Ollie Paras is the White House Executive Chef, who is friendly with the First Lady, Mrs. Campbell. Mrs. Campbell is trying to persuade her nephew Sean to come to the White House on Thanksgiving. Ollie is helping to convince Sean to come. A bomb threat comes into the White House and everyone in the White House is on high alert for other threats. The First Lady is part owner of Zendy Industries, and they have to decide whether or not to sell the business. A kindly electrician, Gene, dies one day while working on an electrical problem near the kitchen! And then, Sean, Mrs. Campbell's nephew is found dead! In the midst of all this, Ollie is approached by a Senator' Blanchard's assistant and asked to fix the annual Gingerbread decorating contest for his children. Ollie has a lot on her plate. Is their any correlation between the bomb threat and Gene's electrocution, will Mrs. Campbell sell Zendy Industries, will Ollie rig the gingerbread contest in favor of Senator Blanchard's children, will she discover any more bombs, and did Sean really commit suicide or was it murder? You will have to read Hail to the Chef to find out.