You're Bacon Me Crazy

Having modernized the recipes of classic Italian sandwiches taught to her by her long-deceased grandfather Matteo, Cleo Morelli owns and operates Cleo's Kitchen, a food truck, in her hometown of Portland, Oregon, the "City of Roses". She has long resisted her mother Mary's want for her to join her and Cleo's brother Tim in the family real-estate business--such work would kill Cleo's soul. And despite loving to cook, period, Cleo has also resisted the suggestion, especially by her assistant Andy, to open a bricks-and-mortar restaurant to allow her to expand the food she presents to the world. That resistance is also despite Matteo's old storefront being currently for lease, it which would be the perfect locale for an Italian restaurant. Despite believing that food should not be competition, at least she has the chance to dream of expanding her food-business horizons when she learns that Norma Duncan, arguably the queen of the town's food scene, is holding a food truck competition, the trucks entered with the most nominations going into the final six competition judged by her for a winner take all $100,000 grand prize. Cleo's dream for that grand prize takes a hit when a new truck comes into town, Mo-Bacon, that parks across the plaza from Cleo's and is all about the beloved sizzling-pork product. Mo-Bacon's sole driving force, Gabe, is a native son of Portland who left five years ago, backing out of a business opportunity with his former boss, having driven around the country in the truck for the last five years looking for new experiences of discovering great food and great people, only returning now for his younger brother Nate's 30th birthday before he resumes his life on the road. While Gabe has no intention of entering the competition, Cleo still tries to dislike him if only because his truck siphons off much of his business, but can't help liking his good nature and noting their shared love of food. As Cleo and Gabe start to fall for each other, they hit potential problems when he is unexpectedly pulled into the competition, his past relationship with Norma, his former boss, which could tip the scales, and each having some misconceptions of the other, Cleo having always believed that male chefs have egos bigger than their heads.