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My wife and I love Korean television programs. They are well made, scripted, acted and directed.

This is the exception. Repetitive, manipulative, exploitive and tedious. A great story and, initially, a good script got us hooked. Then, a slow, and building, meltdown of quality. Can't explain why. Speculating, we believe this may have been intended as a series of twenty episodes ( which would have been far better; cutting out the endless repetition of " competitions " themes and extraneous " tributaries " in the plot ). We got so tired of seeing these actors/actresses with their lugubrious expressions and feigned melancholy.

So glad it's over and we, especially, commiserate with several of the actors who are well known to us and have, in the past, delivered such good performances.

I don't know why there are bad reviews! I loved it! My mother is Korean and it made me feel so much closer to her as I watched this. I loved the storyline as there were so many different directions it could have gone. I loved learning more about Korean cuisine. It wasn't just the typical Korean movie trying to be like an American movie. I wish Amazon Prime will bring it back!

I know some famous chefs but I this kdrama showed it like they are beyond celebrities. With so many reporters and issues, It became so unreal and corny and annoying. The premise of the story was good at first but there were no twists but just bunch of people who want to beat the other. I also have a-lot of questions unanswered such as why do they really have to break up and then just fall on love with the other guy. I really like Jo sang Wook.