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The Backpacker Chef

2022–2024 · 2 seasons

A cheerful, high-energy cooking show where a likable team improvises meals in unexpected places, mixing playful banter with impressive culinary teamwork.

Created by
Lee Woo-hyung
Genres
Reality
Starring
Paik Jong-won, Oh Dae-hwan, Ahn Bo-hyun
Tagline
With These Backpacks, We Can Cook Anywhere!
Overview
Extreme cooking in extreme places! Open the backpacks and it's our kitchen! The location and the guests are strictly confidential?! The only thing you can trust in the chaos is the backpacks. What's the special business trip dish that starts with four different bags? Starting with the irreplaceable "K-food industry's big hand" Baek Jong-won. Oh Dae-hwan, who transformed from Chungmuro scene stealer to 'National Cook Stealer'. Ahn Bo-hyun, the "Visual Main Store" that occupies not only the screen but also the kitchen. "A spoon of fun powder, please~" "Human MSG" DinDin, too!

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Created by
Lee Woo-hyung
Genres
Reality
Starring
Paik Jong-won, Oh Dae-hwan, Ahn Bo-hyun
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • work
  • friendship
  • survival
  • art
Places
  • road trip
  • workplace
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour7
Realism8
Romance0
Tension3
Darkness1
Complexity2
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
reality
Created by
Lee Woo-hyung
Starring
Paik Jong-won, Oh Dae-hwan, Ahn Bo-hyun, Lee Su-geun, DinDin, Kim Dong-jun, Young K, Fabrizio Ferrari
Length
2 seasons, 44 episodes, 100 min each
Network
tvN
Country
South Korea
Languages
Korean

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