‘The Boss‘s Ears Are Donkey Ears’ disciples Kim Hee-won and Park Jin-mo of ‘The Boss’s Ears Are Donkey Ears’ are applying for a cooking survival show.

KBS 2TV ‘The Boss‘s Ears Are Donkey Ears’ (directed by Ahn Sang-eun/hereafter ‘Sadanggwi’) is a program about voluntary empathy and self-reflection by Korean bosses to create a workplace where they feel better about working. With a nationwide viewership rating of 5.3% for the previous episode and a peak viewership rating of 6.9%, it dominated both viewership ratings and topicality, continuing its lead as the No. 1 entertainment program in the same time slot for 144 consecutive weeks. (Based on Nielsen Korea)

In episode 145 of ‘Sadanggwi’ that airs today (the 9th), boss Jung Ji-sun visits Kim Hee-won’s house who is on sick leave. Jung Ji-sun takes care of his disciples by making food with the leftover ingredients on the spot without caring about Hee-won‘s panic. Then, Jung Ji-sun suddenly asks, “Is there something you’re hiding from me?” which flusters Hee-won. In the end, Hee-won confesses the truth that she applied for the cooking survival program ‘Black and White Chef 2’ and that Park Jin-mo also applied, making Jung Ji-sun explode with anger.



Jung Ji-sun‘s boss says, “This won’t do. Let‘s go catch him,” and heads to Park Jin-mo’s store. After checking the two people‘s applications and cooking videos, he explodes with anger again. After checking Hee-won’s application where he wrote Jung Ji-sun as his favorite chef, Jung Ji-sun smiles with satisfaction for a moment, but then asks, “Why didn‘t you tell me when everyone knew you were my disciple?” Then, when Hee-won said that he wanted to meet many people and build connections as his motivation for applying, he rebuked him by saying, “You can do this at the association,” and shut Hee-won up.

In particular, after watching the application video containing the cooking process, Jeong Ji-seon is furious and asks, “Is this a video?” and Jeon Hyun-moo responds, “Isn’t this a CCTV?” and advises, “You need to appeal to your strengths like in a short form,” drawing sympathy. Jeon Hyun-moo then says, “There were a lot of great Chinese chefs in Season 1,” and adds, “But this dish wasn’t shown. He received applause from everyone as he showed an impromptu introduction video saying, “I’ll show you this.”

Kim Hee-won and Park Jin-mo, who were reassured by the advice of their teachers, Ji-sun Jeong and Hyun-moo Jeon, successfully applied for ‘Black and White Chef 2’ and whether they will be able to participate in the survival show following their teacher, Ji-sun Jeong, will be revealed through the main broadcast of ‘Sadanggwi’.

Meanwhile, KBS 2TV’s ‘The Boss’s Ears Are Donkey Ears’ airs every Sunday at 4:40 PM.

Reporter Yoon-na Choi, Donga.com yyynnn@donga.com

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