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Good night, Miss Cook.

It sounds to me like the greatest compliment.

Don't ever wear this

in my presence.

The cactus is flowering.

-Good night, Se-yeong. -Okay.

That scared me.

What are you doing?

What’s going on between you and San?

Why were you guys playing childish games in middle of the night?

There's nothing going on.

What about you and Se-yeong?

There's nothing going on between us either.

If you ever ask me another useless question,

I'll collect a huge pile of fish poop, make pasta out of it and let you eat it.

Poop-ball pasta.

Look at you laughing.

Is that funny?

Get inside.

Good night.

I wonder why he came out.

San.

Why did it have to be so early?

I didn't want to bump into restaurant staff. It'd be embarrassing.

If you knew it was going to be embarrassing,

why did you pocket the money and frame someone completely innocent?

Especially someone as naive as You-kyung?

I already returned the money.

And?

Have you apologized to You-kyung?

I know. I'll do it.

How's the business?

I've just begun.

Don't you know how dangerous the kitchen is?

There are knives. There's fire. Oil.

All sorts of accidents can occur in a kitchen

and the chefs often get hurt.

So?

You need a good insurance policy.

I do have to make a living.

Get the chefs to buy insurance please.

They won't turn it down

because you're their boss.

You are the boss, you know.

You are the president, after all.

If you tell them to do it, they'll do it.

That much authority is granted a boss.

The cactus is flowering.

PRESIDENT'S OFFICE

Excuse me.

Yes?

Boss.

What?

Are you, perhaps, Mr. Cactus?

The cacti on my locker, those are from you, aren't they?

No.

Really?

Yes.

All right.

This is just a warning,

but don't act friendly towards me.

Don't behave in a way that could be misunderstood by Chef. Understand?

If you're making me think that I'm your favorite,

I would expect special treatment from you.

So if you don't want to mislead me,

don't act like I'm your favorite.

Why don't you answer me?

You can be my favorite then.

Tell me. Whatever you want.

Favoritism and what else?

What a strange person.

Gosh!

WE WILL REOPEN IN THREE DAYS WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE

It's freezing.

-Double-check everything. -Okay.

-Here. -Yes.

Preserve these truffles in rice and keep it in the freezer.

This is fresh and extremely hard to find.

-Yes, Chef. -Take really good care of those.

These certainly are for the VIPs.

How much do they worth?

These are for tomorrow's VIP reservations.

They're 500,000 won.

For the box?

Each!

It's 500,000 won?

Hey.

Are you going to keep going back and forth like a beaver?

Take more.

Go now.

It's the 29th...

Have you checked the expiration date?

Yes, Chef.

Don't forget to note the receiving date before you store it in the freezer.

Understood, Chef.

Where's the cheese?

It's over there.

Goodness.

Hold on.

Go!

The fish and the lobster, put these back in the freezer.

Yes, Chef.

How much was the total for the ingredients?

We've been closed for three days and the fridge was empty so it's substantial.

It comes to around 25 million won.

-"Twenty-five million won"? Okay. -Yes.

Hey, who ordered this sea urchin roe?

This is the main ingredient for the Chef Oh's new menu dish.

Where have you been?

I'll start moving these.

Of course you should!

Aren't you a chef too?

Yes, Chef.

Hey!

Don't take that. Take these.

These?

You're in charge of the vongole pasta.

You should take care of your precious babies.

-Yes! -Take it in.

Hurry up.

Yes, Chef!

Are you going to act like a girl?

Not at all, Chef.

Hurry up.

No. I'll get in trouble.

-I'll get in trouble. -Give it to me.

You, come over here.

You should be helping the senior chefs carrying their stuff.

Here you are when you should be going back and forth more often.

Keep your eyes open. Open your eyes.

You stay right here.

It's been so long

since you and I've been in the same kitchen.

Go on in.

Yes.

I'm so nervous.

You always want what I have.

I don't want to take it from you.

I want us to share it.

Share?

With the two of us, it could be so great.

I'll see you later.

Just one more.

I feel it. I feel the muscle moving.

My nephew's English

is so good.

He's even better than the kids who studied abroad.

