Mon, Jan 4, 2010
Yoo-gyeong has been a chef assistant at the La Spera restaurant for three years. After enduring long hours and low pay for three long years, she brims with hope that she'll finally get promoted and become a chef. One day, she is crossing the street while holding a bag with a live goldfish in it when a stranger bumps into her, making her drop the bag on the pavement. But the stranger, who is Hyun-wook, helps her rescue the goldfish and this makes Yoo-gyeong feel grateful for his help. But she soon finds out that Hyun-wook is the newly-hired head chef at La Spera. He turns out to be a dominating boss and Yoo-gyeong gets fed up with his petulant attitude.
Mon, Jan 18, 2010
Yoo-gyeong confesses to everyone that kickbacks for retaining Mr. Seol as their egg supplier were wired to her bank account but she maintains that she didn't take a cent and asks Hyun-wook to believe her. So Hyun-wook takes Yoo-gyeong with her to meet Mr. Seol to learn the truth of the matter. Hyun-wook and Gwang-tae are stunned to hear that Mr. Seol also knew that Yoo-gyeong received the kickbacks. Riding in a truck with Hyun-wook on her way home, Yoo-gyeong looks utterly miserable. Then they bump into San and Sae-young. San hands an apartment rental contract to Sae-young and asks her if she could share the apartment with one of the restaurant workers. The Italian ambassador to Korea and several diplomats visit La Spera together with Sae-young. The ambassador orders bongole pasta just as Yoo-gyeong predicted.
Mon, Feb 1, 2010
Hyun-wook asks Yoo-gyeong to think about why he can't like her. However, Yoo-gyeong replies that she can only come up with a string of reasons why he can like her. Sae-young confides in San that she would like to be acknowledged by Hyun-wook as an excellent chef and then she approaches Hyun-wook and asks him to maintain a strictly professional relationship at work. But Hyun-wook and Sae-young keep disagreeing in the kitchen. Yoo-gyeong tells Hyun-wook that she'd like to listen to both him and Sae-young. Meanwhile, an accident occurs in the kitchen when a hot frying pan is tossed into the air and just as it's about to hit Hyun-wook, Yoo-gyeong jumps in front of him to protect him.
Mon, Mar 8, 2010
After appearing at the kitchen, Yoo-gyeong heads straight to the cold storage room without glancing at Hyun-wook. After calming herself down, Yoo-gyeong gets cheerful again when Hyun-wook talks gently to her. Hyun-wook announces that Seok-ho and his team can enter the New Chef Cooking Competition under one condition and that's that everyone pull together and help Seok-ho's team. He divides the chefs into pairs to prepare for the competition. Yoo-gyeong will participate in the competition as a back-up chef. With the competition approaching, the chefs practice intensely during their breaks. Seok-ho asks Hyun-wook to replace Yoo-gyeong with Eun-soo but Hyun-wook denies his request. Yoo-gyeong expresses her confidence on doing a good job. When Hyun-wook sees that Ho-nam's wrists are injured, he urges him to see a doctor but Ho-nam replies that he's all right. When Yoo-gyeong finds out that San was the person secretly slipping photos of cactus plants to her, she is filled with mixed feelings of gratitude and guilt. The day of the cooking competition arrives at last.
Tue, Feb 23, 2010
Ignoring the reaction of the La Spera chefs, Hyun-wook quits his job. When Yoo-gyeong insists that he should stay, Hyun-wook tells her that if she wants to work together with him, she can quit, too. With Eun-soo and the newly hired chefs also leaving with Hyun-wook, Yoo-gyeong doesn't waver and stays put in her job. A gentleman makes a reservation at La Spera and pre-orders ginseng pasta. While Yoo-gyeong looks through Hyun-wook's recipes, she discovers his recipe for ginseng pasta and calls him up to learn more details. Seok-ho tells everyone about a scandalous rumor concerning Sae-young, who has become a judge for the New Chef Cooking Competition. Yoo-gyeong practices how to make ginseng pasta by herself, using her own methods. When Hyun-wook tastes Yoo-gyeong's ginseng pasta, he is pleasantly surprised.
