Wok of Love

I. Introduction

Wok of Love is a 2018 South Korean television series starring Lee Jun-ho, Jang Hyuk and Jung Ryeo-won. It aired on SBS from May 7 to July 17, 2018 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 22:00 (KST) for 38 episodes. First script reading took place March, 2018. Wok of Love was shortened from 40 episodes to 38 episodes due to airing delays caused by major event coverage (Singapore political summit and FIFA World Cup).

II. Synopsis

A charming love story of a group of men and women that is hotter than the boiling oil in a sizzling hot wok. Across the street of the six-star Giant Hotel, there stood a small and shabby Chinese restaurant called Hungry Wok. Doo Chil-sung, the owner of the restaurant and a former gangster from the Big Dipper Gang, took over the restaurant in order to provide a place of work for his former gang members. One day, former star chef Seo Poong, and bankrupt heiress Dan Sae-woo, whose lives were turned upside down overnight, came to visit Chil-sung for his help to get them back on their feet.

III. Teasers

IV. Episodes

V. OSTs

VI. Reception

Averaging nationwide viewership at 6.6% & 6.2% for TNmS & AGB Nielsen, the series has gotten the scores of 8.0 on Mydramalist, 9.4 on Rakuten Viki &, 7.5 on IMDB.

VII. Awards & Nominations