So what's the point of going abroad to study?

It all depends on the student's motivation.

The fusion dish you made yesterday was fantastic.

What?

It was the best.

Look at them.

We beat them all at first round and they don't seem discouraged at all.

Are they that confident?

Who knows.

Did you ever thinking about studying abroad?

What, study abroad?

I couldn't even afford the college, so I went to the vocational school.

-You're here, Sous-chef. -You're here?

What's going on? What's wrong?

You should've joined us for drinks last night.

Were you guys worried about me?

That's why you are hiding your joy on purpose?

No. There's nothing to celebrate.

Just because we won the first round,

it's not like our lives are going to change.

Why are you so pessimistic?

No matter how hard we work,

those cooks who studied in Italy will get more offers

and become chefs sooner than us.

We'll always be a level beneath them.

Our arms, legs, shoulders, and wrists will throb because we need to work harder.

I've always told you guys to be patient and work hard,

but I'm not sure if that was a good thing.

I thought that kitchen was not a place for personal glory,

but where we all unite to work together.

That's what I thought.

Let's show them how much better we can be.

How are we going to show them?

What's this? Let me see.

"New Chef Culinary Challenge"? Can we enter this competition?

You're more than qualified.

Good morning.

How much longer do we have to be ignored just because we didn't study abroad.

The winning team will get to represent Korea and go onto the Dubai competition

with an opportunity to study in Italy.

Only one team per restaurant is allowed to enter.

Let's keep this just between us and get ready for the competition.

-We'll do our best! -We'll do our best!

That's filefish.

It's for the foie gras.

Can I just have a little taste of your Filefish Foie Gras?

No.

I'll prepare the liver for you.

I'll assist you.

No.

What about the ones you've messed up?

I'd hate that even more.

He's always been like that.

Until its perfect, he won't let anyone taste it.

If you're only going to use the liver, can you give me the rest of the fish?

It's my fish. Don't touch it.

-Gosh. -What for?

Are you going to make fish fillets?

I want to try making the fishballs again. You told me to work on seducing.

Not in my lifetime.

Have you been eating lately?

My life hasn't been the same lately.

I have no appetite

and I can't sleep.

Look how rough my skin's looking.

Isn't that because you have thick skin?

What's wrong with you?

We got together to bring down Choi Hyeon-uk as of yesterday.

Bring him down?

You mean to suck up to Choi Hyeon-uk.

Didn't you go around serving Filefish Fois Gras?

Did you go there to assist him?

I wish I could go back to La Sfera.

If only Choi Hyeon-uk wasn't around.

Do you know that the owner of La Sfera and I know each other?

He's the one who asked me to run La Sfera.

I didn't want to do it at first,

but San kept begging me. That's why I started working at La Sfera.

You don't believe me?

I just met with San before I came here.

I'm just on temporary leave because of Choi Hyeon-uk.

Without me, there's no way San would be able to manage La Sfera alone.

He couldn't even dream of it.

When I just saw him, he kept on apologizing,

so I gave him a piece of my mind.

I told him to fire that obnoxious Choi Hyeon-uk,

so we can restore peace at La Sfera.

So?

Is he going to fire Choi Hyeon-uk? You should've pressured him even more.

He won't last long.

If Choi Hyeon-uk isn't around,

can we go back to La Sfera?

Of course.

We still have the chance to return to La Sfera.

Can you bring a glass of water?

So, this is one million won?

That's my entire month's salary.

Outrageous!

Eun-su, chop those quickly and follow me.

Yes.

Are we all ready for dinner?

-Yes, Chef! -Yes, Chef!

There's a lot to prepare for tomorrow's reservation for 100 guests.

I want You-kyung, Eun-su, and Ji-hun to stay after we close.

-Okay? -Yes, Chef.

Do we have enough linguine?

Yes, Chef.

Dinner guests have arrived.

-Okay. -Okay.

I heard everything went well with Se-yeong?

What?

There will be a press conference tomorrow to introduce her addition to the menu.

Your foie gras that was popular at the hotel event

and the first place winner, Triple Flavor Pasta, will be introduced.

Se-yeong said she will make the Triple Flavor Pasta herself.