Mon, Jan 11, 2010
Trying to forget the moment when Hyun-wook fired her, Yoo-gyeong decides to show up at work anyway. She stands her ground even when Hyun-wook gives her a dirty look. She then recalls the first day she came to work at La Spera 3 years ago. After doing her job, Yoo-gyeong heads home and spots Hyun-wook having a drink all by himself at an outdoor bar. After making pasta over and over at her home, Yoo-gyeong gets frustrated that she's not able to make it right. So she goes to La Spera as a customer and orders Aglio e Olio. After enjoying the dish, she asks the waiter if she could see the chef who made it to compliment him. Hyun-wook comes out and starts glaring at her. Hyun-wook announces that he plans to hire a new chef assistant through a blind test. In other words, he'll sample the food that each applicant makes without knowing their identities and choose the person who created the best-tasting pasta.
Tue, Jan 12, 2010
When Hyun-wook opens his eyes to see the person he chose through the blind test, he is stunned to see Yoo-gyeong before him. Yoo-gyeong is overjoyed and asks Hyun-wook to repeat the words, "You're hired." Later in the day, Hyun-wook calls Yoo-gyeong to the kitchen and gives her some tough training on how to cook Italian food. Yoo-gyeong isn't fazed as she endures his impatient instructions and even requests that he teach her in this same manner in their next session. Hyun-wook tells his kitchen staff that he's not finished with culling the workforce. He then banishes foie gras and pickles from the menu offerings. Seok-ho and the younger chefs have a talk with Hyun-wook to protest the decision because it would probably lead to a drop in restaurant sales. However, Hyun-wook doesn't budge from his decision. Yoo-gyeong, who is in charge of procuring the pickles, is put in an awkward situation where she has to choose sides between Hyun-wook and Seok-ho. Mr. Seol, a food supplier to La Spera, asks Yoo-gyeong to stock his pickles in the refrigerator that is accessible from the restaurant hallway.
Mon, Jan 25, 2010
Yoo-gyeong and Hyun-wook pick a huge file fish at the fish market and Hyun-wook makes a raw fish dish out of it. He hands the fish liver to Yoo-gyeong to eat. San calls Yoo-gyeong and gets a little uncomfortable when he hears that Yoo-gyeong is with Hyun-wook. San suggests that Hyun-wook attend a charity event instead of entering a cooking contest because he'd rather have Sae-young enter the contest. Inviting Yoo-gyeong over to his home, Hyun-wook instills Yoo-gyeong with confidence that she can become a good chef. Yoo-gyeong receives another demanding training session from Hyun-wook. On the day of the cooking contests, each entrant reveals the dish that they'll make. Everyone is surprised to see Sae-young appear as a contest entrant. After completing the charity event, Hyun-wook hurries to La Spera.
Tue, Jan 19, 2010
Delighted that her innocence has been proven, Yoo-gyeong plants a kiss on Hyun-wook's cheek. She then stares at Hyun-wook, who is flustered over the surprise kiss, and runs out of the elevator when the doors open. Seok-ho learns that San is the owner of La Spera while overhearing San talking with Mr. Seol. When Hyun-wook says that he doesn't get romantically involved with anyone in his kitchen, Yoo-gyeong meekly asks if having a crush on someone is permissible. San individually meets the restaurant workers one by one and tells them that while La Spera closes down for three days, he would like them to come up with new menu offerings to revive the restaurant. While shopping at the fish market, Yoo-gyeong bumps into Hyun-wook. She suggests that Hyun-wook tag along with her to purchase live file fish from a fishing port.
Tue, Mar 9, 2010
After the chefs win the cooking competition, La Spera receives a deluge of customers. The chefs are busier than ever but now they have smiles on their faces. Yoo-gyeong finds it tough to decide whether to go to Italy to receive cooking training because it would mean that she'd be apart from Hyun-wook. Meanwhile, Hyun-wook goes to an Italian restaurant where Hee-joo, Mi-hee, and Chan-hee work as chefs and orders Spaghetti alla Carbonara. Yoo-gyeong's dad serves spicy Chinese noodles with abalone to Yoo-gyeong and Hyun-wook when they come over to his restaurant. Then they have a drink and pass out eventually. Hyun-wook asks his team of chefs to prepare a special dish for a VIP. After the last order is filled by the cooks, they all hug each other. The whole staff at La Spera enjoys a scrumptious banquet together.