Young Nigel Slater has big culinary aspirations, even though all his mother knows how to make is toast. When his mother dies, relations grow strained between Nigel and his father, especially when he remarries a woman who wins his heart with a lemon meringue pie. Nigel enters culinary school, starts working in a pub, and finds himself competing with his stepmother - both in the kitchen and for his father's attention.
Freddie Highmore
as Nigel Slater
Ken Stott
as Dad
Victoria Hamilton
as Mum
Oscar Kennedy
as Young Nigel Slater
Helena Bonham Carter
as Mrs Potter
Matthew McNulty
as Josh
Rob Jarvis
as Fishmonger
Selina Cadell
as Ruby
Amy Marston
as Primary School Teacher
Marion Bailey
as Mrs. Adams
Tracey Wilkinson
as Sheila
Clare Higgins
as Mavis