You mean, here?

Of course. It'll be on our menu.

That's nonsense.

How can there be two chefs in one kitchen?

You can't have two chefs in one kitchen.

It's like having two conductors for the orchestra.

Do you really think that'd work? What about us?

They could have completely different ways of making the same dish.

What do we do then?

We can't work in both ways.

Even if she won the first place for the new menu,

she's an outsider who participated without prior notice.

I think in this case, the right thing for her to do would be to give us the recipe

and we should compensate her.

You are new,

so you probably don't realize it, but the kitchen is...

It's not like a two-headed snake.

We've closed down the restaurant for three days

and didn't you all agree that there will be changes?

All you need to worry about is foie gras, Chef.

Don't tell me that she's already here.

She is.

It's nice to meet everyone.

You won't chase me out of the kitchen

because someone here can't tolerate women in his kitchen, will you?

I will follow Chef's instructions

on where I'm to be placed in the kitchen and from which stove I should work.

It doesn't matter where I'm placed. I'll follow Chef's instructions.

Where should I stand, Chef?

Then, should I just pick a station?

Can I have a word with you?

What is it that you want from me?

Are you trying to make me leave?

Chef.

I'm only trying to revive La Sfera as its owner.

Don't make it too complicated. Just think of it as the addition of a new menu item.

You chose this dish to be our new menu.

Keep the promise that first place winner will be allowed to cook in our kitchen.

Do you think this is a simple and trivial matter?

Ninety-seven percent of it will still be yours.

If you're worried about someone taking over your authority, don't be.

There may be two chefs, but you're still the head chef here. Nothing has changed.

Don't tell me you have no confidence in your kitchen?

My kitchen?

How is it my kitchen?

In my kitchen,

there would never be two chefs.

You've made many changes to this kitchen and made it yours.

Are you just going to let go of it?

Now that you're making the changes,

why don't you take it then?

Ninety-seven percent.

Vegetable risotto.

You've got the table three and five in the wrong order!

-Sang-sik. -Yes!

How much longer before those salads are done?

I'm rushing.

Is number 12 almost ready? The course meal?

Wait.

-Hurry up, Eun-su! -Okay.

Ho-nam, send out the soup first.

Yes, Sous-chef.

Can't you see we're out of pasta, Eun-su?

Okay.

I knew this would happen all because of Oh Se-yeong.

Why did he let Oh Se-yeong be the winner?

This is the Chef’s fault.

Don't you agree?

It's hot!

Why are you standing there?

-Move away. -It's hot!

-Hurry with the pasta. -Yes.

Just a bit more.

Why are you only making three vongole?

Damn it.

-One, two... -Here.

-It's for table two and table nine... -Table 12.

Just make it first.

-Yes Sous-Chef. -Goodness.

-Bring the plate. -Goodness!

GOLDFISH

Chef.

Chef!

Your voice has never been as full of energy as you do now.

How's it going?

The kitchen is in total chaos right now.

Where are you?

When are you coming?

Why don't you come here, too?

Chef.

Don't bring anyone else. You come alone.

Let's have some fun.

Are you crazy?

Let's have some fun, You-kyung, you and me.

Something's happened to his brain. What do I do?

OH SE-YEONG

The person you are trying to reach is unavailable--

What are you doing here all by yourself? Everyone's gone home.

I'm just trying to finish up what I Chef told me to do this morning.

He told me to finish the preparation for tomorrow.

How come you haven't gone home?

There's a chance that Chef might not return to our kitchen.

He wouldn't abandon his kitchen so easily.

He'll probably run back here in the middle of the night, all concerned.

I'm sure he'll come if only to check on me to make sure I did what he told me to do.

Today's my first official day as a boss.

Aren't you concerned about me?

Good night then.

It's Seo You-kyung!

Hey,

you have a drink too.

Chef, how could you...

How can you do this?

Were you always this type of person?

Why are you being like a father abandoning his children?

Do you have any idea how crazy busy we were?

What about tomorrow? What are you going to do?

I can't hear a thing!

I realize you're angry,

but what did our guests do wrong?

The guests probably had no idea what they were eating.

