OMG!!! YOU SHOULD TOTALLY GIVE THAT A CHANCE.
BUT YEAH, THE CHEF THAT TALKED TO HIM IN JOINING THE RESTAURANT LET HIM DO HIS THING IN THE BEGINNING BUT THEN GAKU WAS TOLD THAT HE WAS THERE TO MAKE PASTRY. AND HE DID AT THE END IN THE ANIME. HE MADE A PASTRY AND SERVED THAT TO HIS RIVAL IN A OCCASION.
IT GOES LIKE THAT. I TOTALLY GET THAT YOU BORED BUT IT GETS REAL EXCITING. HOPE YOU GO BACK IN WATCHING.
IT GOT LESSONS THAT REALLY WORTH KNOWING

after finishing the anime. I kinda thought that it is somewhat similar to ao ashi at some point especially episode 11 or 10?
That part when Gaku realized he isn't there as a chef that can make anything with freedom but rather forced to be a pastry chef. He nailed though, and I will patiently wait what lies ahead after that.
Similar to how ashito thought he is in the team a striker but turns out the head coach have a totally different position for him in mind.
Turns out both stories are made by one author.
I hope Gaku won't go astray as what the other chef thought.
I wish Season 2 for the anime would come closer. Cause I love this kind of stories and plot.