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Time flew quickly, and it was now the end of October.

On the set of “Please Take Care of My Fridge.”

“Difficult to handle! A project to transform troublesome refrigerator ingredients!”

“Korea’s top chefs will clean out your refrigerator completely!”

“A sophisticated cooking talk show!”

“Please Take Care of”

Clap, clap.

“My Fridge!”

As soon as the two MCs finished their opening lines, applause erupted as if on cue.

“Wooooow!”

Starting with applause and cheers from the brilliant chef lineup.

The MCs calmly continued with the guest introductions.

“It’s fair to say she wrote a new chapter in Olympic golf history! The Golf Queen! Park Eunjin!”

“The whole world has their eyes on him, even drugs couldn’t defeat him! The world’s strongest fist! Kim Donghu!”

A parade of brilliant lineup.

The chef lineup widened their eyes at the consecutive appearances of Olympic gold medalists.

“Wow, amazing…”

“Kim Donghu’s visuals are insane in person.”

“I heard he was handsome, but I didn’t know how handsome… It’s truly beyond words.”

Kim Donghu’s presence, in particular, was at a destructive level.

‘Kim Donghu choosing our program… I’m truly… truly so grateful.’

Lee Jeonghun, the PD of Please Take Care of My Fridge, shed tears of gratitude inwardly while looking at Kim Donghu.

In truth, the invitation had been extended with little expectation.

‘While the whole world is trying to cast Kim Donghu, our program was chosen!’

At this point, Kim Donghu’s name value was beyond comprehension.

The entire world was desperately seeking Kim Donghu.

Foreign stars who wanted to be associated with him kept sending love calls.

He could easily do international interviews if he wanted.

But thankfully, Kim Donghu’s choice was to prioritize his domestic fans.

‘Thank you… thank you…’

Expressing his gratitude repeatedly.

Lee Jeonghun PD refocused on the program.

“Ah, truly after 112 years, Olympic golf was revived! And that moment of revival was recorded with overwhelming skill by Park Eunjin!”

“Really, really amazing record! It could be called historic!”

The order consistently kept Park Eunjin first.

Because that way, they could film and focus on Kim Donghu longer.

Due to the nature of Please Take Care of My Fridge.

The format involved featuring two guests for one episode each.

Naturally, the second order tended to receive more attention.

‘Besides, with Kim Donghu going second, even if viewers miss one broadcast, they’ll make sure to catch the next one.’

It was a strategy thoroughly focused on how much popularity could be gathered,

how the ratings could be increased,

these two points were the focus of the strategy.

Anyway.

“Now then! Before revealing Park Eunjin’s refrigerator! We’ll decide on the desired cooking theme and matchups!”

Based on this strategy, the broadcast proceeded quickly.

With a total of 8 chefs, and 4 dishes per guest.

Each guest was allocated 4 chefs.

“Now! The desired cooking themes are dishes that warm the joints! And dishes themed around golf! Please decide on the matchups!”

So now half of the chefs needed to handle Park Eunjin’s matchup.

‘Somehow everyone…’

Everyone was obviously eager to be in charge of Kim Donghu’s dishes.

Yes, that makes sense.

In a way, it was the natural order of things.

‘Kim Donghu isn’t just an athlete but an actor and athlete, sought after by the whole world.’

But anticipating this, they had already predetermined the matchups with rock-paper-scissors.

“I’ll take the joint-warming dish.”

“I’ll… take golf!”

With that, the matchups were quickly decided.

The refrigerator was revealed, and the cooking began instantly.

In between.

“Does this suit your taste, Donghu?”

“Honestly… I couldn’t make something like this in 15 minutes, you’re amazing.”

“From what I know, Kim Donghu also appeared on that Japanese program, where he cooked himself.”

“Oh, really? Wow, then he must have quite a deep knowledge, shouldn’t we try his cooking sometime?”

They didn’t forget to create enough broadcast content by talking to Kim Donghu.

After a short break.

The second part of the broadcast, centered on Kim Donghu, began immediately.

“Now! Just like before, before revealing the refrigerator! We’ll decide on the desired cooking theme and matchups!”

At the MC’s words, the chefs’ eyes sparkled.

Currently, right after the Olympics, Kim Donghu was the hottest blue chip.

They were alert to the opportunity to build a connection with him.

“The first theme is! Distinctly experiencing the taste of Korea!”

After the MC finished speaking, Kim Donghu’s explanation of the theme followed.

“Park Eunjin would understand, but when you train overseas a lot, there are times when you really crave Korean food.”

“Yes, there are.”

“So to address this, I wanted a theme of definite Korean food! I wanted to taste something like that.”