The kitchen had been turned upside down, so how could the food be delicious?

What kind of Chef goes on strike in the middle of cooking?

Keep going. What did you say?

Is it because Se-yeong is a woman

or is it because she's a chef?

Let's just have some fun.

You're the one that chose her as the first place winner.

Let's have some fun, You-kyung.

Do whatever you want,

but if you're going to go on strike, do it responsibly.

How could you constantly think about nothing but work?

Don't you know how to relax?

When I become a chef,

I'll have fun like you and I'll rant about not allowing men in my kitchen.

I'll drink and go on a strike like you on a whim.

In my kitchen,

you're the only girl and that's more than enough.

Happy?

If you're going to keep nagging, just go.

I don't want to hear you nagging.

Go.

Leave.

Leave.

In my kitchen,

you're the only girl and that's more than enough.

Happy?

My phone.

Are you with You-kyung?

No.

She's not home yet.

I saw her leaving the restaurant earlier.

Then she must be on her way then.

Am I going to be able to have any business tomorrow?

We have to.

You're sure?

Is anyone there?

What am I going to do?

Now what?

This is too crumbly.

Do it again.

Will you always be timid with your cooking?

Do it again.

Are you going to act like a girl?

Is anyone out there?

The number you have called is unavailable...

POWER SWITCH

Mom!

Mom!

About the new menu item.

Fine.

You make it.

Then I can start working tomorrow?

Thank you.

What I need is a skilled chef with a good recipe.

That's all.

Don't misunderstand,

nothing's changed.

Where's You-kyung?

I don't think she came home last night.

He's here.

Then, does this mean we'll have two chefs now?

Let's go.

Ji-hoon.

-Come over here. -Yes.

-Where's that stuff from yesterday? -It's right there.

Did you guys do the preparation or not?

I'm sorry, Chef.

We'll have a hundred VIPs today

as well as the reporters.

Do I have to repeat to you what the menu is?

What's the menu?

Foie gras, caviar, truffles, and the winning dish from the competition.

Start moving.

-Yes, Chef. -Yes, Chef.

What are you doing in there?

Are you locked in?

You-kyung!

The door isn't...

You-kyung!

She was locked in here?

-All night? -You-kyung!

You-kyung!

This door's been acting funny lately.

Why are you telling me that now?

You-kyung!

Step aside.

Hurry up!

-It's open. -It's open.

-Thank you. -Thank you.

Are you all right?

-Are you okay? You-kyung? -Are you all right?

Yes, I'm okay.

By the way...

What's with the temperature in here?

It's turned off.

What?

Check the seafood first.

You guys check the herbs and vegetables.

-Yes. -Yes.

Turn it back on.

We can't use these. The color turned bad.

These are okay. We can freeze these again.

I don't think we can save the herbs.

The sauces are all ruined. What do we do?

The most expensive item looks good.

Chef!

The urchin roe has gone...

Chef Oh particularly ordered these.

It was for our dinner menu tonight.

How big of a loss is this?

Forget how much! How do we replace them?

Get out.

Everyone out!

-Yes, Chef. -Yes, Chef.

Could you please step out too?

Hello.

-It's all ruined. -Really?

Yes, it had to be frozen.

-What do we do now? -Exactly.

-We can't use any of it, right? -No.

This is serious.

Are you okay?

Why didn't you just freeze to death instead?

And you call yourself a cook?

Is your mouth frozen?

I just asked you if your mouth was frozen!

I wanted to live.

I was afraid.

I know I should've saved the ingredients instead of myself as a cook.

But I lost.

I wanted to live to become a cook.

You wanted to survive alone by ruining all ingredients.

Thank you.

Thanks for not dying.

Thanks awfully.

If you're okay, get up now.

I think we should postpone the event.

You can't.

Under these circumstances, it'd be worse to go through with it.

The food has to be ready as scheduled. That's what a restaurant is.

There's no excuse that's good enough for postponement.

It's not professional.

Plus, we were closed for three days for no specific reason.

We can't postpone an event a day after we've just reopened.

I'll see what I can do.

Please go and take care of You-kyung, will you?

How do you feel? Are you okay?

I'm sorry.

Why are you so foolish?

