70 minSeason 1 • Episode 24
LatestKim Rae-Won stars as the warm hearted chef-in-training Lee Sung-Chan, while actress Nam Sang-Mi plays a silly country girl, Kim Jin-soo, who trails Lee with high hopes of becoming a food columnist. Veteran actor Choi Bul-Am appears as Master Oh Sook-soo, Lee's stepfather and the only person who truly believes in Lee's potential. Sung-Chan is a happy and bright young man who loves to cook. Leaving the heavy responsibility of becoming the head chef of Oh's famous restaurant to his stepbrother, he explores the world of cooking and discovers that he's actually good at it. When Oh announces that he will not choose his own son to become the owner and head chef, cold-hearted jealousy and competition arise.
Acting
Kim Rae-won's smile could melt butter at twenty paces.
Production
Food cinematography so gorgeous you'll taste the screen.
Writing
Stepbrother rivalry that actually earns its emotional payoff.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Huh Young-man's manhwa 'Sikgaek,' the series helped spark global interest in Korean royal court cuisine during the late 2000s hallyu wave.
Kim Rae-won trained with actual Korean master chefs for months; the knife skills you see are legitimately his, not stunt hands.
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