February 27, 2013
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Master Chef Korea-season 2 -celebrity edition 1st episode
Master Chef Korea first episode (cr: julien frederick)
Photo credit: allkpopSo I just watched the first episode (unsubbed) in Korean of the Master Chef Korea season 2 with Korean Celebrities on the Olive network. It is a tv show franchise concept from Franc Roddam. Two of them are non Korean-Canadian Chinese SM Entertainment artist Henry of SUJU M and Fei of JYP Entertainment's group Miss A. I love cooking shows and miss my FOOD NETWORK and BRAVO shows.
They aired the first episode last weekend in Korea 2/22/2013. Other celebrities were on hand such as H.O.T Tony An, G.O.D Son Ho Young, Actor Kim Sung Soo (Full House), Shin Bong Sun (Gag woman), singer Hwayobi and many others. Their first challenge was to cook whatever they wanted and were comfortable with in 60 minutes. It was interesting hearing the others talking about the other participants and their impressions. For example, Shin Bong Son wondered about Henry as he is so young she thought he might not have enough cooking experience due to his age.
Fei started out using her mom's recipe 369 Galbi and cucumber soup (chinese style). She was confident as she made it many times before and enjoys eating it. She made a mistake and ended up remaking the galbi dish half way through the time (first batch was a disaster). While Henry showed off his cool wok skills (he learned how to cook for a movie with Michelle Yeoh "Finale Recipe") to the 3 judges.
It was interesting for the first round, the judges asked only Fei, Tony An, Kim Sung Soo and Henry to taste their dishes. From these dishes, they chose the mystery box winner. Henry's dish was good but had a piece of hair which did not amuse one of the judges. Chef Leo praised Fei's cucumber soup as there is nothing like it in Korean cuisine and one of the judges licked clean her fingers after tasting the 369 galbi. Kim Sung Soo made kimbap but it was not praised (my Korean is not good so not sure why). Tony An's dish was praised as delicious.
After winning, Fei was tasked to choose the noodles and give to her fellow competitors for the elimination challenge. Plus she could watch from above. While she relaxed every one else was frantic. For this challenge, all the dishes were tasted and two were sent home in the end. Henry this time around made a shrimp salad but forgot to take out a little bit of the shrimp intestinal track. But because on of the judges praised his dish, he started busting out in a celebratory dance. One of the judges (the one who found the hair was not amused). The first one of them to be eliminated was idol group member of Dal Shabet Jiyul. At the bitter end, it was Son Ho Young and Seo Hye Jung with the latter being sent home. Son Ho Young dodged a bullet.
Alot of the contestants definitely felt the stress and the heat during their outing. There was plenty of stress, tears and panic moments. When Shin Bong Sun was working on her first fish dish and worried about the scales, I thougth she would not make it.
Go Fei and looking forward to Henry too!
All contestants: Hwayobi / Fei(Miss A) / Jiyul(Dal Shabet) (ELIMINATED) / Henry(Super Junior-M) / Tony An / Son Ho Young / Shin Bong Sun / Kim Sung Soo / Lee Kye In / Seo Hye Jung (ELIMINATED) / Shin Eun Jung
