Chef James Strawbridge visits Lord and Lady Dunleath at their Ballywalter Park home, hoping to create a menu which both impresses and captures the history and character of the estate. Arriving by air, James receives a warm Ballywalter welcome from the couple, who take him on a tour of the estate. James discovers tales from the house's rich past including a cricket team captained by a butler, an unusual collection of birds and a poignant scrapbook created by a mother to depict the tragic tale of her son.