'Bon Appetit, Your Majesty' Becomes 2025’s Hottest Rom-Com, Sweeping Korea and Beyond
Sep 10, 2025
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tvN's Saturday-Sunday drama 『The Tyrant's Chef" (directed by Jang Tae-yu, script fGRD, planning studio dragon, film drawing, and Jeong Yu-nibus) has established itself as the best romantic comedy in 2025 that has captured global viewers beyond Korea by sweeping not only ratings but also buzz and OTT at home and abroad.
The viewership of the sixth episode, which was broadcast on the 7th (Sun), has continued to rise steadily, averaging 13.1% and 15.1% for households in the metropolitan area. In addition, both weekends ranked first in all channels at the same time, maintaining the No. 1 overall viewership among tvN dramas in 2025.(Based on a paid platform that integrates cable, IPTV, and satellite / Provided by Nielsen Korea) In TVing, real-time live UV has increased about 1.5 times compared to the previous week as of the 5th and 6th broadcasts, and it is ranked in the top 20 of today's TVing right after the first broadcast, and has dominated the topic for three consecutive weeks.(As of 2025.09.07)
The global response is also unrivaled. First, it ranked second in the Netflix official Global TOP TV Show (non-English) category, which was released today (10th, Wednesday). After being ranked in the top 10 for three consecutive weeks from the first week of its release, it was ranked second for two consecutive weeks. According to the global OTT content ranking service FlickPatrol, 'The Tyrant's Chef' entered the top 10 in 93 regions and ranked first in 44 regions, including Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, and Vietnam. It is also worth noting that the response is hot not only in Asia but also in the Americas and European markets. Among them, if you look at the U.S. rankings, they are ranked in the top 10 at the beginning of the broadcast and recorded up to 4th place, making remarkable achievements among K-drama released this year.
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The reason "The Tyrant's Chef" is gaining such popularity is that the life of actors attached to the character, a feast of salivary food, pleasant stories and sensual productions are combined to target the tastes of viewers around the world who cross borders. In particular, the foods featured in 'Treason's Chef' are causing great reactions at home and abroad. Fusion foods that combine traditional Korean ingredients such as soybean paste and traditional foods such as bibimbap and soybean paste soup with aquaculture cooking techniques are attracting high attention. Forbes, a leading U.S. media outlet, introduced 'The Tyrant's Chef' as "Im Yoon-ah and Lee Chae-min show sweet chemistry, but the real main character of the drama may be precisely prepared food. There has been no K-drama dedicated to satisfying such a demanding taste of the king since 'Daejanggeum'" has been introduced. He also expressed the difference in his work, saying, `It shows the power of persuasion of a well-prepared meal.'
With the romance between Yeon Ji-young (Im Yoon-ah) and Lee Hun (Lee Chae-min) in the play, expectations are rising on how their relationship will change, and tvN's Saturday-Sunday drama The Tyrant's Chef', a gourmet fantasy romantic comedy that satisfies global viewers' tastes, will air the 7th episode at 9:10 p.m. on the 13th (Saturday).
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