Cho Hye-won ♥ Lee Jang-woo became a chef at MBC cafeteria..Employees receive favorable reviews (Country Village 2)

By YoonSeon, Cho

Aug 19, 2025

Cho Hye-won ♥ Lee Jang-woo became a chef at MBC cafeteria..Employees receive favorable reviews (Country Village 2)



Actor Lee Jang-woo, who excited the nation beyond Gimje with makgeolli, which he participated in last year's research, was caught surprisingly in the MBC cafeteria this time. Lee Jang-woo served his employees with turnip kimchi made from turnips grown and harvested in Ganghwa Island, perilla oil fried eggs, dog peach ade, and carefully made jajangmyeon.

On this day, Lee Jang-woo spent the spring and summer of this year in Ganghwa Island for MBC employees, giving Jang Woo-pyo a prize by demonstrating the know-how he learned from master craftsmen. This tasting event was specially organized ahead of the opening of Ganghwa Island's pop-up store on August 30. As usual, he showed off the aspect of 'Dr. Z'Z'Z'Z'Z'Z'Z'Z'Z' and successfully announced the beginning of 'Village Lee Jang-woo 2' with the favorable reviews of those who served the best food combinations and tasted the food.

Long lines continued as people flocked to the cafeteria to check the taste of Lee Jang-woo's hands. Employees who tasted the food said, "The turnip kimchi made by themselves has a crisp and pungent taste."The combination of fried eggs with perilla oil and jajangmyeon was fantastic."," he said in unison. He also expressed his expectations for season 2, saying, `I'm curious about Ganghwa Island's specialties.'




Cho Hye-won ♥ Lee Jang-woo became a chef at MBC cafeteria..Employees receive favorable reviews (Country Village 2)
In particular, Lee Jang-woo's sincerity about cooking was once again revealed in the appearance of serving food to employees and checking their reactions. In addition, it is said that he talked with MBC employees and delivered a special episode with the rural elderly in Ganghwa regarding the perilla oil presented on this day.

As it has received a hot response from the first start, expectations are high for its future performance. "Thank you for showing such a hot response from the first tasting event" " Season 2 will also feature a full story of authentic cooking and people's lives on the stage of Ganghwado Island."

MBC's representative local program 'Local Village Lee Jang-woo 2' contains the process of Lee Jang-woo melting into a rural village, filling a quiet space with laughter and stories with local seniors, and struggling to regenerate the area. Lee Jang-woo, who became the country's youngest child loved by the country's elderly with his plump charm, boasts an upgraded affinity and taste of hands in Ganghwa. It will present a deeper story and a variety of seasonal ingredients.




The season 1 Gimje episode of 'Country Village Lee Jang-woo', which aired in 2024, recorded the highest ratings of 7.9% (furniture) and 3.0% (2049) at the time, breaking the highest ratings in the same time period from the first episode. It greatly increased the living population of Gimje and made the quiet Gimje 'Hotple'. 'Country Village Lee Jang-woo 2', which has achieved such a great buzz and hot response that it has led to an expansion of the Lunar New Year special, will return to season 2 in the second half of this year.



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