Chef Jung Ji-seon and Chef Lee Moon-jung open up about the hardships they faced as female chefs in the Chinese cuisine world.
On today (26th)'s broadcast of KBS2's 'Problematic Men in the Rooftop Room', 'Chinese cuisine queen' Chef Jung Ji-seon and Chef Lee Moon-jung, who left a strong impression as the 'Chinese cuisine witch' on Culinary Class Wars 2, appear.
On that day's broadcast, Chef Jung Ji-seon confessed to the discrimination she experienced after entering the conservative Chinese cuisine world, drawing attention. Chef Jung Ji-seon, who said, "Even after winning a gold medal at an international culinary competition, I was treated like an invisible person in the kitchen," recalled a past when it was even difficult for her to enter the kitchen. She said, "At times I was completely barred from entering the kitchen, and I wasn't allowed to get on the griddle," revealing the painful past when she couldn't even go on the griddle when cleaning. The life story of Chef Jung Ji-seon, who quietly persevered on the path of a Chinese cuisine chef without yielding to discrimination, can be confirmed in the main broadcast.
Chef Lee Moon-jung, who worked for 25 years at restaurants in domestic five-star hotels, also said, "There are virtually no female chefs in hotel Chinese restaurants; you might have one, maybe," and revealed it took a long 10 years to finally master the wok, the core of Chinese cooking, surprising the Problematic Men in the Rooftop Room MCs.
Then the two chefs revealed the story of not being able to leave the kitchen even when heavily pregnant, evoking sympathy. Chef Jung Ji-seon, who said, "I hid my pregnancy and participated in cooking competitions until I was six months pregnant," added, "I worked in the kitchen until the day before giving birth." Chef Lee Moon-jung also revealed that she initially hid her pregnancy and worked in the kitchen until a month before giving birth. The reason the two chefs had to fiercely defend the kitchen while hiding their pregnancies can be found on KBS2's 'Problematic Men in the Rooftop Room' at 8:30 p.m. tonight (26th).
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