Love, country life, and racks of lamb: 'The Woodruff' is the captivating portrait of an obsessive gourmet and his involuntary new beginning as a chef in the Brandenburg countryside. Bohemian patch soup, stuffed pike, venison goulash: Jens Sparschuh invites you on a culinary journey through time that makes your mouth water and works wonders. For decades, Odo Weingaertner worked as a food critic for Berlin's City Radio. Now he's retiring. And his very last review, of the country inn "Zur Dubrower Mühle," leads to a scandal. Owner Senta Woitschke accuses him of lying. Odo goes to see her to clear things up. The matter seems settled. Little does Odo know that his path will soon lead him back to the mill, not as a guest, but as a chef. The start in this culinary wasteland is bumpy. But with the rediscovered recipes of his Saxon grandmother Tilda, Odo manages to liven up the hard-to-digest provincial cuisine. And he even gets along better with Senta – before a shadow falls over the mill and puts Odo's new life in jeopardy.