Marjánka is a first-class chateau cook, but she has a nice manner and also a quarrelsome nature. The patient gardener secretly loves her, and so he lets her get away with a lot. Marjane, however, does not want the gardener; she thinks straight of the Marquis, who is to visit the castle. So when the magical Grandpa Hádalík appears in the castle kitchen, it looks like Marjánka's dreams will come true. Or is he going to fix Marjane's head?