The evening in the bar ends traumatically for Heike Steinbeck. She is raped in an underpass. A young woman helps Heike and pays for her courage with her life. The conspicuous features of the crime lead Vera and her colleagues to a well-known sex offender: Marcel Richter, recently released after ten years in prison for rape. Despite his alibi, Richter seems suspicious. Vera takes Heike in to protect her. When the two women have to put a burglar to flight, Vera Lanz is no longer sure: Was Heike a random victim or did the perpetrator specifically target her? Who would have an interest in harming Heike? The estranged husband of Heike's new girlfriend, Nicole Obermair, gets in Vera's focus. Eight new episodes of "Die Chefin" will be broadcast on Fridays at 8:15 p.m.