With "Culinary Class Wars 2" airing amid heated public interest, controversy has flared again over the fairness of the Black Spoon's repechage.
In the Netflix variety show "Culinary Class Wars 2," which was released on the 30th of last month, the results of the Black Spoon vs. White Spoon team match and the repechage were revealed. After the "White Spoon team match" ended with a White Spoon victory, a repechage among the Black Spoon contestants was held, and the rule for the repechage was to complete one dish using one main ingredient and 10 sub-ingredients.
Through this, Brewmaster Yun and Culinary Monster were decided as the winners of the repechage, but some viewers reacted that it was unfair regarding one of Culinary Monster's sub-ingredients, "Brown veal stock."
The controversy has grown especially large because this repechage proceeded on a strict rule that even basic ingredients such as salt, sugar and oil would be included among the sub-ingredients.
"Brown veal stock" is a concentrated broth made by simmering veal bones, onion, carrot, celery, spices and other ingredients together. There was debate over whether this stock should be considered a "single ingredient." Viewers who argued that fairness had been compromised said that "Brown veal stock" is not a single ingredient and asked whether, by that logic, bulgogi seasoning prepared in advance and brought in could also be considered a single ingredient.
However, viewers who saw no problem countered that the producers had cited the ingredient, and argued that by that reasoning you cannot examine every food made by mixing multiple ingredients, such as gochujang or mayonnaise, one by one. As the controversy grew, even the fairness of the rules within "Culinary Class Wars" has been raised.
The mission's intent was to select a person who could produce the best taste with the minimum ingredients, but it leaves regret that controversy arose due to unclear standards regarding sub-ingredients.
Meanwhile, "Culinary Class Wars 2" also sparked a spoiler controversy when the real name of "Culinary Monster" was revealed in some scenes of episode 9. At the end of episode 10, Son Jong-won and Culinary Monster faced off for the final spot in the top seven, leading to suspicions that Culinary Monster had advanced to the finals or at least reached the comparable level of the top seven, as in season 1 when a contestant only revealed his name after reaching the final, like Napoli Mafiya.
Opinions are split over whether this was an editing mistake or an intentional trick, and "Culinary Class Wars 2" is released every Tuesday at 5 p.m.
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