Edward Lee "There was no manipulation of 'black and white cook', Ahn Sungjae's examination is really cruel"
Oct 09, 2024
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Edward Lee recently appeared on the podcast 'Dave Jean Show'.
He declined a few offers to appear on "The Black and White Chef". I thought it was a program that young people with feisty energy would do, but I got to participate to find my true identity. I also wanted to get to know the chefs in Korea."
Then "The filming was so hard. I didn't film all at once, but I had time to go back and forth to the United States. In some cases, they flew for 20 hours and traveled for a few hours by car as soon as they arrived in Korea. It was physically very difficult. When I was in Korea, I stayed in a hotel, but there were no cooking utensils, so I bought a few portable utensils and simply simulated them,' he confessed.
In particular, Chef Edward Lee highly appreciated the honesty of the program.
He "I've participated in various cooking contests, but I've never seen a scale like this. There was no manipulation. Koreans are very honest. You can't bring your cell phone into the set, and you have to put a sticker on the camera lens even when you have your cell phone with you for a while. As a joke, I told the chef next to me, "Let's take a picture without the sticker", but with a disgusting expression, "No, I can't." They say, "Brother". People are really nice."
However, about Chef Ahn Sung-jae, who was a judge, he complained that it was really cruel.
At the same time, Chef Edward Lee vowed to challenge himself with something new and never cook what he has done in his cooking career. It's meaningless to go to the competition if you only do what you usually do. Various challenges in the process of finding my own identity were the biggest reasons why I participated in the competition."
Chef Edward Lee won the runner-up prize in the `Black and White Chef' after a fierce neck-and-neck race with Napoli Mafia.
Reporter Baek Ji-eun, silk781220@sportschosun.com , photo = Yonhap News
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