How was Netflix’s Culinary Class Wars made? A look behind the scenes of the popular show
Cooking show’s directors reveal their worries that chefs would walk out during filming – and the famous guest they want for season two
By Korea Times
For three consecutive weeks between September 16 and October 6, Netflix’s cooking competition show Culinary Class Wars claimed the top spot in the non-English language series category, making it the longest-running Korean variety show in the rankings.
Netflix confirmed on October 15 that a second season is currently in production.
“They’ve lived completely different lives, and when they first met at a grilled intestine restaurant last winter, there was a strange tension in the air,” director Kim Eun-ji recalled during an interview in Seoul.
Casting Anh, a relatively young chef with no prior experience on cooking shows, was a gamble. Kim Hak-min, another director, recounted meeting Anh at his restaurant: “He confidently said, ‘If I’m judging, who would dare question my judgment?’ I thought, ‘Is he too overconfident?’ But then I realised, ‘This is the person’. We cast him on the spot.”
