London. End of the 19th century. Bella Waverly, the daughter of a drunken aristocrat, is forced to work as a maid for “bed and board.” The girl does all the menial housework and rests only in the kitchen - over the course of several years she has achieved great success in cooking. One day, in Piccadilly, right in front of Bella, an omnibus hits a young woman. Dying, the unfortunate woman puts a letter in the girl’s hand. Unable to contain her curiosity, Bella opens the envelope and discovers... an invitation to the position of cook in the kitchen of Queen Victoria herself. You can't miss this chance! And Bella makes a risky decision - to appear at Buckingham Palace under the guise of a dead woman. From now on, her name is Helen Barton, and life opens up exciting prospects, if, of course, she manages to avoid prison for deceiving Her Majesty.