Lee Chaemin Wins Praise in ‘Bon Appetit, Your Majesty’

Aug 25, 2025

Lee Chae-min is having a photo time at the production presentation of tvN's new Saturday drama "The Tyrant's Chef" held at Sindorim the St. in Seoul on the 19th. Reporter Huh Sang-wook @sportschosun.com/2025.08.19/

Lee Chae-min, who was suddenly put into the work due to the controversy over actor Park Sung-hoon's private life, overcame the burden and received a passing score for his first shooting.

In tvN's Saturday-Sunday drama "The Tyrant's Chef" (fGRD script, directed by Jang Tae-yu), which aired on the 24th, Lee Hun (Lee Chae-min)'s full-fledged narrative unfolds, and at the same time, he begins to become interested in Yeon Ji-young (Im Yoon-ah) as well as the hidden reason why he used to be tyranny. In the process, Lee Chae-min drew enthusiastic reviews with her performance that convinced the character.

Lee Hun, who previously went out to find Yeon Ji-young, appeared the moment she was in crisis, and once again tasted Yeon Ji-young's food. Like 'Absolute Taste Monarch', he couldn't help but admire the taste, and thanks to this, Yeon Ji-young seemed to escape the crisis. However, this situation was caused by Lee Heon's Chae Hong. Later, when Hong Kyung-dal, who could not accept his granddaughter's Chae-hong, gave him a direct statement, Lee Heon ordered Hong to exile, implying that it was revenge for Hong Kyung-dal. Then, in a conversation with Lim Song-jae (Oh Si-sik), the story of choosing tyranny to pay back to those who gave up their mother, Yu-yeon, was revealed, giving a hunch that it was not just a tyrant. Moreover, Lee Heon finally took Yeon Ji-young to the palace and confronted Kang Mok-ju (Kang Han-na), raising questions about his intentions.

On this day, Lee Chae-min fully understood the special setting of the character 'absolute taste tyrant' by expressing Lee Heon's feelings in different ways at every moment beyond character digestion. Especially in the scene where the monarch, who holds absolute power, tastes Yeon Ji-young's food, he maximizes his immersion with detailed facial expressions that support the heavenly taste, and when he faces Hong Kyung-dal, who drove his mother to death, he explodes his hidden anger with a face where both anger and inner sadness coexist, raising the tension of the play to its peak.

On the other hand, when she stopped Yeon Ji-young, who tried to run away, she created a strange cuteness with her cold but cheeky appearance, and in the ending of bringing Yeon Ji-young to the palace and looking at her carefully, she even exuded a subtle romance atmosphere with her deep eyes, stimulating her excitement and curiosity at the same time, captivating the small screen.

His performance, which captures the complex emotions of the character and the dignity of the monarch, made the narrative of the entire play more convincing and further increased the viewers' immersion. Lee Chae-min, who satisfied the viewers' five senses with his eye-watering visuals and wide-ranging emotional performance in each episode, is showing all-time charm in a new genre called historical drama, raising expectations for future development.

Meanwhile, tvN drama 『The Tyrant's Chef" starring Lee Chae-min airs every Saturday and Sunday at 9:10 p.m.

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