Elias Marchetti in the bakery scene

An Italian laborer foils anyone who tries to stop him from selling espresso on the Milan-to-Naples night train.

Matthias heads off to the bakery for the holiday season, butting heads with the ever-comfortable Dutch over management. Thrown into the mix are the bakery's languorous staff, the eclectic clientele and a duo of opportunistic Zellquists of whom Dutch is unsure whether to welcome in or fend off.

Marco Poloni's family owns a bakery in the Bronx and it seems that they have fallen on hard times and his family is considering selling the bakery. Marco then decides to enter a baking competition hoping that the money and publicity will help them. But he needs a partner, so her asks Grace Carpenter, the baker of restaurant, but unfortunately they started off on the wrong foot, but she agrees. So they go to the competition and things seem to be looking good except for a few complications. One of the other contestant Jacques du Jacques is Marco's former classmate at the Academy, whom he says betrayed him. Emil, one of the judges, is Marco's former instructor at the Academy whom he did not leave a good impression on. And Marco's temper. So will they be able to pull it off. And at the same time Marco finds himself attracted to her but she already has a boyfriend.

An Italian chef bakes a cake

Mattia, a building contractor on a promising career path, is about to close the biggest deal of his professional life, when his illegally-hired worker Kamal falls off some scaffolding, suffers a severe break and threatens to sue and press charges against Mattia unless... Unless Mattia takes his place in an advanced course for pastry makers! This is the reason Kamal came to Italy from his native Egypt and that will allow him to realize his dream of opening his own pastry shop... Mattia has no choice but to take Kamal’s place in the school and pretend to be him. Among laughs and mouth-watering recipes, Mattia will discover a way to bring his and Kamal's disparate cultures together.

Daniele is a policeman with a strong moral code and for him the end justifies the means. Giovanni works as an entertainer at children's parties and is on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Antonio is an old man who steals the coins that tourists throw into the fountains. The lives of these three men meet on the birthday of little Elisa, Daniele's daughter.