KBS2 'Sadanggui' will feature chef Shin Gye-sook from Culinary Class Wars, who confesses, "My first salary was 300,000 won. I even had a finger severed."
KBS 2TV 'The Boss's Ears Are Donkey Ears' (directed by Choi Seung-hee, hereafter 'Sadanggui') is a program of voluntary role reversal and self-reflection by Korea's bosses to create workplaces where people enjoy working. The last episode recorded a peak rating of 4.2%, maintaining its dignity as the No. 1 entertainment program in its time slot for 193 consecutive weeks. (According to Nielsen Korea)
On the broadcast on the 22nd (Sun), 'Sadanggui' will have boss Jeong Ji-seon visit chef Shin Gye-sook, the 'Chinese cuisine runaway,' together with her juniors. With 39 years of experience in Chinese cuisine, chef Shin Gye-sook, the matriarch of the Chinese cuisine world, left a strong impression with her 'samgyeopsal performance' on Culinary Class Wars. The broadcast will reveal the 10-year friendship between boss Jeong Ji-seon and chef Shin Gye-sook, drawing attention. Chef Shin Gye-sook said, "It was Ji-seon who recommended appearing on Culinary Class Wars. She persuaded me by saying female chefs should also shine," explaining the reason for appearing on Culinary Class Wars, then lamented, "But I went home too early," confessing an unfortunate elimination that provoked laughter. She went on to say that after appearing on Culinary Class Wars her sales increased by 20%, confirming her special friendship with boss Jeong Ji-seon.
Meanwhile, chef Shin Gye-sook opens up about the harsh early days before she became the matriarch of Chinese cuisine. She surprised everyone by confessing, "At that time my first salary was 300,000 won." She also said that although she was a college student she endured by living and working at a Chinese restaurant for eight years. Boss Jeong Ji-seon then revealed, "My first salary was 700,000 won," leaving MZ employees speechless. Chef Shin Gye-sook then related an even more shocking story: while preparing meat she experienced an accident that severed a finger, but she endured for a month with only a bandage. She said, "When my finger turned purple and I went to the hospital, the nerves and arteries were completely severed," and added, "But all chefs do that. Ji-seon, you should show your hand too." When boss Jeong Ji-seon showed her clean hand, chef Shin Gye-sook admired, "Your hands are so pretty," but it turned out boss Jeong Ji-seon had also put her hand into a machine and received 30 stitches. Boss Jeong Ji-seon confessed, "Even now, when I stand in front of a machine my hands tremble a lot," evoking sympathy. Chef Shin Gye-sook then lightened the mood with her trademark humor, saying, "My finger is bent now. So when I tell my apprentices to go right, they go left," drawing laughter.
Kim Sook said, "The kitchen really is a scary place. It seems like a reason you can't help but succeed," and expressed her respect for the two chefs.
Meanwhile, chef Shin Gye-sook's signature dish, 'palbo duck,' is also revealed that day. During the duck deboning process, when the duck boss Jeong Ji-seon was trimming got full of holes, chef Shin Gye-sook exclaimed, "What is this, what is this. A storm of holes will blow right through," prompting uproarious laughter. Chef Shin Gye-sook's 'palbo duck' and matriarch-level cheerfulness can be seen in the 'Sadanggui' broadcast.
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