"Black and White Chef" Lee Young-sook ""The Last Challenge" (Women's Generation)

Sep 24, 2024

'Black and White Chef' Lee Young-sook ''The Last Challenge' (Women's Generation)



Participants in the topic of "Black and White Cooks" appeared in "Women's Generation" and drew attention.

On the 24th, MBC's Standard FM 'Yang Hee-eun, Kim Il-joong are the participants of Netflix 'Black and White Cook: Cooking Class Wars' featured guests such as Meal Service University, Imokase No. 1, and Lee Young-sook to tell their stories.

On this day, Imokase No. 1 appeared in a hanbok and caught the eye. He "I have to go to the restaurant and work right after the show, so I dress like this and go to work. I also wear hanbok when I work. I keep about 20 of them by season", he explained why he works in Hanbok like everyday clothes. In addition, he added that he is busy running a Korean omakase restaurant and a hand-kalguksu restaurant together.



Yang Hee-eun conveyed her long-standing relationship with Lee Young-sook, the winner of the Battle of Korean Food 2, and was surprised, saying, `I judged 10 years ago.' Lee Young-sook said, "I was doing well making food," he said, explaining how he was doing. Kim Il-joong asked Lee Young-sook "Do you feel more nervous now than when you won the championship?" and Lee Young-sook expressed her honest feelings "It's just one thing to be nervous then and now."

The Black and White Chef: A War of Cooking Classes is a cooking survival program in which chefs from Jaeya challenge Korean star chefs 'Baeksujeo. In response, Kim Il-joong asked "What was the expression of serving black spoon?" and Imokase replied "At first, I just thought it was a cooking competition program, but I didn't know that it was divided into black spoon and white spoon." He "I didn't feel good at first, but it was an honor to be with the famous white spoon chefs."," he added.



The school cafeteria has been working as an elementary school cafeteria cook for 15 years. He "My son saw the recruitment announcement on social media and encouraged me to go out. I refused at first, but I finally applied to my son's persuasion,' he said. He expressed his honest feelings, saying, `As a general public, it is burdensome for many people to recognize it.'

Referring to the changes after appearing on the show, Lee surprised people by saying, `After winning the Korean Food Battle, too many customers came and closed the restaurant for three months.' On the other hand, Imokase "After the broadcast, there were more young customers. It also affected the reservation rate"I expressed my appreciation by expressing my gratitude.



The question about the judges was also followed by an honest answer. Lee Young-sook and the school lunch team mentioned the tension of the screening process, saying, `Chef Ahn Sung-jae is strict,' while Imokase added, `Chef Ahn Sung-jae was strict when judging, but he treated me comfortably outside of the screening.'

Finally, they talked about a chef who wanted to cook together. Lee Young-sook said, `I don't have anyone I want to avoid, but I was impressed by the chef who was preparing Japanese food.' and Imokase said, `I really wanted to cook with Lee Young-sook," he added. The school lunch team also expressed respect, saying, `There are many things to learn from Lee Young-sook.'

In his last greeting, Kim Il-joong introduced "These are the black and white chefs'the favourites" and asked for their opinions on "good cooking". Lee Young-sook said "The combination of kimchi and white rice is the best taste" and the meal stand replied "Good cooking is food that fills the heart." Imokase concluded the broadcast by adding "It's good to think about who's going to eat and to suit their tastes."



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