Chef Edward Lee is taking over the broadcasting industry.

Edward Lee is a Korean-American chef who took second place on ‘Black and White Chef: Culinary Class Wars’. He garnered attention throughout the show for his humble attitude and extraordinary passion for Korean cuisine. He won ‘Iron Chef America’ in 2010 and is quite famous in the United States.

Thanks to this, even though it has been three months since the last episode, he is still receiving a lot of attention from variety shows to documentaries. As if to prove his growing popularity, he is making a name for himself by appearing in various commercials for ramen, makgeolli, soy milk, etc.

Chef Edward Lee will be appearing on another cooking show through the variety show ‘Please Take Care of My Refrigerator since 2014’, which will air starting on the 15th. ‘Please Take Care of My Refrigerator since 2014’ is a program that was revived 5 years after the end of ‘Please Take Care of My Refrigerator’, the original ‘cookbang’, and is a program in which chefs compete in a cooking competition using ingredients from the celebrities‘ refrigerators.

Edward Lee will once again work with chefs who competed on ‘Black and White Chef’Chef Choi Hyun-seok, Choi Kang-rok, ‘Cafe Master’ Lee Mi-young, and ‘Chinese Cuisine Goddess’ Park Eun-young.

His real self will be revealed through the Arirang TV documentary ‘Finding Edward Lee’, which will air from the 25th. This documentary, consisting of 4 parts, depicts him as a charismatic chef with 30 years of experience who radiates charisma when he cooks, but as a warm and affectionate neighbor when he leaves the kitchen.

His daily life at home, revealed for the first time on Korean broadcast, and his daily life with his wife Diane Lee and daughter Arden Lee, are stimulating curiosity.

The first episode, which was pre-released on the official YouTube channel on the 6th, caught the eye by showing Edward Lee, a restaurant owner, starting with grocery shopping, managing his schedule, and training his staff.

He didn’t stop there, and he is drawing attention by appearing on another entertainment program with his daughter Arden.

In the new tvN program (title undecided), which is currently being filmed and scheduled to air in February next year, he will travel around the country with his daughter Arden, his ‘most perfect match’, and present dishes using seasonal ingredients.


Reporter Lee Jeong-yeon annjoy@donga.com