Man in the Kitchen

Man in the Kitchen[1] (Korean: 밥상 차리는 남자; RR: Bapsang Charineun Namja; lit. Man Who Sets the Table) is a 2017 South Korean television series starring Choi Soo-young, On Joo-wan, Seo Hyo-rim, and Park Jin-woo. The series aired on MBC every Saturday and Sunday from 8:45 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. (KST). It was then later changed to air 2 episodes every Sunday from 8:45 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. (KST) from November 12 onwards.

Man in the Kitchen
Promotional poster
Hangul밥상 차리는 남자
Revised RomanizationBapsang Charineun Namja
McCune–ReischauerPapsang Ch'arinŭn Namcha
LiterallyMan Who Sets the Table
Genre
Created byLee Jae-dong
Written byPark Hyun-joo
Directed byJoo Sung-woo
Starring
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes50[lower-alpha 1]
Production
Executive producers
  • Son Gi-won
  • Oh Sung-min
Production locations
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time75 min[lower-alpha 1]
Production companies
DistributorMBC
Release
Original networkMBC TV
Picture format1080i (HDTV)
Audio formatDolby Digital
Original releaseSeptember 2, 2017 (2017-09-02) –
March 18, 2018 (2018-03-18)
External links
Website
Production website

Synopsis

Lee Roo-ri (Choi Soo-young) tries to get a job at big company, but she gives up. She doesn't have a good relationship with her strict father. Lee Roo-ri decides to travel to Guam to get away. There, she meets Jung Tae-yang (On Joo-wan) who goes by the YOLO motto. He wanders around the world and places priority on his happiness, but he also carries an emotional wound.

After she meets Jung Tae-yang, Lee Roo-ri experiences a turning point in her life.

Cast

Main
  • Choi Soo-young as Lee Roo-ri[2]- the jobless daughter of Lee Shin-mo and Hong Young-hye. she went through a rough childhood because of Shin-mo, and later accepts a job offer to a food company
    • Choi Yoo-ri as young Lee Roo-ri
  • On Joo-wan as Jung Tae-yang[3]- the biological son of Kevin Miller, he's a smart but easily annoyed man. throughout the series, he finds more and more about his backstory
  • Seo Hyo-rim as Ha Yeon-joo- the spoiled daughter of Yoon-Choon ok, who later gets into an on off relationship with Lee So-won
  • Park Jin-woo as Lee So-won- Roo-ri's brother and Lee Shin-mo and Hong Young-hye's son. He was pampered by Shin-mo as a kid, and works as a doctor. He later gets into an on off relationship with Ha Yeon-joo

Roo-ri's household
  • Kim Kap-soo as Lee Shin-mo- the rich father of Roo-ri and So-won. he's a gruff, self centered, abusive man who pampers So-won and disregards Roo-ri as a waste. however, later throughout the series, he grows to become kinder and kinder, revealing that he had always cared for Roo-ri
  • Kim Mi-sook as Hong Young-hye- the abused and worked out wife of Shin-mo. Shes constantly burned out due to Shin-mo, and later moves out and works at a mattress store
  • Kim Soo-mi as Yang Choon-ok- the rich mother of Ha Yeon-joo. she constantly feels guilt of leaving her little brother at a train station while trying to escape their abusive mother

Tae-yang's household
  • Lee Il-hwa as Jung Hwa-young- Taeyang's biological mother
  • Shim Hyung-tak as Go Jung-do- Taeyang's step-father who works at a bakery
  • Song Kang as Kim Woo-joo- Taeyang's step brother. he's constantly caring for Eun-byul
  • Kim Ji-young as Go Eun-byul- Taeyang's step sister and Woo-joo's brother.
  • Lee Jae-ryong as Kevin Miller- Taeyang's biological father and Choon-ok's brother. he went to the US after being left behind by Choon-ok at a train station, but later becomes the head of a foods company.

