Anh Sung-jae's restaurant has been embroiled in controversy over alleged wine switching, and he has decided to temporarily suspend his YouTube activities.
On the 13th, the production team of Anh Sung-jae's YouTube channel 'Chef Anh Sung-jae' announced on the official channel, "The production team intends to take time to reorganize the channel for the time being to reconsider the channel's direction and overall operation and to produce content more carefully."
They added, "We will strive to return with a more responsible approach and better content to those who have cherished and watched the channel."
Anh Sung-jae gained widespread popularity through the Netflix "Culinary Class Wars" released in September 2024 and began YouTube content last January. The channel has 1.23 million subscribers, and its released content has also been popular with high view counts.
However, recently reviews appeared claiming that the fine-dining restaurant Mosu Seoul, operated by Anh Sung-jae, had its wine switched, affecting the channel as well. Mosu Seoul issued an official apology at the time, but the controversy did not subside, and Anh Sung-jae posted a lengthy statement on his personal channel and apologized again on the 6th, two weeks later.
Anh Sung-jae said, "We have removed the employee from the sommelier position responsible for the customer's wine," and "We will thoroughly manage and take all possible measures to prevent the same thing from happening again."
But controversy flared up again after Anh Sung-jae uploaded a new video to the 'Chef Anh Sung-jae' channel just one hour after posting his apology. Critics argued that even if the production team has the authority to upload content to the channel, it appeared that Anh Sung-jae posted the apology to facilitate the YouTube upload.
In the end, the 'Chef Anh Sung-jae' production team also appears to have begun reorganizing the channel in light of this controversy.
Below is the full statement from the 'Chef Anh Sung-jae' channel production team.
Hello. This is the Anh Sung-jae YouTube production team.
The production team intends to take time to reorganize the channel for the time being to reconsider the channel's direction and overall operation and to produce content more carefully.
We will strive to return with a more responsible approach and better content to those who have cherished and watched the channel.<
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