Look at you.

I'm sorry.

Fortunately, we won't have any problems with the caviar and the truffles.

What are we going to do about foie gras?

Soak it in milk immediately.

It saves the flavor of the liver. Okay?

I'll go and get new fresh vegetables right now.

What about the urchin roe?

It should be on a plane by now from Jeju Island.

Already?

They're my TV program suppliers. They're very good.

Don't worry.

For the rest of the items we'll need, we'll have to rely on other restaurants.

Okay?

It'll be better than driving all over town looking for them. Understand?

Do you think they'll help us?

They might give us the cold shoulder.

We turned them down last time, so--

Get moving.

-Yes, Chef. -Yes, Chef.

Is it all ready? I'm on my way then.

Yes.

I apologize, but is there any way that I can borrow some urchin roe?

Sorry.

Hello.

Can I borrow some urchin roe?

We don't have any. Goodbye.

Bye.

Can I borrow it just this once?

I told you we don't have any.

Just this once please.

Or else I'm in big trouble.

Thank you.

Dad, do you know where I can get some fresh urchin roe?

Why do you need fresh urchin roe all of a sudden?

Are you in trouble again?

Excuse me.

This is truffle risotto.

These truffles were preserved in rice in the refrigeration

so it retains its original freshness.

This was specially prepared for our valued guests that are here tonight.

Please enjoy.

How are you enjoying your dinner?

It's very good.

Yes. This is caviar with smoked salmon.

Please enjoy.

How do you like it?

Yes, it's very nice.

This is an all-natural foie gras made wild fish liver instead of goose liver.

Please enjoy your meal.

The new Triple Flavor Pasta is just like its name.

The new entrée contains three types of pasta and three pasta sauces.

The first ravioli is filled with tomato sauce and short pasta,

the second ravioli is filled with cream sauce

and another type of short pasta.

In other words, the ravioli is filled with more pasta.

It's my ambitious creation.

I hope you'll love Triple Flavor Pasta just as much as I do.

Since it's new on the menu,

I want you all to taste it.

Don't worry about hurting my feelings.

I want you to be brutally honest with your criticism.

Try it.

Yes, Chef.

What?

You don't feel comfortable being honest with me here? Is that it?

Fine then.

Go home and criticize to your heart's content.

Taste it

and you are to turn in your review anonymously

by tomorrow morning. Understand?

-Yes, Chef. -Yes, Chef.

Try it.

Try it.

Try mine too.

None of you have tried my cooking yet.

It's very good.

It's not too rich but refreshing and yet it retains the nutty flavor of the liver.

Nice job everyone.

Clean up and go home.

-Yes, Chef. -Yes, Chef.

Nice job everyone.

You did a great job today.

Good job!

Good job!

It's delicious. It's very good.

Why is it that I'm eating this, yet I'm still hungry?

We didn't have a single meal today.

You're right.

There was a research done somewhere and it was discovered that

professional cooks had the worst eating habits.

Why?

Why do you think? We can't eat when others are eating

and when you go home after work,

do you feel like cooking?

That's true.

That's right. I'm like that. Are you like that?

-I'm so sick of cooking. -I thought that was just me.

-I hate laundry too. -My arms are killing me.

-I need some vegetables. -My arms are tired.

This is to make up for not helping you with the prepping and going home alone.

If I had stayed, you wouldn't have had that accident and be humiliated. Right?

Get in.

That's okay, Chef.

I told you to get in.

It's okay.

Get in!

-I'm beat. -Let's go.

It's been a rough day, right?

How about if I buy you guys a drink?

What do you say?

Sure.

I'd like that.

I thought this was my chance to go to a hotel nightclub.

Everyone here is good looking and smart,

except for one.

It's you.

We came along because you offered, but...

Don't worry about it.

I happen to love Italy so I thought we could all talk about Italy together.

Which part of Italy is your favorite?

Florence. The city of flowers.

That's where we went to train.

-Did you really? -Isn't it nice there?

When did you go?

It was about seven years ago. I was on my honeymoon.

And I went to Milan on my second honeymoon.

I loved Milan too.

Your second honeymoon?

What's wrong?

