Our heroic chefs-in-training are back for their second spicy year at the Gourmand Academy of Culinary Combat. Missed connections and bitter rivalries are rekindled as Hana, Olivia, Bobby, and the others struggle with new monsters, new techniques, and new recipes! But things are only made more difficult when the crew is split up.
As Hana and some of her classmates are sent on their first field mission to Clayton Ranch to uncover the secret behind attacks on the local livestock, Olivia, Bobby, and the remaining students in Gourmet City find themselves in the midst of a culinary crime ring. And both seem to be connected to a mysterious band of poachers working for a charismatic and dangerous leader... If the students can't stop her, Gourmand may just go up in smoke!
Vivian Truong was born in London, England, and studied Computer Animation Arts at Bournemouth University. She is a self-taught artist, a natural storyteller, and an avid lover of cartoons and comics. Her first graphic novel City of Dragons: The Awakening Storm is listed as a Best Graphic Novel of 2021 by ALA and is a worldwide hit among reviewers. She is also the artist behind the Wall Street Journal-listed self-help book I Am Fun Size, and So Are You! She has created comics with Riot Games, Your Comic Heroes, and several anthologies.