The viewer rating queen, Yoona, is here..Im Yoon-ah, Chef of Tyranny, has the highest ratings on tvN this year in just four episodes

By Jiyoun, Moon

Sep 01, 2025

The viewer rating queen, Yoona, is here..Im Yoon-ah, Chef of Tyranny, has the highest ratings on tvN this year in just four episodes
Lim Yoon-ah 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/



"Chef of the Tyrant" Lim Yoon-ah's Rocco, is becoming the work of the year.

Im Yoon-ah plays the role of French chef Yeon Ji-young who met the king, the worst tyrant and the owner of absolute taste, by time-sliping into the past at the best moment in tvN's Saturday-Sunday drama 『The Tyrant's Chef" (directed by Jang Tae-yu).

In particular, Yeon Ji-young, who competed in full-fledged food competition in the fourth episode, noticed that soybean paste had a special meaning for Inju's Daebi (Seo Yi-sook) with a hint from Yoon Nae-gwan (Jung Kyu-soo), made a bold choice to change the menu during the competition, and succeeded in recreating the cool soup remembered by Inju's Daebi by hanging her arms and securing additional ingredients.




Yeon Ji-young not only revived the taste, but also won the victory by moving the heart of Inju the Great Daebi with sincere words, and attracted attention by persuading Lee Hun (Lee Chae-min), who tried to cut the arms of his losers in the competition, to prevent the crisis and correct the order of the suragan.

The viewer rating queen, Yoona, is here..Im Yoon-ah, Chef of Tyranny, has the highest ratings on tvN this year in just four episodes
In addition, Yeon Ji-young prepared soybean paste pasta for Lee Heon, who had a seizure, and the subtle feelings between the two deepened by kissing Lee Heon, who was drunk late at night, further raising expectations for future relationships.

Lim Yoon-ah not only realistically depicted the changes in facial expressions that catch the subtle taste in the cooking competition in the play, but also melted humor and warmth in tense situations, further raising the interest of the play, and in the scene showing the subtle emotional line with Lee Heon, she detailed even the small tremors of her eyes and colored the small screen with excitement like a rock queen.




Meanwhile, episode 4 of "Chef of the Tyrant" not only recorded its highest ratings for three consecutive episodes with 11.1% nationwide, 11.4% in the metropolitan area, and up to 13.6% (based on Nielsen Korea), but also achieved the highest ratings among tvN dramas aired this year, and can be seen every Saturday and Sunday at 9:10 p.m. on tvN.








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