Youn's Kitchen

Youn's Kitchen (Korean: 윤식당; RR: Yun Sikdang) is a South Korean reality show which aired on tvN on Fridays nights from March 24, 2017 to March 23, 2018, for a total of 20 episodes.[1]

Youn's Kitchen
Promotional poster for Season 1
Also known asYoon's Restaurant
GenreCooking show
Reality show
Written byLee Woo-jung
Directed byNa Young-seok
Lee Jin-joo
StarringSee list
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes20
Production
Production locations
Running time100 minutes
Production companyCJ E&M
DistributorCJ E&M
Release
Original networktvN
Original releaseMarch 24, 2017 (2017-03-24) –
March 23, 2018 (2018-03-23)
Chronology
Followed byYoun's Stay
External links
Website

Cast

Season 1
Name Episode Notes
Youn Yuh-jung1 – 9[2]
Shin Goo1 – 9
Lee Seo-jin1 – 9
Jung Yu-mi1 – 9

Season 2
Name Episode Notes
Youn Yuh-jung1 – 11[3]
Lee Seo-jin1 – 11
Jung Yu-mi1 – 11
Park Seo-joon1 – 11

Main dish

Season 1

Youn's main ingredient was bulgogi, which was available in three dishes: Bulgogi Rice, Bulgogi Noodles and Bulgogi Burger. Prior to filming, Youn met with Lee Won-il and Hong Seok-cheon to ask for advice, and received expertise on how to operate Youn's Kitchen, including menu development and restaurant management. From the 4th episode, new items were added to the menu, such as fried dumplings and buns, egg rolls, dumplings, and ramyeon. From the 5th episode, chicken was added.[4]

Season 2

The main dish of Youn's Restaurant was bibimbap, and there were initially three varieties: bulgogi bibimbap, spicy pork bibimbap, and vegetable bibimbap. For this season, Youn again met chef Lee Won-il and Hong Seok-cheon for advice and received further know-how on restaurant operations. Kimchi was also on the initial menu. From the 2nd episode, a traditional noodle dish called japchae was added. From the 3rd episode, the spicy pork bibimbap was removed and Korean fried chicken was added. From the 4th episode, ribs were added. From the 6th episode, kimchi fried rice was added.[4]

Viewership and ratings

Viewership

Youn's Kitchen : South Korea viewers per episode (millions)
SeasonEpisode numberAverage
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23.5603.6743.5183.9984.1273.1711.9743.1563.0563.2262.4163.261
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Media Research.[5]

Ratings
  • In the tables below, blue marks the lowest ratings in each season and red marks the highest ratings.
  • This show airs on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC & EBS).

Season 1
Ep.Broadcast dateAGB Nielsen[6]TNmS[7]
NationwideMetropolitanNationwide
1 March 24, 20176.215%6.785%7.2%
2 March 31, 20179.554%10.957%9.0%
3 April 7, 201711.298%12.454%12.3%
4 April 14, 201711.191%11.837%11.9%
5 April 21, 201713.278%14.348%12.0%
6 April 28, 201714.141%16.376%13.5%
7 May 5, 201713.820%15.168%12.5%
8 May 12, 201711.600%13.401%13.0%
9 May 19, 20179.032%10.811%7.8%
Average 11.125% 12.460% 11.0%

Season 2
Season 2 Poster
Ep.Broadcast dateAGB Nielsen[6]TNmS[7]
NationwideMetropolitanNationwide
1 January 5, 201814.074%16.389%13.7%
2 January 12, 201814.840%17.208%14.9%
3 January 19, 201814.440%16.574%15.2%
4 January 26, 201815.249%16.886%15.1%
5 February 2, 201815.986%18.701%14.7%
6 February 9, 201813.104%14.908%12.4%
7 February 23, 20188.477%10.019%7.4%
8 March 2, 201813.583%16.197%12.3%
9 March 9, 201812.816%15.503%11.7%
10 March 16, 201813.371%15.563%12.4%
11 March 23, 201810.695%11.975%9.9%
Average 13.330% 15.448% 12.7%

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2018 54th Baeksang Arts Awards Best Entertainment Program Youn's Kitchen 2 Nominated [8]

International broadcast

References
  1. Chang, Dong-woo (March 20, 2017). "(LEAD) 'Yoon's Restaurant' aims to one-up food shows by opening overseas shop". Yonhap.
  2. "Cast Member Introduction (Season 1)". tvN (in Korean).
  3. "Cast Member Introduction (Season 2)". tvN (in Korean).
  4. "윤식당". 위키백과, 우리 모두의 백과사전 (in Korean). March 24, 2018.
  5. "Nielsen Korea". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Retrieved October 23, 2020.
  6. "AGB Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Retrieved July 1, 2016.
  7. "TNmS Ratings on Naver" (in Korean). Retrieved January 19, 2018 – via Naver.
  8. "제54회 백상예술대상, TV·영화 각 부문별 수상 후보자 공개". JTBC (in Korean). April 6, 2018.
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