TVING ‘Becoming a Legend as a Cook’

From Danjong to an army cook, Park Ji-hoon has signaled another hit.

The TVING original ‘Becoming a Legend as a Cook’ posted hit results in just seven days after release. After ranking No. 1 in paid subscription contribution in its first week, it also achieved the strongest week-one subscription contribution among TVING drama content released over the past three years.

Meanwhile, in episode 3 to be released on the 18th, an unprecedented situation occurs as a North Korean resident steps into the Gangrim outpost, creating a sudden challenge for cook Kang Seong-jae (Park Ji-hoon) to satisfy the taste of the visitor.

Earlier, having begun his life as a cook on the instructions of company commander Hwang Seok-ho (Lee Sang-yi), Kang Seong-jae faced a post reassignment crisis when the sea urchin roe seaweed soup he served to battalion commander Baek Chun-ik (Jung Woong-in) resulted in an allergy incident.

Having just begun to find joy in cooking, Kang Seong-jae expressed his wish to remain a cook by serving Hwang Seok-ho a heartfelt dish, but Hwang firmly dismissed it, effectively forcing him to stop on the path of a cook.

In the released photos, as Kang Seong-jae comes to the end of his time as a cook, an unexpected final guest, a North Korean resident, appears before him, drawing attention. The rookie cook Kang Seong-jae, facing the North Korean resident, wears a dazed expression at the unbelievable sight. Even the acknowledged veterans of military life, Hwang Seok-ho and First Sergeant Park Jae-young (Yoon Kyung-ho), look frozen in surprise.

With the possibility that the decisive kick to win over the North Korean resident lies in the recipe of Kang Seong-jae, he is expected to find himself at a major crossroads in his military service.

The outcome will be revealed today (the 18th) at 8:50 p.m. on TVING and tvN.