Lee Chae-min, the chef of the tyrant ♥ Im Yoon-ah, director Jang Tae-yu = Eun-in..I sent you a gift for Chuseok

By Jiyoun, Moon

Sep 30, 2025

Lee Chae-min, the chef of the tyrant ♥ Im Yoon-ah, director Jang Tae-yu Eun-in..I sent you a gift for Chuseok
photo courtesy of entertainment



Actor Lee Chae-min (25) mentioned his relationship with directors Lim Yoon-ah and Jang Tae-yu.

On the morning of the 30th, Lee Chae-min met with Sports Chosun at a cafe in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, and had an interview with the end of tvN's Saturday-Sunday drama 『The Tyrant's Chef" (directed by Jang Tae-yu). Lee Chae-min said about Lim Yoon-ah, who he played with, "I'm a fan at the first meeting with you." It was an honor to meet someone I met when I was young, to be a partner in my work, and it was amazing, but I just needed to do wellIt occurred to me that '...'

Lee Chae-min "At first, I was very anxious and had no confidence because I was running out of time to catch the character, but my senior gave me courage. He gave me confidence that he was doing well enough like Lee Heon, which helped me greatly in the beginning. I had such good chemistry with my senior. There was no conflict, and he/she was helpful because he/she accepted a lot of what each other wanted, and rather suggested ideas, saying, `Why don't we do this?'




Although Lee Chae-min and Lim Yoon-ah became a hot topic for their 10-year age difference, they actually drew attention for their teamwork that made them unable to feel the age difference. In response, Lee Chae-min said, `I don't think I've ever thought about the age difference. When I acted, I think I focused on each other as characters, and after 'cut', he was a senior, and he taught me a lot, so it was an object of longing. I think he's a senior and a person who has a lot more to learn than the age difference," he said with a smile.

Lee Chae-min, the chef of the tyrant ♥ Im Yoon-ah, director Jang Tae-yu Eun-in..I sent you a gift for Chuseok
photo courtesy of entertainment
He also had good chemistry with another benefactor, director Jang Tae-yu. Lee Chae-min "The director took good care of me like a son in my opinion. I think I filmed it with a lot of love. That's how I felt when he looked at me. They asked me how I was doing and showed a lot of interest. In this work, everyone wants to come out pretty, but he paid a lot of attention because I was the one who wanted to come out well."

Lee Chae-min then sent gifts to Jang Tae-yu and Lim Yoon-ah for Chuseok, and "I have already sent gifts to the two of them. To me, he is like a benefactor. "I sent you food well." he said, drawing laughter.




"The Tyrant's Chef" is a fantasy survival romance of more than 500 years as a time-slip French chef meets the king, the worst tyrant and best gourmet. Lee Chae-min worked with Lim Yoon-ah, who played Yeon Ji-young while playing Yeon Hee-gun Lee Heon in the play. In particular, Lee Chae-min received favorable reviews from viewers even though Park Sung-hoon, who had previously been nominated for a casting, suddenly stepped down and quickly joined and led the play.

"The Tyrant's Chef" recorded 17.1% of viewers in the final episode and broke the highest ratings among all channel miniseries aired this year, as well as topping TV-OTT overall performers for five consecutive weeks (based on Good Data Corporation Fundex) and topping Netflix's global TOP10 TV (based on Netflix's official ranking aggregation site Tudum) for two consecutive weeks, captivating viewers around the world.





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