An elderly businessman thinking about aging and death takes time off to help teach a dead friend's children about life and business.

Olivia Dangerfield and her brother are hired as servants in the household of the meticulous Mrs. Falkner. When another pair of servants is detained by the law, Olivia decides to pose as a master cook, though she knows little about the culinary arts. Meanwhile, Burton Crane, the boyfriend of Mrs. Falkner's daughter, becomes attracted to the "wonderful cook" at the Falkner home.

在人人自矜身份、讲究表面浮华的上流社会中，尼格尔饰演一个富有的钻石商人的侄女，她爱上了家里的新男仆，但她并不知道，对方实际上是个乔装打扮的贵族。