Extended
  • Lee Kyu-jung as Jung Soo-mi
  • Kim Hye-yoon as Jung Soo-ji
  • Choi Su-rin as Susanna / Lee Kyeong-hwa
  • Jo Mi-ryung as Choi Teresa
  • Lee Jung-hyuk as Manager Kim
  • Kim Ji-sook as Choi Sun-young
  • Tae Hang-ho as Noh Ji-shim
  • Lee Cheol-min as Kim Jin-ho
  • Hong Seo-jun as Director Park
  • Moon Seul-a as Nurse Choi
  • Kim Moo-Young as Kim Sung-tan
  • Lee Si-eon as Bong Myung-tae

Ratings
  • In this table, The blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
Episode # Original broadcast date Average audience share
TNmS Ratings[4] AGB Nielsen[5]
Nationwide Seoul National Capital Area Nationwide Seoul National Capital Area
1 September 2, 2017 7.7% (13th) 7.5% (11th) 8.6% (11th) 9.4% (8th)
2 September 3, 2017 8.1% (12th) 8.2% (11th) 9.8% (10th) 9.9% (10th)
3 September 9, 2017 6.1% (15th) 5.4% (19th) 5.9% (18th) 5.6% (18th)
4 September 10, 2017 8.3% (13th) 7.6% (14th) 8.8% (11th) 8.8% (10th)
5 September 16, 2017 7.5% (15th) 7.0% (14th) 6.2% (18th) 5.6% (20th)
6 September 17, 2017 9.2% (7th) 8.0% (10th) 9.6% (7th) 9.6% (7th)
7 September 23, 2017 7.1% (14th) 6.7% (10th) 6.5% (15th) 6.0% (14th)
8 September 24, 2017 10.1% (6th) 9.6% (8th) 9.8% (7th) 9.2% (8th)
9 September 30, 2017 7.7% (14th) 7.2% (12th) 7.6% (12th) 7.4% (12th)
10 October 1, 2017 9.6% (7th) 8.7% (7th) 9.9% (9th) 9.6% (9th)
11 October 7, 2017 6.6% (14th) 5.9% (14th) 7.3% (13th) 7.0% (14th)
12 October 8, 2017 8.8% (8th) 8.0% (10th) 9.7% (8th) 9.3% (9th)
13 October 14, 2017 7.8% (12th) 6.3% (15th) 7.4% (12th) 6.8% (14th)
14 October 15, 2017 9.7% (7th) 8.4% (8th) 9.9% (8th) 9.1% (9th)
15 October 21, 2017[lower-alpha 2] 10.5% (3rd) 9.2% (3rd) 10.9% (4th) 10.6% (4th)
16 12.1% (2nd) 11.1% (2nd) 12.7% (2nd) 12.4% (2nd)
17 November 4, 2017[lower-alpha 3] 11.9% (3rd) 10.4% (3rd) 11.5% (4th) 10.9% (4th)
18 12.1% (2nd) 11.3% (2nd) 12.9% (2nd) 13.1% (2nd)
19 November 12, 2017[lower-alpha 4] 10.1% (6th) 9.4% (8th) 9.7% (7th) 8.9% (8th)
20 11.2% (4th) 10.7% (5th) 12.6% (4th) 11.3% (5th)
21 November 19, 2017 10.4% (6th) 9.6% (8th) 10.8% (5th) 10.2% (8th)
22 12.1% (4th) 12.2% (4th) 14.1% (4th) 12.7% (4th)
23 November 26, 2017 11.0% (6th) 9.5% (7th) 12.2% (6th) 11.4% (6th)
24 12.6% (4th) 11.6% (5th) 14.5% (4th) 13.7% (4th)
25 December 3, 2017 10.0% (9th) 9.6% (10th) 10.4% (9th) 10.0% (9th)
26 13.6% (4th) 13.2% (4th) 15.1% (3rd) 13.7% (4th)
27 December 10, 2017 10.5% (9th) 10.0% (9th) 10.7% (8th) 10.3% (9th)
28 12.9% (4th) 11.7% (6th) 14.6% (4th) 14.1% (4th)
29 December 17, 2017 11.5% (7th) 10.1% (8th) 12.3% (5th) 12.2% (6th)
30 12.2% (4th) 10.9% (7th) 14.3% (4th) 14.2% (4th)
31 December 24, 2017 10.7% (7th) 8.8% (8th) 10.1% (7th) 9.2% (8th)
32 13.9% (4th) 12.1% (4th) 14.2% (4th) 13.2% (4th)
33 January 7, 2018 14.1% (6th) 13.0% 12.9% (6th) 11.9% (7th)
34 18.1% (2nd) 15.2% 17.3% (3rd) 16.1% (4th)
35 January 14, 2018 13.9% (4th) 12.8% 14.3% (5th) 13.9% (5th)
36 17.6% (2nd) 16.5% 18.6% (3rd) 18.1% (3rd)
37 January 21, 2018 15.2% (4th) 14.1% 14.5% (5th) 13.5% (5th)
38 17.2% (3rd) 16.3% 17.2% (3rd) 15.9% (4th)
39 January 28, 2018 15.8% (4th) 15.1% 15.5% (5th) 14.8% (5th)
40 17.2% (3rd) 16.6% 18.2% (3rd) 17.7% (4th)
41 February 4, 2018 13.6% (4th) 12.8% 13.0% (5th) 12.2% (6th)
42 17.2% (3rd) 16.1% 17.9% (3rd) 16.9% (3rd)
43 February 11, 2018[lower-alpha 5] 10.8% (7th) 10.7% 11.9% (7th) 11.9% (6th)
44 February 25, 2018[lower-alpha 5][lower-alpha 6] 7.8% (16th) 8.4% 7.8% (16th) 7.9% (15th)
45 March 4, 2018 12.2% (6th) 11.8% 11.5% (6th) 11.1% (8th)
46 18.1% (2nd) 17.4% 18.3% (2nd) 17.6% (3rd)
47 March 11, 2018 11.4% (5th) 11.1% 11.4% (5th) 11.2% (7th)
48 18.9% (2nd) 18.0% 19.1% (2nd) 18.3% (2nd)
49 March 18, 2018 16.3% (3rd) 16.0% 15.9% (3rd) 16.2% (4th)
50 18.2% (2nd) 17.9% 18.4% (2nd) 18.1% (2nd)
Average 12.0% % 12.3% 11.8%
Special November 15, 2017 N/AN/A3.7%N/A

