Paik Jongwon Returns to Screens with Climate Project ‘Chef of Antarctica’ Premiering Nov. 17
Nov 03, 2025
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The climate environment project 'Chef of Antarctica', which will be broadcast on MBC, has confirmed its first release on Monday, November 17. "The Chef of Antarctica" was filmed in November last year, and the production was completed, but it spent a year in a situation where it was not released due to controversy over the Jongwon Baek. As a result, the broadcast was confirmed on November 17, and it became a return work for Jongwon Baek.
Producer Hwang Soon-kyu, who has been working on the project for more than a year since last year, said, `The Antarctic is not just a filming location, but an extreme scene where humans face the climate crisis. A meal there was not a simple routine as we knew it, it was a time to check the life and death of the crew"He warned that it contains human beings fighting the climate crisis in extreme environments."
Food materials at the Antarctic base are distributed only once a year as crews take turns in December. Producer Hwang Soon-gyu said "We didn't take any food materials from Korea, so the corrosion warehouse in November we visited was almost empty. Frozen frozen ingredients, the process of completing a 'meal of support' to members of the world in limited ingredients, and the moments of peeking at the eating cultures of different bases will be met, he said.
Producer Hwang also commented on the fact that the broadcast was not released in connection with the controversy in Jongwon Baek, saying that "The Chef of Antarctica" was already completed in November last year and was about to be aired. I understand that the company was deeply troubled by the controversy over the cast after the broadcast was postponed once due to external circumstances. The production team also took the issue seriously and seriously discussed the program's message and plan.'
Then "The Chef of Antarctica" is not a cooking show for one particular cast member. Since it is a climate environment project that explores the meaning of humans, nature, and coexistence in the extreme environment of Antarctica, it is important to properly convey its essential value to viewers. It was one of the reasons why it was important to keep the promise of officials from various national scientific bases who worked together to film the Antarctic base, and numerous staff and partners who worked together on the production despite the harsh environment""November 16, a year ago, the 'Chef of Antarctica' team departed for Antarctica, and December 1st is also a symbolic day when the Antarctic Treaty was signed." I hope that the original message of the climate environment project will be well communicated to viewers at such a timely and meaningful time.
After 13 years of returning following the "Tears of the Antarctic", the climate environment project "Chef of the Antarctic" will premiere on U+Mobile TV and U+TV at 00:00 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 17, and will premiere on MBC at 10:50 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 17.
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