This Christmas, love is on the menu. Anna Carrington is tired of being the girl who hasn’t moved on. Two years after a painful breakup, she’s still facing pitying glances from friends and awkward reunions with her ex – who’s now bringing his new girlfriend to the Christmas ball. Desperate to save face, Anna needs a date. Fast. Enter Warren: her brother’s best friend and the brooding head chef at the family’s boutique hotel. With his estranged parents coming to visit, Warren needs a buffer at dinner. Anna has a plan – she’ll help him survive his family’s questions if he’ll pretend to be her boyfriend for one night. One night turns into cosy dinners, snowy weekends, and kisses that feel all too real. As the lines between fake and forever begin to blur, Anna finds herself falling for the man who sees her like no one else ever has. But Warren is hiding a secret – one that could unravel everything. Coming clean about his past could cost him the career he’s worked so hard to build… and the one woman who accepts him just as he is. Set against the twinkling lights of Chipping Campden, A Chef’s Kiss for Christmas is a heartwarming story of second chances, slow-burn romance, and finding someone who feels like home.