.

Gareth Blackstock is chef-kok van het restaurant "Le Château Anglais". De eigenaar van het restaurant eist een kostenreductie in de keuken. Gezien Gareth alleen maar wil koken met de allerbeste ingrediënten past dit echter niet in zijn plannen. Maar dan meldt de jonge Everton zich om als sous-chef aan de slag te gaan en dit zonder hiervoor te worden betaald...