Hannibal Pillsbury, famed for his prowess in cooking flapjacks for the Cadman lumber camp, meets Alice Dryden while she is visiting her fiancé, Andrew Cadman. Discharged for a practical joke, Hannibal meets Alice again in a Greenwich Village restaurant named the Purple Guinea Pig. Capitalizing on Hannibal's cooking talents, the two buy the restaurant, which becomes a big hit. A newspaper story of their partnership brings to town Alice's Aunt Ellen and Cadman, who collaborate to lure Alice away from her Hannibal. They invite Alice onto Cadman's yacht with the intent of abducting her, but Mickey, Hannibal's young friend, overhears their plot and informs Hannibal. Hannibal swims to the rescue, and Alice realizes that she loves her lumberjack chef.