'Culinary Class Wars 2' presents an intensified prideful taste battle between the white spoons and black spoons.
On the 18th, the Netflix variety show Culinary Class Wars: cooking class war 2 (abbreviated Culinary Class Wars 2) released the black-spoon poster and a teaser trailer.
The first released black-spoon poster forecasts the culinary class war in which the main kitchen unique to the 'Culinary Class Wars' series returns even more intense. Above all, it captures the fierce momentum of black chefs across diverse genres such as Korean, Western, Chinese, Japanese and fusion. The contests of these master underground black chefs grab attention as they carefully pour traditional liquor, battle barbecue heat for meat full of juices, or simmer something and present it neatly. Black chefs who are confident in their 'taste' and the white chefs who have been challenged by them already stimulate the appetite with a real showdown of 'taste.'
The jointly released teaser trailer is overwhelming with white chefs who boast top reputations in each field, from Michelin two-star Lee Joon to Son Jong-won, who earned Michelin one star each for Korean and Western cuisine, Seonjae monk, Korea's first master of temple cuisine, and Hu Deok-juk, a Chinese cuisine master with 57 years of experience. The black chefs' exclamations — "It's amazing. They're coming out with stars on the line" and "In Chinese cuisine, chef Hu Deok-juk is a god" — make viewers look forward even more to the white chefs who are staking their names on Culinary Class Wars 2. Above all, the black chefs' burning determination in the cooking duel — "Because it's a competition we've been waiting for," "I'll put everything I've prepared into it," "Shouldn't I make my full name known to the world?" "That's the reason I'm participating," "I came to win first place," "If I beat that person I think I can make my name known" — adds to the anticipation.
Previously, Culinary Class Wars delivered thrill and excitement with an unscripted drama of white chefs who had to prove their silver-class status and black chefs challenging to transcend class. It was the first Korean Netflix variety show to rank No. 1 in the Netflix global top 10 TV non-English category for three consecutive weeks. It sparked a Korean and global craze by ranking first in the Gallup Korea 'Programs Koreans like' survey conducted in Sep. 2024, the first for an OTT variety show.
This season 2 is expected not only to feature an even stronger 'taste' showdown between black spoons and white spoons, but also to satisfy the senses of viewers around the world with 'the taste of Korea' reborn in the hands of chefs from each genre using Korean ingredients from every corner of the country. Following Single's Inferno 4, Kian's Bizarre B&B 1, The Devil's Plan: Death Room, Better Late Than Single, Crime Scene Zero, Physical: Asia and Three Idiots in Kenya, it is also expected to be the Netflix variety show that will cap off Netflix's undefeated streak in 2025.
Producers Kim Hak-min and Kim Eun-ji said, "We are grateful for the unexpected amount of love season 1 received," adding, "We worked very hard to repay that love and meet expectations, so please give affectionate attention and support to all the chefs participating in season 2. I can confidently say season 2 will have different fun and emotion than season 1." Kim Hak-min and Kim Eun-ji continued, "Our major principle was to complement the elements that were loved in season 1 and fix the parts viewers found lacking to create a more complete season 2," and they said, "Please look forward to the new rules and missions and the surprise reveals that will be unveiled in season 2."
'Culinary Class Wars 2' meets global viewers exclusively on Netflix on Tuesday, Dec. 16.
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