Safa Habimana a Muslim immigrant in Britain who struggles to make ends meet hopes that she and her troubled teenage son Ayyash will reunite with her husband one day. However with lots of time on his hands Ayyash will soon find the police on his doorstep--and as a result--his desperate mother will need to take some drastic measures. So without delay Safa sets up an appointment with Nat her Jewish boss and the neighbourhood's baker to beg him to take her son as an apprentice. Of course new beginnings are usually hard at first; but little by little as Nat's business starts to flourish thanks to a revolutionary recipe a strong bond will develop between them. But do they know that problems are just around the corner?