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Recipient Result Ref.
2018 11th Korea Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actor On Joo-wan Won [6]

Notes
  1. In order to circumvent Korean laws that prevent commercial breaks in the middle of an episode, two 75-minute episodes are being shown each night with a commercial break between the two.
  2. Shown back-to-back on October 21, due to the airing of a special movie One Step on October 22.
  3. No episodes were aired on October 28 and 29 due to the on-going labor strike at MBC. In return, MBC aired a special movie Train to Busan on October 29.
  4. Timeslot changed to Sundays at 20:45 from this point onward, with two episodes shown back-to-back each night.
  5. Only one episode is aired due to coverage of the 2018 Winter Olympics.
  6. No episodes were aired on February 18 due to coverage of the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Citations
  1. [Man in the kitchen] 밥상 차리는 남자 4회 - Are you serious? 20170910. MBC Drama via Youtube. Sep 10, 2017. Retrieved September 13, 2017.
  2. "Sooyoung confirms MBC weekend drama Man Who Sets the Table". DramaBeans. April 14, 2017. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
  3. "Girls' Generation's Sooyoung & On Joo Wan's 'Man Who Sets the Table' confirms airing date". Allkpop. July 26, 2017. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
  4. "TNMS Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". TNMS Ratings (in Korean). Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  5. "AGB Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Archived from the original on March 17, 2017. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  6. Jeon, Aram (October 2, 2018). [종합] '2018 KDA' 유동근, 대상 영예…'같이 살래요' 4관왕 '쾌거' [[Comprehensive] '2018 KDA' Dong Keun Lee, Grand Prize 'Let's live together' 4 crowns 'comfort']. Xports News (in Korean) – via Naver.
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