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Gourmet

Title: 식객 (食客) / Shikgaek
Also known as: Gourmet / Trencherman / Best Chef
Genre: Romance
Episodes: 24
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2008-Jun-17 to 2008-Sep-09
Air time: Monday & Tuesday 21:55

Synopsis

Talented chefs Bong Joo and Sung Chan were raised like brothers after Sung Chan was orphaned and taken in by Bong Joo's family. Bong Joo's family owns a famous traditional Korean restaurant and claims descent from the last royal chef of the Joseon Dynasty. Bong Joo assumes that as the eldest, he will be the one to take over his family's restaurant and marry Joo Hee when his father makes a surprising announcement about a special cooking contest! Sung Chan is seen as a threat by some because of his youth, talent, creativity and non-conforming ways. Feeling sorry for him, Joo Hee tries to help him. Discovering the truth about their great-grandfather causes a crisis for Bong Joo, but he later becomes even more determined to be a success while Sung Chan decides to leave. Sung Chan becomes a food peddler, specializing in the freshest and best ingredients in traditional Korean cuisine. Will he ever become a chef again? Will they ever become united as "brothers"?

Cast

Kim Rae Won as Lee Sung Chan
- No Young Hak as young Sung Chan
Nam Sang Mi as Kim Jin Soo
Kim So Yun as Yoon Joo Hee
Kwon Oh Joong as Oh Bong Joo
- Ahn Yong Joon as young Bong Joo

Extended Cast

Won Ki Joon as Min Woo
Choi Bool Am as Oh Seung Geun (Head Chef)
Kang Nam Gil as Director Han (Jin Soo's boss)
Jung Jin as Ja Woon
Shim Yang Hong as Director Yoon (Joo Hee's father)
Kim Ae Kyung as Madam Jo
Lee Won Yong as Jong Goo
Lee Won Jong as Dal Pyung
Hoon Ki as Lee Ki Jung
Kim Sun Hyuk as Sang Ki
Choi Jae Hwan as Suk Dong
Do Yoon Joo (도윤주) as General Manager
Kim Hye Jung as Manager Kang
Yang Taek Jo as President Seo
Kim Sung Kyum as President Jang
Lee Ki Young as Matsumoto Junichi
Jung Young Sook as Soon Boon (Seung Geun's friend)
Jo Sang Goo as legendary butcher Kang Pyun Soo
Choi Song Hyun as Cooking contest MC
Jang Moon Suk (장문석) as towing truck driver
Kim Da In
Yeo Jin Goo

Episode Ratings

Date	Episode	Nationwide	Seoul
2008-06-16	Special	6.5	(<7.5)
2008-06-17	1	13.2 (5th)	13.9 (5th)
2008-06-17	2	16.1 (3rd)	17.5 (3rd)
2008-06-23	3	16.4 (4th)	17.7 (2nd)
2008-06-24	4	16.0 (3rd)	17.3 (2nd)
2008-06-30	5	16.4 (3rd)	17.0 (3rd)
2008-07-01	6	18.3 (2nd)	19.4 (2nd)
2008-07-07	7	18.1 (3rd)	19.3 (2nd)
2008-07-08	8	20.2 (2nd)	20.7 (2nd)
2008-07-14	9	18.9 (3rd)	20.1 (2nd)
2008-07-15	10	20.7 (2nd)	21.8 (2nd)
2008-07-21	11	22.0 (2nd)	23.5 (1st)
2008-07-22	12	22.4 (2nd)	23.3 (2nd)
2008-07-28	13	21.7 (2nd)	21.6 (2nd)
2008-07-29	14	23.5 (2nd)	24.4 (1st)
2008-08-04	15	20.7 (2nd)	21.1 (2nd)
2008-08-05	16	23.4 (2nd)	23.8 (2nd)
2008-08-11	17	23.5 (2nd)	24.0 (1st)
2008-08-18	18	22.1 (2nd)	23.0 (2nd)
2008-08-25	19	23.3 (2nd)	23.9 (2nd)
2008-08-26	20	22.9 (2nd)	23.0 (2nd)
2008-09-01	21	20.6 (3rd)	21.5 (2nd)
2008-09-02	22	19.1 (2nd)	20.5 (2nd)
2008-09-08	23	20.5 (3rd)	21.2 (3rd)
2008-09-09	24	26.7 (2nd)	27.9 (1st)
Average		20.3%	21.1%

Source: TNS Media Korea

Recognitions

2008 SBS Drama Awards: Excellence Award, Special Planning Drama - Supporting Actress (Kim So Yun)
2008 SBS Drama Awards: Best Young Actor Award (Yeo Jin Goo)

Notes

According to Lee Jin Seck of JS Pictures, the production cost of Gourmet will apparently increase to 10 billion won (roughly about $10.6 million USD).
The first episode was scheduled to be aired on the 16th of June but pushed back to the 17th to avoid ratings competition with the finale episode of the drama Yi San. SBS aired both episodes 1 and 2 on the 17th.

Production credits

Original writing (comic): by Heo Young Man
Screenwriter: Choi Wan Kyu and Park Hoo Jung
Director: Choi Jong Soo
Producer: Lee Jin Seck

External Links

Retrieved from "http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Gourmet"

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