"Black and White Chef" Writer" Choi Hyun-seok reversed his appearance and dived in the middle..It was hard to cast him"

Oct 15, 2024

 'Black and White Chef' Writer' Choi Hyun-seok reversed his appearance and dived in the middle..It was hard to cast him'
"Black and white chefs" production team mentioned the process of recruiting chefs.

The production team of Netflix's original entertainment series Black and White Cook met with Sports Chosun at a cafe in Jongno-gu, Seoul on the morning of the 15th for the end of the interview.

Producer Kim Hak-min said, `I'm thinking of various people for Season 2 and Season 1, but basically if you apply, it'll be based on the people who applied, so I think it'd be good if a lot of people applied. The writers really worked hard. In setting up a cast of various chefs in season 1, he researched data and recommended support to the chefs, and struggled for a long time with a small number of people per day. I think you're going to have a hard time in Season 2, but you really worked hard."

The writer Mo In-seol said, "The difficult reason is that you can't reveal the composition of the black spoon and white spoon, and you can't say that you're going to be a white spoon with Chef Yeo Kyung-rae, Choi Hyun-seok, and it's all a secret, so be one challenger among 100 people. I had no choice but to say that I wouldn't let anyone be named. After preparing for the program, I recruited and had a meeting for about a month and a half, and the writer once said he would quit. I'm sorry to ask the masters to come out recklessly, and I used the word black spoon and white spoon, but I thought it was rude to share it like this, so I said I'd quit because it was so uncomfortable, but I think they all liked it because our intention was not to make noise, but to make it more edgy cooking shows."

 'Black and White Chef' Writer' Choi Hyun-seok reversed his appearance and dived in the middle..It was hard to cast him'
김학민 PD. Photo courtesy = Netflix
The process of recruiting a chef wouldn't have been easy. Producer Kim Hak-min said "Chef Choi Hyun-seok reversed it once in the middle", adding that writer Mo was "not once". I said I would do it today, and I said I wouldn't do it tomorrow, so I dived in the middle. It wasn't just once," he revealed.

In response, PD Kim Hak-min "I think he was very worried about the serious show." Chef Jung Ji-sun also persuaded him by talking on the phone for nearly an hour.

It was not easy to cast Chef Edward Lee. The writer Mo In-seol "Personally, I was happy that Chef Edward Lee was on the cast list, and I hope you can do it because he is the winner of Iron Chef and the White House State Dinner Chef." During the meeting as a joke, I asked the youngest producer to send me an e-mail, and the youngest producer wrote and sent me an e-mail with all his heart and checked every day. There was no feedback at all, and he said he wanted to have a production team meeting, so he persuaded him through a Zoom meeting, but he answered that he would participate as a challenger in a few days. I think the producer and the writer were so happy and clapped together."

 'Black and White Chef' Writer' Choi Hyun-seok reversed his appearance and dived in the middle..It was hard to cast him'
최현석 셰프. Photo courtesy = Netflix
Producer Kim Eun-ji commented on the cast for Season 2 and producer Kim Eun-ji replied, "There are a lot of talented cooking people in Korea. You don't have to worry about the season 2 lineup. I know the viewers are worried about what happens, but I don't think they are worried." Producer Kim Hak-min is also surprised to see e-mails from applicants who express their willingness to apply even though Season 2 has not been announced. There are no people who can tell you their names, but 'You're already getting support emails? 'I've been surprised to the point that I thought it would be..."

The Black and White Chef has captured the world with an unconventional mission that has never been seen in a cooking survival, a dynamic survival as if watching a sports game and martial arts. The fierce competition of black and white chefs who are serious about cooking, the overwhelming scale, and the unpredictable result of the reversal, exploded the sense of excitement and dopamine. Above all, Jongwon Baek, Korea's best restaurant owner and national cooking mentor, and Ahn Sung-jae, the chef of Korea's only Michelin 3 star 'Massou Seoul','The Best 'Taste' were loved. Jongwon Baek, who once again showed his true value with his public perspective and extensive knowledge and experience of 'taste', and Ahn Sung-jae, the final king of detailed screening, who looked at the cooking of vegetables, fine liver, and the intentions of the chef at the peak of fine dining, were praised for opening a new horizon in the cooking survival.

The popularity of the country was also all-kill. The TV-integrated survey for the first week of October released by Good Data Corporation Fundex showed that Korea ranked first for three consecutive weeks in both drama and non-drama, putting Korea in a craze for four weeks immediately after its release. It was at the center of the topic by ranking first in the September survey of the first Korean Gallup 'Korean favorite program'.





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