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⚔️ Mystery members revealed: Team battles return to CAMF

This week, the "right-hand men" of Chef Choi Hyun Seok and Chef Son Jong Won will appear to team up and compete.

👨🏻‍🍳 Kim Sun Yeop – a chef who has worked alongside Choi Hyun Seok for 14 years

👨🏻‍🍳 Woo Doo Hee – Chef de Cuisine (Head Chef) at L’Amant Secret

These "right-hand men" will also share untold stories about Chef Choi and Chef Son, leaving the two chefs flustered and scrambling to defend themselves ☺️

Credit: sportvnews

Random check but Chef Jong Won just followed JYP on his instagram account...

And in the latest episode, Son Jong Won mentioned he will DANCE SOON

"It's not like I haven't thought about it. Right now I'm choosing between JYP, SM, YG. Which one should I go into and receive training for. What I'm saying is I'll do it once my dance line is perfect"

Even Kim Poong and Park Eun Young are scared of her.

She will replace Park Eun Young temporarily when PEY goes on her honeymoon.

The show will air on HBO Max starting from July 2nd

I have no idea how long would he be bedridden this time...

Produced by JTBC Entertainment, the duo first trip to Macau will start airing on June 7th

Part 1 with Kim Poong and Kwon Sung Jun.

Part 2 with production staff (Lee Chang Woo, Lee Rin Ha, Kim Ji Soo - JTBC PD)

(I will update link to part 3 and 4 when they are made available.)

Q. How did you build your chemistry? It’s not like just being close works.

Kim Poong: You have to be able to just blurt out whatever comes to mind. Whether it gets aired or not, whether others take offense or not. You have to clash and mix things up for chemistry to develop. 

The atmosphere during Season 1 was much more cautious than it is now. None of us had much broadcasting experience, so we were very polite to one another. Of course, I was the only one goofing off regardless (laughs). But it's different now. (…)

Q. The producers said you are a "strategist" and that "you weren't number one on 'Culinary Class Wars' for nothing" (laughs).

Kwon Sung Jun: I could actually talk about 1 Night 2 Days too... I monitor every episode three or four times. I watch the live broadcast, and as soon as it ends, I watch the version uploaded to the two JTBC YouTube channels (JTBC Entertainment and JTBC Voyage), read the comments, and even skim through the community reactions.

Monitoring isn't about checking if you did a good job. You already know that during filming. You need to figure out how what you did on set looks to the production crew and what the viewers find entertaining. Maintain what gets a good reaction, and if it seems like people are getting even the slightest bit bored, discard it without hesitation.

Since I'm on a variety show, I have to be funny. Besides, Chef Yoon Nam No, Chef Park Eun Young, and I are all variety show veterans. We're from 'Culinary Class Wars' (laughs). I want to be good at cooking, but I also want to be funny. No matter the set, I just think about what I need to do to survive.

Q. How was the production of Season 2 decided?

Lee Chang Woo PD (Co-directing PD, the only remained main director from Season 1): I was planning a new program. No matter what I planned, one question kept getting in the way: 'Will this be more entertaining than "Please Take Care of My Refrigerator"?' "Please Take Care of My Refrigerator" had become the standard in my mind. After  several proposals were scrapped like that, I suddenly thought, ' If it's going to be like this, why not just bring back "Please Take Care of My Refrigerator"?'

Q. This project was planned 10 years ago. Weren't you worried like 'Would it still work now?'

Lee Chang Woo PD: You know the saying, "The familiar taste is dangerous." I had the confidence that comes from that.

It is necessary to clearly distinguish between what needs to be changed and what should not. After that, three things are important: ① Precisely target and recreate the expected emotion. ② Plant a kick that will make them want to return. (…)

Q. What do you think is the key to editing on "Please Take Care of My Refrigerator" (CAMF name in SK)?

Kim Ji Soo PD (The "who" in "Who edited this? Give them an award.", the head assistant director): Editing is like fine dining. It involves capturing the overall flow and calculating everything down to the final plating. The cast members are already excellent ingredients. Rather than adding more, I try to handle them well.

