Grandma's Restaurant in Samcheong-dong

Grandma's Restaurant in Samcheong-dong (Korean: 삼청동 외할머니) is a South Korea reality show program on KBS 2 starring Kim Young-chul, Eric Nam, JooE (Momoland), Stella Jang and Andy (Shinhwa). The show airs on KBS 2 starting from November 24, 2018. It is distributed and syndicated by KBS every Saturday at 22:45 (KST).^[1] The program also airs on KBS World with English subtitles.^[2]

Grandma's Restaurant in Samcheong-dong
Promotional poster
Hangul	삼청동 외할머니
Lit.	Samcheong-dong Grandma
RR	Samcheong-dong oehalmeoni
MR	Samch'ŏng-dong oehalmŏni
Genre	Cooking show Reality show
Starring	Kim Young-chul Eric Nam JooE Stella Jang Andy
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	12
Production
Production location	South Korea
Running time	75 minutes
Original release
Network	KBS2
Release	November 24, 2018 (2018-11-24) – February 16, 2019 (2019-02-16)

Synopsis

This is a show which features 6 grandmas from 6 different countries all over the world who come together to serve their traditional homemade meals in a pop-up restaurant located at Samcheong-dong, South Korea. The pop-up restaurant was opened for 2 weeks. In addition, this show also features 5 other artists who will be the employees of Grandma's restaurant to help the grandmas run the restaurant.^[3]

Changes in Running Time

Air Date	Air Time
Every Saturday
November 24 – December 29, 2018	Part 1: 22:50 – 23:30
	Part 2: 23:30 – 00:05
January 5 – February 16, 2019	Part 1: 22:45 – 23:25
	Part 2: 22:25 – 00:00

Casts (Employees)

Name	Air Date	Episodes
Kim Young-chul	November 24, 2018 – February 16, 2019	1 – 12
Eric Nam
JooE (Momoland)
Stella Jang
Andy (Shinhwa)

Foreign Grandmas (Cooks)

• Hungary - Anna
• Belgium - Veronica
• Costa Rica - Violeta
• Mexico - Odette
• Thailand - Nudaeng
• France - Laurence

Ratings

• In the ratings below, the highest rating for the show will be in red, and the lowest rating for the show will be in blue each year.
• Ratings listed below are the individual corner ratings of Grandma's Restaurant in Samcheong-dong. (Note: Individual corner ratings do not include commercial time, which regular ratings include.)

Season 1

List of episodes in 2018 – 2019 (episode 1 – 12)

Ep. #	Original Airdate	Nielsen Ratings[4]
		Nationwide
1	November 24, 2018	2.3%
2	December 1, 2018	2.0%
		1.7%
3	December 8, 2018	2.3%
		1.6%
4	December 15, 2018	1.5%
		1.3%
5	December 29	1.0%
6	January 5, 2019	2.2%
		1.2%
7	January 12, 2019	2.1%
8	January 19, 2019	1.8%
9	January 26, 2019	1.4%
10	February 2, 2019	1.8%
		1.1%
11	February 9, 2019	2.1%
12	February 16, 2019	1.3%
		1.0%

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipients	Result	Ref.
2018	16th KBS Entertainment Awards	Rookie Award (Variety Category)	Eric Nam	Won	[5][6]
			JooE (Momoland)	Nominated