Yoona Captivates Viewers With Comedy, Romance, and Cooking in ‘Bon Appetit, Your Majesty’

Sep 08, 2025

Lim Yoon-ah, who used to be the visual center of Girls' Generation, has now become the viewer rating center. Even comedy and romance with solid acting skills and bad attitude have captured viewers in the home with their hands-tipped charm.

Im Yoon-ah is receiving enthusiastic reviews for her role as French chef Yeon Ji-young, who has time-slipped into the past at the best moment in tvN's Saturday-Sunday drama "The Tyrant's Chef" (directed by Jang Tae-yu).

A representative trend in Korea 'Roco Queen' New Rocco 'The Tyrant's Chef' selected by Lim Yoon-ah has raised viewers' expectations with a home comeback in two years since the JTBC drama 'King the Land' aired in 2023 and proves that expectations are not wrong.

In particular, in the 5th episode, tyrant Lee Hun (Lee Chae-min) and Yeon Ji-young's drunken kisses made the romance relationship quick and hot until the 6th episode with a fling that set the viewer's heart on fire. Many viewers are praising Lim Yoon-ah's enthusiastic performance with a booster in response to such a hot response.

In episode 6 of "The Tyrant's Chef", Yeon Ji-young was deeply heartbroken when she couldn't see the mangunrok in her recovered bag and sang Seo Tai-ji's 'Come Back Home' with her captors was the culmination of the comedy "The Tyrant's Chef". The lovely charm of Yeon Ji-young, who has red cheeks, also made viewers laugh helplessly. In addition, Yeon Ji-young introduced Joseon-style macarons, captivating the tricky taste of the Ming envoys, and eventually being offered a cooking contest on the condition of tribute, raising tensions with a new crisis.

Yeon Ji-young visited a mill in a low street with Lee Hun (Lee Chae-min) to use the peppers found in Jang Won-seo's Toril for the competition, and in the process, she gave excitement to those who saw Lee Hun as a gift after picking Iris, who helped stabilize his mind while bickering with him.

When Yeon Ji-young found out that the Ming master committed a rude act in the suragan while she was away, she made up her mind, saying she would make him pay, and when the cooking competition was finally confirmed, she showed overwhelming leadership by firmly uniting the masters in front of the powerful Ming masters. At the end of the broadcast, a scene in which the pressure cooker design was hung on the wall raised questions about what kind of dish Yeon Ji-young will compete in the next episode to the highest.

Lim Yoon-ah showed solid acting skills despite the rollercoaster-like development, convincing viewers to sympathize with Yeon Ji-young's growth and change, and completing the entire story, from comic to romance, with a thorough expression that does not miss anything. Above all, the cooking skills gained by working hard on cooking practice for six months before filming also increased the immersion of viewers who watched `The Tyrant's Chef.' Thanks to the detailed performance of Lim Yoon-ah, who is fully immersed in Yeon Ji-young's character by digesting the stable cutting suitable for Michelin chef to the tip of her hand, viewers' salivary glands are also stimulated.

Thanks to Lim Yoon-ah's hard-carrying performance, the viewer rating of 『The Tyrant's Chef" is also breaking an all-time record every time. The sixth episode of "The Tyrant's Chef" not only broke its own record, but also topped all channels, including terrestrial TV channels, with an average of 13.1% and 15.1% for households in the metropolitan area, 12.7% and 14.5% for households nationwide. tvN's target 2049 male and female viewership has also continued to rise steadily, averaging 4.2% in the metropolitan area, up to 4.6%, national average of 4.9%, and up to 5.3%, sweeping the top spot in all channels, including terrestrial broadcasting.(Based on paid platforms integrating cable, IPTV, and satellite / provided by Nielsen Korea)

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Yoona Captivates Viewers With Comedy, Romance, and Cooking in ‘Bon Appetit, Your Majesty’

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