I also consider three things important. ① No matter which section is cut, it must form a complete short. If I am editing a 15-minute cooking video, I think of it as creating 15 one-minute shorts. Let's ensure that not a single shot is wasted, and that the entire narrative arc is captured. (…)

Q. You seem like a team with great chemistry. What do you consider important to keep the team running smoothly?

Lee Chang Woo PD: I provide motivation, help achieve good results, and share the opportunities gained from achievement. Instead of saying "work hard," I help them develop a desire to do well. I enforce strict quality control. Rather than lowering the standards, I spend time with them to help them reach the baseline. 

I try to ensure that team members can personally experience the opportunities that come with good results. For example, when we win the company's 'Program of the Month' award, my name appears as the winner. Instead of me, I take turns sending the PDs one by one - everyone, right down to the youngest PD.

Q. I'm curious about your feedback style. What do you do when you are not satisfied with a junior's work?

Lee Chang Woo: The important thing in feedback is giving the feeling that you are 'growing'. (…)

Q. Producer Chang-woo is the most senior member of the variety department, while this is Producer Rin Ha's debut project. That's quite a gap between the two (laughs).

Lee Chang Woo: It’s not an easy relationship. We are the most senior and the newest among the main directors, so there is the biggest gap between us. I was a bit worried at first. Is it going to be okay? Will we be helpful to each other? Fortunately, we are blending in well. We clicked faster than expected. Producer Rin Ha must have put in a lot of effort.

Lee Rin Ha PD (Co-directing PD, a successful CAMF fan who dream to become a variety PD and made their debut with this season):  Since it was my first time working with a senior colleague, I observed a lot. I looked into why they approved this but asked to redo that, and why they boldly moved on with this.

Q. If you had to pick the most difficult part of the process, what would it be?

Lee Rin Ha:  I had to find my role. Even as a co-director, there are moments when the intuition and judgment of a senior who has worked much longer take center stage. I realized that if I just sat there with the title of 'co-director,' I might not have a role to play. 

I asked my senior about almost everything. I tried to get as much information as possible and offer every opinion I could. In the beginning, that was also a form of appeal, a way of saying, "Please listen carefully to my opinions." 

Q. Did you know, Producer Chang-woo, as well?

Lee Chang Woo:  Of course. I already did Season 1, you know. So the chefs, the MCs, and even the production crew naturally look at me. They check my expression and tell me to make the decision.  (…)

Q. Producer Chang-woo, you were the leader of this team 10 years ago, and you are still the leader now. Is there anything that has changed?

Lee Chang-woo:  I learned how to say "I'm sorry."

I was originally the type to push people very hard. "Why did they do it this way? Are they actually planning to air this?" I was completely consumed by grades. We gathered to work, so isn't it enough just to do this well? The feelings of my colleagues were secondary. I worked as if I were the leader and a solo player, and I became increasingly isolated. Even my juniors were afraid of me.

Then one day, the main writer gifted me the book *The 90s Generation Is Coming*. I feel like there's some kind of message in this...

Source: Folin magazine

Airing as part of the newest episode, it captures Son Jong Won, Yoon Nam No and MC Kim Sung Joo reaction to Chef Choi Hyun Seok's performance

I just found his full performance of "Marry you" (by Bruno Mars) at chef Eun Yong's wedding last sunday.

Chef Park Eun Young has departed for a honeymoon in Hawaii, USA, following her marriage. Due to the travel schedule, she will not participate in next week's recording of 'Chef and my Fridge'.

According to a StarNews investigation on May 20th, Park Eun-young left for Hawaii with her husband on the 19th, two days after their wedding ceremony. Due to the honeymoon schedule, Park Eun Young will miss the recording of CAMF scheduled for next week.

It is reported that she sought understanding from the production team as the biweekly filming schedule overlapped with her honeymoon period. A JTBC official told StarNews, "It is correct that she missed one recording due to her honeymoon."

Source: Starnews

He really has maximum skill in English Speaking and the singing confidence...

But only have the bare minimum English listening skill (aka the "dirty-seven" gag)

The moment we have been waiting for all day...

Chef Hyun Seok as wedding singer, singing "A Thousand Years" (by Christina Perri) at Chef Eun Young's wedding

And we also got a special wedding encore singer in Chef Eun Young's wedding

Earlier today, Chef Ho Young threw the ceremonial first pitch for LG Twins baseball game and danced his signature move.

With this, only the maknae chef Kwon Sung Jun is the only chef who never have this honor for baseball team...