Practicing cooking skills does not always have to go through special lessons, you know. You can learn to cook as well as spend your free time watching cooking shows.
Like cooking shows in South Korea, which are now increasingly diverse, it's not just about cooking in the kitchen, but also combining various interesting themes in it.
Like the following Korean cooking shows that combine learning to cook, adventure, mukbang, and much more!
Stars' Top Recipe at Fun-Staurant
Is a South Korean television program that airs on KBS2 which currently airs every Friday at 20:30 (KST). You can also watch it on KBS official YouTube.
The program is famous for popularizing "Dalgona Coffee" by former member, actor Jung Il Woo. Also in this program, it teaches how to cook various types of themes and ingredients through a cooking battle between South Korean celebrities.
Based on the theme given each week, celebrities will develop and reveal their own creative recipes, plus personal cooking.
The dish is then judged by a team of judges, and the winning dish will be available at convenience stores throughout South Korea the next day right after the announcement of the winning dish.
Not only that, the proceeds from the sale of the winning dishes will be donated to charity. The number of sales in episode 119 has reached 302,969,867. You can learn to cook with various themes in a relaxed manner, and how to make it more efficient. Lots of tips and tricks from the event chefs too, you know!
Baek Jong Won Alley Restaurant
Baek Jong Won is a famous South Korean chef who is no different from celebrities. So famous, he even has a special program with his name.
The program is titled “Baek Jong Won Alley Restaurant”, a South Korean variety show that has been broadcast since January 5, 2018. This is a spin-off of the cooking variety program, Top 3 Chef King, which previously also starred Baek Jong Won.
On October 25, 2021, it was announced that the program would end with 200 episodes by the end of 2021. The last filming took place on November 26, 2021. Now, you can watch it via YouTube or online platforms.
At the event, Baek Jong Won will provide various recipes and easy tips for cooking. Chef Baek's way of explaining is known to be very efficient and unique, so it is widely followed and liked by many people who want to learn to cook.
Kang Kitchen
Starting from the variety show New Journey to the West, a spin-off titled Kang Kitchen was held. This show aired on the cable channel tvN starting on December 5, 2017. It managed to record an average rating of 8.3 percent, with a peak at 9.1 percent.
Following the success of the first season which Kang Ho Dong led as Head Chef, the show continued into the second and third seasons airing in the summer of 2019.
In fact, there is another spin-off entitled Lee Kitchen, where Lee Soo Geun, who is a permanent member of New Journey To The West and Kang Kitchen, is required to manage a restaurant in the countryside alone.
Through Kang Kitchen where not all members are good at cooking, you can learn together to start your skills from scratch. So you can learn slowly.
Three Meals A Day
If you like shows with an adventure theme, but also want to learn to cook, then it's suitable to watch the South Korean cooking reality show broadcast on tvN entitled Three Meals A Day.
This event sees members stay in a small village or fishing village for three days a week and are tasked with using whatever food they find there to cook three meals a day.
They also experience village life while interacting with the locals and hosting various celebrity guests for dinner. It has nine seasons with a premiere from October 2014 to July 2020 on Friday nights in various time slots.
Each season features a different location and cast according to various themes. The show's success continued with two web spin-offs featuring the various cast of New Journey to the West also being produced and released on producer Na Young Seok's YouTube channel.
Three Meals in Iceland was released from September 20 to November 29, 2019, while Three Meals a Day for Four, featuring Sechs Kies, was released from May 15 to July 24, 2020.
In October 2021, the third spin-off was released for television broadcasts, featuring the cast of the hit drama series Hospital Playlist as well, you know!