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Gourmet

2008 · 1 season

A cozy, food-filled journey with earnest rivalries and gentle romance, easy to sink into like a warm bowl of soup.

Created by
Han Cheol-soo, Choi Jong Soo
Genres
Drama
Starring
Kim Rae-won, Nam Sang-mi, Kim So-yeon
Overview
Kim 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.

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Created by
Han Cheol-soo, Choi Jong Soo
Genres
Drama
Starring
Kim Rae-won, Nam Sang-mi, Kim So-yeon
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • ambition
  • identity
  • love
  • betrayal
Places
  • countryside
  • workplace
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism7
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Han Cheol-soo, Choi Jong Soo
Written by
Choi Wan-gyu
Starring
Kim Rae-won, Nam Sang-mi, Kim So-yeon, Won Ki-jun, Kwon Oh-joong, Choi Bul-am
Length
1 seasons, 24 episodes, 60 min each
Network
SBS
Country
South Korea
Languages
Korean

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