Curry for one after work, putting no-frills rice on first and expecting good stuff (10)

I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

(Tim(=Curry for one i.e. Tim Curry the actor best known for The Rocky Horror Picture Show would be one example of a Curry) after op(=work)) + ([r]ic[e] on ist(=first)). No frills for rice indicates removal of the “frills” i.e. the first and last letter.