This week in Korea, (and for the past couple of weeks actually) the reality show "Culinary Class Wars" has been the TALK of the town!!!
If you haven't seen it yet, it's basically a cooking show that pits different chefs against each other for money/fame BUT there is also a very interesting aspect about it!
There are two groups - one is called the white spoons and this group consists of chefs who are already very well known and popular. The other group is black spoons who are chefs who aren't as well known and don't have their names revealed.
Not only is it a battle of cooking like a normal show, it's also a battle of pride and really poses the question: Is fame/success really an indicator of cooking skill?!
This show is SO popular in Korea that if you haven't seen it you'd probably feel left out HAHA Catchtable (Korea's reservation app) even released a list of all of the chef's and their restaurants! (I'm visiting one of them tomorrow hehe I hope it's good!) |