“I see! Then the second theme is! Nutritious food to prepare for the cold winter!”

“This is because… winter is coming soon, so I wanted to take care of my health.”

“But if an Olympic heavyweight boxing athlete gets even healthier here, won’t he become Superman?”

“Haha.”

With that brief humor, Kim Donghu’s matchup was also quickly decided.

And immediately.

“Now then! We will open the refrigerator of Kim Donghu, athlete and actor!”

Kim Donghu’s refrigerator made its first appearance on broadcast.

“Ah, what is that?!”

The chefs were shocked.

“Isn’t that truffle? And premium quality?!”

“T-there seems to be Korean beef too!”

“What’s that packaged thing? Look! No way, it’s pine mushrooms!”

“There’s also salmon aged with kelp? Is this for real?”

There were numerous luxury ingredients.

And all in excellent condition.

At that moment, everyone except Kim Donghu thought one thing.

‘Did he buy these specifically for this show?’

‘This seems too staged… this is problematic.’

‘Is he too eager for broadcast attention? Isn’t this an issue?’

It seemed highly likely to be manipulation.

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After downloading cooking talent through “The Noble Gourmet.”

I had discovered the joy of cooking since then.

‘And not just any cooking talent, but Michelin-level talent.’

Perhaps that’s why.

My refrigerator gradually filled with high-quality ingredients.

‘But as they accumulate, I’m not sure how to use them efficiently.’

That was actually one reason I appeared on “Please Take Care of My Fridge.”

The chefs would surely show simple yet ingenious cooking methods.

But.

‘The flow feels a bit strange.’

I noticed the atmosphere wasn’t flowing smoothly as I observed my surroundings.

‘It might look like manipulation.’

It was a kind of intuition I could feel from my long experience in broadcasting.

No matter how great an athlete or actor I was.

It was enough to raise suspicion that a young man just turning twenty would have such ingredients.

‘It might look like I prepared these ingredients specifically for this show.’

If that’s the case, I’d have to step forward to resolve this suspicion.

“Ah, these are ingredients I often cook with. Would you like me to show you my cooking briefly?”

I said this because “Please Take Care of My Fridge” wasn’t live.

‘If there’s suspicion, I can prove it’s not manipulation through unaired footage.’

That’s what I thought when I spoke, but.

[The situation is too good, so let’s continue! It’s fine if Kim Donghu cooks!]

The situation took an unexpected turn.

“Huh?”

When I came to my senses, I was standing in the kitchen area.

The chefs, MCs, PD, and writers were all looking at me with anticipation.

Curiosity about what kind of dish I would make.

I immediately opened my mouth to satisfy that curiosity.

“I’ll make a light truffle cream pasta and… grilled pine mushrooms. Though it may not be much… I aim to create dishes that make you smile.”

If suspected of manipulation, I should explain immediately.

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While it wasn’t clear exactly what was happening.

‘Whatever it is, it’s great that Kim Donghu is actively participating in the broadcast!’

PD Lee Jeonghun interpreted the current situation very positively.

The first guest to cook on “Please Take Care of My Fridge”?

Cooking time to explain away manipulation accusations?

What could possibly be wrong with that?

‘In broadcasting, entertainment comes first and second.’

As long as it’s entertaining, that’s all that matters.

If it’s visually pleasing and exciting to watch, that’s what variety shows are about.

‘Now I understand why Kim Donghu is so popular.’

PD Lee Jeonghun realized again why people kept saying “Kim Donghu, Kim Donghu.”

Who could dislike someone who broadcasts so refreshingly?

‘And why is he so good at cooking too?’

The camera captures Kim Donghu’s brilliant cooking skills perfectly.

Despite not having the 15-minute time limit.

Kim Donghu was effortlessly creating professional-level dishes.

“Ah, this is… the first time we’re tasting a guest’s cooking! I’ll go taste it.”

One of the two MCs got up to taste Kim Donghu’s cooking.

“How is it! Does it really make you smile?”

“It makes me beam with joy!”

Everyone was surprised by this unscripted exchange.

Is Kim Donghu’s cooking that delicious?

Good enough for the great Kim Jungju to praise so highly?

As the murmuring subsided.

The dishes were quickly plated.

There were 12 people appearing on the broadcast.

So 12 portions were prepared in less than 20 minutes.

‘But really, he’s too good at cooking?’

‘We can’t judge taste just by speed… but this would be hard to taste bad.’

So Kim Donghu’s cooking show to dispel manipulation suspicions.

The result was.

‘…Should we be serving him food instead?’

Smile? That was an understatement.

“This… tastes heavenly?”

It was the moment when a dish that doubled the size of the chefs’ eyes was created by a guest’s hands.