‘Star Chef’ Choi Hyun-seok is set to appear in SBS’s Jungle Food Season 2.
The production team of SBS’s ‘Jungle Food’ announced on the 15th, “Chef Choi Hyun-seok will join ‘Jungle Food’ Season 2. Please look forward to the exciting contributions of Chef Choi Hyun-seok that will enrich ‘Jungle Food’.”
Choi Hyun-seok is a fine dining chef with 30 years of experience, known for his unique flamboyant performances and experimental recipes, which have garnered him a syndrome-level popularity in various cooking entertainment shows. With his limitless culinary spectrum, attention is focused on the creative performances he will showcase when he encounters unfamiliar jungle ingredients.
Additionally, Ryu Soo-young, who captivated the jungle palate in the previous season, will also return for Season 2. Armed with an overflowing curiosity about new ingredients, Ryu Soo-young is expected to make a significant mark in the ‘K-home cooking’ scene with innovative recipes in Season 2. In particular, there is already a lot of interest in the synergy that will be unleashed when Ryu Soo-young, a pioneer of ‘K-home cooking’ who has won the hearts of housewives and single dwellers in South Korea, meets Choi Hyun-seok, the ‘maverick of the culinary world’.
Meanwhile, SBS’s ‘Jungle Food’ is a program that tells the story of cooking and eating with ingredients that can only be found in the jungle while interacting with locals. In Season 1, it showcased the essence of ‘cooking entertainment’ with various mouth-watering recipes, maintaining the number one viewership rating in its time slot from the first broadcast to the last episode.
With the addition of Chef Choi Hyun-seok, ‘Jungle Food’ Season 2 is expected to bring a seismic shift to jungle cooking and is scheduled to air in the first half of this year.
[Geum Bit-na, MK Sports Reporter]
