''Please Take Care of My Refrigerator'' (), also known as ''Chef & My Fridge'', is a South Korean cooking-variety program starring various chefs and celebrity guests. It airs on
JTBC
JTBC (shortened from ''Joongang Tongyang Broadcasting Company'' (; stylized as jtbc) is a South Korean nationwide pay television network. Its primary shareholder is JoongAng Holdings, with a 25% stake. It was launched on 1 December 2011. JTBC ...
on Mondays at 21:30 (
KST) beginning November 17, 2014. Since October 1, 2018, the program airs late at 23:00 (KST) on the same day, due to giving it regular broadcast timeline to JTBC's dramas. The last episode of this program aired on November 25, 2019, after five years of broadcast.
Format
In each episode, two guests have their refrigerators brought to the filming studio. The hosts go through each refrigerator, with the hosts, chefs, and guests commenting on unusual or otherwise notable foods. The hosts will sometimes "help" the guests by throwing away ingredients that are expired. The cast members sometimes sample a dish in the refrigerator. Each guest has four of the eight chefs assigned to them, and each guest presents two categories of food that he or she would like cooked. Examples of categories include Western-style food or a seafood dish that the guest's children would enjoy. Each of the four chefs chooses the category they wish to compete in, with two chefs competing in each category.
The two competing chefs have 15 minutes to cook a dish using ingredients from the guest's refrigerator. Some basic ingredients, like onions, are provided by the show. A host (Kim Sung-joo or Ahn Jung-hwan) will then sample the dishes in the middle of the cooking process and comment on their quality. Starting with the chef who finished cooking their dish first, each chef presents their dish to the guest and then to the remaining cast members. After commentary on the dishes, the guest selects the winner.
In earlier formats, all cast members (hosts, other chefs, and the other guest) voted on the winner, with the chef who finished earlier winning in the event of a draw.
Hosts
Main
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Kim Sung-joo (episodes 1–254)
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Ahn Jung-hwan (episodes 66–254)
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Jeong Hyeong-don
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Early life and education
Jung was born in Gimcheon in Nor ...
(episodes 1–47, 50–55)
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Jeong Ga-eun
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Career
Debuting as a beauty contestant ...
(episodes 1–9)
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Hwayobi
Park Hwayobi (February 11, 1982), more commonly known as Hwayobi, is a South Korean R&B singer-songwriter.
Profile
Hwayobi is regarded South Korea's “Queen of R&B”. Hwayobi won awards for Best Female R&B artist and Best Female Ballad Sing ...
(episodes 1–4)
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Kim Ga-yeon
Kim Ga-yeon (born Kim So-yeon, 9 September 1972) is a South Korean actress and former owner of the ''StarCraft II'' team SlayerS.
Personal life
In 2011, Kim entered into a common-law marriage with South Korean former professional StarCraft p ...
(episodes 5–6)
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Kim Ye-won (episodes 8–9)
Special
*Chef Choi Hyun-seok & Kim Poong (episodes 48–49)
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Jang Dong-min
Jang Dong-min (; born July 20, 1979), is a South Korean comedian. He is known as ‘comedian who curses a lot’, (his comedy style is mainly on yelling and cursing). He is part of Gag Concert's 19th class (class of 2004), together with Yoo Se-yoo ...
(episodes 56–57)
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Heo Kyung-hwan
Heo Kyung-hwan (; born February 16, 1981), is a South Korean comedian. He debuted as a comedian on Gag Concert, and is best known for his acts 'Four Men', 'Seoul Mate', and 'Dignity of a Beggar'. He is also known for the shows '' The Human Condi ...
(episodes 58–59, 62–63)
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Lee Soo-geun
Lee Soo-geun (; born February 10, 1975) is a South Korean comedian who has worked on a number of comedy shows on South Korean television. He began his career as a comedian on KBS ''Gag Concert'', and is under the management of SM Culture & Con ...
(episodes 60–61)
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Ahn Jung-hwan (episodes 64–65)
Chefs
List of episodes
Ratings
In the ratings below, the highest rating for the show will be in , and the lowest rating for the show will be in each year.
*Ratings released by AGB Nielsen Korean and TNMS.
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
Cancellation of broadcasting
Awards and nominations
International versions
: – Currently airing
: – Ceased to air
: – Undetermined
References
External links
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{{JTBC entertainment shows
2014 South Korean television series debuts
2019 South Korean television series endings
Korean-language television shows
JTBC original programming
Television series by Signal Entertainment Group
South Korean variety television shows
South Korean cooking television series