Kang's Kitchen

Kang's Kitchen
Promotional poster
Also known as	New Journey to the West spin-off
Genre	Variety show
Written by	Lee Woo-jung Choi Jae-young
Directed by	Na Young-seok Shin Hyo-jung
Starring	Kang Ho-dong Eun Ji-won Lee Soo-geun Ahn Jae-hyun Cho Kyu-hyun Song Min-ho P.O[1] Cho Kyuhyun[2]
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	16
Production
Production locations	' Jeju Island Gyeongju
Camera setup	Multi-camera setup
Running time	70-90 minutes
Original release
Network	tvN
Release	December 5, 2017 (2017-12-05) – August 2, 2019 (2019-08-02)
Related
New Journey to the West Youn's Kitchen

Kang's Kitchen (Korean: 신서유기 외전 강식당) is a South Korean travel-reality show. It is a spin-off of the variety show New Journey to the West. The show airs every Fridays at 9.10 pm(Korea) on cable channel tvN starting from December 5, 2017.^[3][4]

The show was a success, recording an average rating of 8.3 percent, with its peak at 9.1 percent.^[5]

On 12 December 2018's episode of New Journey to the West, it was revealed by producer Na Young-seok that season 2 of the show is in the works, with P.O joining the cast. The second and third season aired in the summer of 2019.^{[6][needs update]}

Synopsis

Members of New Journey to the West season four runs a restaurant on Jeju Island.^[7]

During the Season 4 of New Journey to the West, members had the opportunity to shoot their version of Youn's Kitchen in exchange for their prizes - a Lamborghini and a Porsche. The cars were an inside joke among the producers & scriptwriters, as they didn't think the members will be able to win, which ultimately backfired.

Kang Ho-dong, a rookie chef who is challenging cooking for the first time in his life, and members of staff at a restaurant will be responsible for preparing ingredients, ordering food, and entertaining guests. Kang's Kitchen is held in Hallym, Jeju Island, and pork cutlet is served to the guests of 10 teams selected through lottery.^[8]

Airtime

Season	Airdate	Broadcast Time (KST)
1	5 December 2017 – 9 January 2018	Tuesdays 10.50 p.m.
2	31 May – 5 July 2019	Fridays 9.10 p.m.
3	12 July – 2 August 2019

Cast

Main cast

• Kang Ho-dong : Head chef
• Eun Ji-won : Hall manager
• Lee Soo-geun : Part-timer
• Ahn Jae-hyun : Sous chef
• Song Min-ho : Part-timer
• P.O : Sous Chef
• Cho Kyu-hyun : Head Chef ^[9]

Guest

• Baek Jong-won
• Na Young-seok : Na Slave

Timeline

Menu

Season 1 Main Dish Tonkatsu Kang Ho-dong (XXL) Lee Soo-geun (Small) Omurice Ramyeon Samgyeopsal Kimbap

Season 2 Main Dish Garak-guksu Hot Cold Bibim Tteok-bokki Medium Large Jajang-Tteok-bokki Kimchi fried rice Jajang-Omurice Dessert Patbingsu Mango Parfait Ice cream

Season 3 Main Dish Pizza Kang Ho-dong (60 cm) Lee Soo-geun (20 cm) Bulgogi Pasta Cream Pasta Kimchi fried rice Jajang-Omurice Dessert Patbingsu Ice Cream Parfait Mango Strawberry

Ratings

• In the table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.

Season One

Ep.	Date	Average audience share
		AGB Nielsen[10]		TNmS[11]
		Nationwide	Seoul	Nationwide
1	December 5, 2017	5.448%	6.173%	6.6%
2	December 12, 2017	5.313%	6.072%	6.2%
3	December 19, 2017	6.900%	7.721%	6.5%
4	December 26, 2017	8.245%	9.412%	8.0%
5	January 2, 2018	8.313%	9.278%	9.1%
6	January 9, 2018	5.880%	6.742%	7.1%
Average		6.683%	7.566%	7.25%

Season Two

Ep.	Date	Average audience share
		AGB Nielsen[10]
		Nationwide	Seoul
1	May 31, 2019	7.749%	7.895%
2	June 7, 2019	6.537%	7.127%
3	June 14, 2019	6.081%	6.698%
4	June 21, 2019	6.192%	7.008%
5	June 28, 2019	6.977%	7.306%
6	July 5, 2019	7.172%	7.789%
Average		6.785%	7.304%

Season Three

Ep.	Date	Average audience share
		AGB Nielsen[10]
		Nationwide	Seoul
1	July 12, 2019	7.470%	8.133%
2	July 19, 2019	6.151%	6.589%
3	July 26, 2019	5.562%	5.372%
4	August 2, 2019	5.880%	6.123%
Average		6.266%	6.554%

• This drama aired on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC & EBS).

References

1. "P.O join cast of 'Kang's kitchen 2". Allkpop. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
2. "Kang's Kitchen 2' confirms Kyuhyun will begin filming with the cast today". Allkpop. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
3. "Kang Ho-dong poised to 'open' Kang Restaurant". Kpop Herald. November 29, 2017.
4. "'Kang's Kitchen' serves up a delicious dilemma : 'New Journey to the West' cast finds running an eatery harder than it looks". Korea JoongAng Daily. January 4, 2018.
5. "'Kang's Kitchen' cooks up delicious food, high viewership ratings". Kpop Herald. January 8, 2018.
6. Lim, J. (April 19, 2019). "tvN Responds To Reports Of "Kang's Kitchen 2" Filming Date + Confirms Block B's P.O Will Join Cast". Soompi. Retrieved April 23, 2019.
7. "'Kang's Kitchen' opens for business in Jeju". Korea JoongAng Daily. November 25, 2017.
8. "신서유기 외전 - 강식당 | 프로그램 소개". tvN (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2019-08-12. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
9. "'Kang's Kitchen 2' confirms Kyuhyun will begin filming with the cast today". Allkpop. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
10. "AGB Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". Nielsen Korea (in Korean). Retrieved May 4, 2017.
11. "TNMS Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". TNMS Ratings (in Korean). Retrieved May 4, 2017.

External links

• Official website (in Korean)