Lee Yeon-bok was a victim of a medical accident I lost my sense of smell during nose surgery, and I was thinking about retiring (table for four)

By Sohee, Kim

Apr 07, 2025

Lee Yeon-bok was a victim of a medical accident I lost my sense of smell during nose surgery, and I was thinking about retiring (table for four)



Chef Lee Yeon-bok confesses that he lost his sense of smell during sinusitis surgery.

At 8:10 p.m. today (7th), the episode of "Chef Lee Yeon-bok" will air on Channel A "Best Talk Documentary Table for 4 People".

Chef Lee Yeon-bok, who has been in his 53rd year "Chinese master", invites Kim Kang-woo, Heo Kyung-hwan, and Jang Ye-won to the cooking studio, his playground and a love room for celebrities, to fill a table for four." Lee Yeon-bok presents his signature menu, Menbosha, Dongpa-yuk, and 'Emperor Palbochae', which generously contains cuttlefish, abalone, and sprinkles.




Lee Yeon-bok, who says there are more than 30 group chat rooms, introduces his relationship with the three people he invited. In particular, the special relationship is said to have 11 programs with Heo Kyung-hwan, which is surprising to best friends. In response, Chef Lee Yeon-bok once told the production team that he would not appear unless he was with Heo Kyung-hwan, and thanked him for trusting and taking care of him.

Lee Yeon-bok was a victim of a medical accident I lost my sense of smell during nose surgery, and I was thinking about retiring (table for four)
Lee Yeon-bok's menu presented to his best friends on this day is a dish destined to change his chef's life, and thanks to this menu, he was able to become the youngest cook of the Taiwanese embassy. However, while working as an embassy, he lost his sense of smell while performing sinusitis surgery and even considered retirement. It is said that he overcame the ordeal by taking over the store that had been failing in Japan and entering the path of success. Chef Lee Yeon-bok said that his wife learned to cook from him during his time in Japan and became the first handmade chef, and he also thanked his wife, who is currently in charge of not only store management and kitchen work, but also manager and stylist work.

Then, the best friends will continue to talk about how they are doing. Announcer Jang Ye-won, who is in his sixth year of freelance conversion, surprises his best friends by saying that he has poured all of his SBS severance pay into one stock. Kim Kang-woo, who recently finished 'Red Leaves', said that he only ate rice, bulgogi, and soybean paste stew during the two months of the performance, and his two sons appeared in front of the calendar "Daddy's performance is five times left. We can only eat soybean paste stew five times."He made his best friends laugh by revealing an anecdote that he said.




After eating, the four go to the studio's essential course, 'underground karaoke', to see the autographs of famous top stars who filled the walls of the karaoke room, and to commemorate memories with the four by leaving autographs of Kim Kang-woo, who visited the cooking studio for the first time on this day.

A time to take a look at a star's life with best friends, Channel A 'Best Talk Documentary - A Table for Four' airs every Monday at 8:10 p.m.






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