Regional "Chef de cuisine des Alpenvorlandes" cooking contest finalist Michael Neuhuber was fatally stabbed in the hotel kitchen. Fellow finalists Peter Salbert and Jonathan Demand are the prime suspects. In Neuhuber's pocket is found a cod oil flask, ideal to spoil rival's dishes. Peter Salbert had a loud row with Michael on the fatal evening. Jonathan Demand hides his late call with Neuhuber. While Korbinian Hofer and Christian Bach's investigate, the precinct buzzes about the music academy's new grand piano and the Salzburg tuner ordered by Achziger.
—KGF Vissers