Cook Representative

Cook Representative (Korean: 셰프 원정대 - 쿡가대표), also known as National Chef Team, is a 2016 South Korean cooking-variety program starring Kim Sung-joo, Ahn Jung-hwan, Kang Ho-dong, Choi Hyun-seok, Sam Kim, Lee Won-il and, Lee Yeon-bok [ko], is the spin-off of Please Take Care of My Refrigerator. It aired on JTBC during Wednesdays at 22:50 (KST) beginning February 17, 2016.^[1] The series aired its last episode August 10, 2016 after concluding the finals match of the World Championship.

Cook Representative
Promotional poster
Genre	Variety Cooking
Presented by	Kim Sung-joo Ahn Jung-hwan Kang Ho-dong
Starring	Choi Hyun-seok Sam Kim Lee Won-il Lee Yeon-bok [ko] Oh Se-deuk [ko] Jung Ho-young [ko] Choi Hyung-jin [ko] Lee Chan-oh [ko] Yoo Hyun-soo
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	25
Production
Production location	South Korea
Running time	70 minutes
Original release
Network	JTBC
Release	February 17 (2016-02-17) – August 10, 2016 (2016-08-10)

Cast

Hosts

• Kim Sung-joo
• Ahn Jung-hwan
• Kang Ho-dong
• Henry Lau (Ep. 2–3)

Chefs

• Choi Hyun-seok
• Sam Kim (Ep. 1–3, 22–25)
• Lee Won-il
• Lee Yeon-bok [ko]
• Oh Se-deuk [ko] (Ep. 4–25)
• Jung Ho-young [ko] (Ep. 4–6)
• Choi Hyung-jin (Ep. 7–9)
• Lee Chan-oh [ko]
• Yoo Hyun-soo

Culinary Judges

• Chef Wayne Golding
• Ralf Dohmeier
• Stefano Di Salvo
• Nikolaos Kordonias
• David Mitford

Episodes

Episodes	Chefs	Place	Results	Notes
1–3	Choi Hyun-seok Sam Kim Lee Won-il Lee Yeon-bok	Hong Kong	First Match: 2:0 (Team Hong Kong wins) Second Match: 2:1 (Team Hong Kong wins)	Special Host: Henry Lau
4–6	Choi Hyun-seok Oh Se-deuk Jung Ho-young Lee Yeon-bok	Japan (Osaka)	First Match: 2:0 (Team Korea wins) Second Match: 2:1 (Team Korea wins)
7–9	Choi Hyun-seok Choi Hyung-jin Oh Se-deuk Lee Yeon-bok	China (Chengdu)	First Match: 2:1 (Team Korea wins) Second Match: 2:1 (Team Korea wins)
10	Choi Hyun-seok Oh Se-deuk Lee Won-il Lee Chan-oh	South Korea	2:0 (Team Korea wins)	Special Match against France in Korea Special Judges: Julian Quintart, Sam Okyere, Takuya Terada
11–13	Choi Hyun-seok Oh Se-deuk Lee Won-il Yoo Hyun-soo	UAE (Dubai)	First Match: 2:0 (Team UAE wins) Second Match: 2:0 (Team UAE wins)	Special Guest: Wendy from Red Velvet[2][unreliable source?]
14–17	Choi Hyun-seok Oh Se-deuk Yoo Hyun-soo Lee Yeon-bok	Thailand (Bangkok)	First Match: 2:1 (Team Korea wins) Second Match: 2:1 (Team Korea wins)
17–21	Choi Hyun-seok Oh Se-deuk Lee Chan-oh Yoo Hyun-soo	United States (San Francisco)	First Match: 2:0 (Team USA wins) Second Match: 2:1 (Team USA wins)
22–25	Choi Hyun-seok Oh Se-deuk Sam Kim Lee Yeon-bok	South Korea	Quarter-finals Block A: Team Korea 1 wins Block B: Team UAE wins Block C: Team USA wins Block D: Team Korea 2 wins Semi-finals First Match: Team Korea 1 wins Second Match: Team USA wins Third Placer Match: Team UAE wins Finals Team Korea 1 wins	World Championship (opponents from previous countries) Quarter-Finals Block A: Team Korea 1 v. Team China Block B: Team Japan 1 v. Team UAE Block C: Team Japan 2 v. Team USA Block D: Team Korea 2 v. Team France Semi-Finals Block A v. Block B (Team Korea 1 v. Team UAE) Block C v. Block D (Team USA v. Team Korea 2) Third Placer Match: Team UAE v. Team Korea 2 Finals Team Korea 1 v. Team USA