Nothing.

I'm tired of northern parts now.

For my third honeymoon,

I'm thinking Sicily.

What do you think, Philip?

I don't like hot climates.

It's winter over there.

I don't like being hot either.

I'm hungry.

Let's eat something.

Hurry up and eat.

That should make you feel warmer.

You're more tenacious than I thought.

Even the guys would've thrown in their aprons

and ran out by now if they got scolded like that.

You're still holding up.

You don't give excuses nor do you complain.

I like that stubborn streak in you.

Manipulative ones also play around

with their food.

Those who mess with food have no right to be cooks.

Hey, Goldfish.

You're unexpectedly true to your core.

You don't rely on anyone, you don't gossip and you're painfully honest.

You don't think I see it, but I see everything.

Chef.

It's getting cold. Hurry up and eat.

I don't want to eat.

Why not?

Hey!

What's wrong with you?

What have you done so well to be upset right now?

You caused all that chaos in the kitchen today.

Why do you look like the world is being unfair to you?

Do you think you've done nothing wrong?

I know I was wrong.

And?

Do you think I'm a fool just because I like you?

Since you know I like you a lot more. You must think you can play with me.

You told me, I should've frozen to death then you say I'm a decent person.

You said I'm not even a cook

then you changed your words again. Why are you confusing me like that?

Is that my fault?

Then whose fault is it?

It's because you're being inconsistent.

It's because you act both good and bad.

I see. I'm sorry. I suppose that's also my fault then.

What's wrong with you, really?

You can walk out of the kitchen when you're upset.

You can fire all the women if you don't want them.

It must be nice to be able to do whatever you want, Chef.

Yes, It's nice.

I'm insignificant and inexperienced

I always have to try hard to stay on people's good side.

It must be nice for you as there's no need for you to mind me.

Yes, it is nice!

What exactly did I get my way?

I fired you, not once,

but several times and yet you're still in my kitchen, causing chaos.

You didn't freeze to death.

I got you some warm soup so that you wouldn't freeze to death,

but you yelled at me instead.

You're right. I'm only concerned about myself and my comfort

and living just fine like that.

Stop right there.

I thought you don’t want any women in your kitchen. Why do you have me then?

What are you going to do now that you have two women in your kitchen?

You better shut your mouth.

It must be nice for you.

One more word out of your mouth...

So why do you confuse me so much?

Why do you mess with my feelings? I'm not some food waiting to be cooked.

Am I a fish on your cutting board to you?

I'm not messing around with you.

You're not afraid of anything because you're holding the knife,

but you could get pricked while deboning it

or get choked and die while eating it.

I bet you don't know

that the fish that's on the cutting board has nothing to be afraid of.

Instead, it's hiding sharp bones in its flesh.

And?

I have sharp bones too.

Everybody has sharp bones.

So?

So be careful of it.

You're not fresh.

It's been too long since you've been caught,

and you don't have very much time until you expire.

You are also

hard to handle and take a lot of work to prep.

And after all that work, there's not much left to eat.

Even with garnish, you are not very pretty.

You're not an appealing ingredient.

Therefore, I would never put you on my cutting board.

I'm not messing with you. All right?

So, get off my cutting board.

What you are saying is...

I'm already on it.

If you tell me to get off,

then only the trash can is left for me.

Are you telling me to get rid of my feelings?

Let's go home.

Let's go home.

You're not going home?

I'm going home.

Why aren't you going home?

I am going home.

Hey!

Why can't there be female cooks in your kitchen?

Why no women?

You've never gone out with a guy before, have you?

Let's do it.

Go out with me.

You think I spent three years as a kitchen assistant to get fired like this?

Maybe that's the way he likes it. He tries a new item all the time.

"'Are you almost done, You-kyung?'

'Yes, Chef, almost ready.'"

Don't move.

Don't move.

You are going to get it if you move.

I'm starting to hear voices now.

You are going to get it.

I will probably start to hallucinate now.

Chef.

-What's wrong with you? -Chef.

Chef--

Gosh!

Chef!

Then why do you hate me?

When did I say that I hate you?

I'm freezing!

Subtitle translation by Ellie Oh