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Jinny's Kitchen

★ 8.7 4K votes 2023–present 2 seasons · 22 episodes Returning Series tvN
Food & cookingCooking and food culture at the center.This show: 9/10Lifestyle realityUnscripted lives, homes and work observed.This show: 8/10Feel-goodReliably uplifting television that leaves you lighter than it found you.This show: 8/10Easy watchingLow-demand television where half your attention is enough.This show: 8/10WholesomeKindness and decency at the core, with barely a trace of cynicism.This show: 7/10
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About

"Comfort food and unscripted human warmth"

Veteran actress Youn Yuh-jung teams up with a rotating cast of Korean celebrities to run a pop-up restaurant in a foreign town, cooking and serving Korean comfort food to curious locals who've never tasted it. There's no competition, no drama arc, just the daily grind of prep, service, and small victories in the kitchen. It's slow, warm, and oddly soothing, carried almost entirely by Youn's blunt charisma and the genuine camaraderie of the cast. Watching strangers taste kimchi for the first time becomes weirdly moving television.

Watch it for

the effortless charm of Youn Yuh-jung running a kitchen like nobody's business.

Maybe skip if

you need conflict, stakes, or a fast-moving plot to stay engaged.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

Season 12023
8.87K1117h 1m
A small, jewel-like town in Mexico that embraces the seven-colored lakes. To the beautiful Bacalar, loved by travelers the snack bar "Jinny's Kitchen" opened. Korean street food such as gimbap, tteokbokki, and corn dogs! It is light and friendly, but now it is a menu that leads the Korean Wave. We go to people who are as passionate as the hot sun. CEO Lee Seo-jin, who is more serious about restaurant management than anyone else, Jung Yoo-mi, who was promoted to director, and Park Seo-joon, who was reborn as a kitchen powerhouse, Choi Woo-shik, who is still an intern, and Kim Tae-hyung, a new intern who is aiming for a full-time employee position! Welcome to the snack bar where sincere staff are waiting for you. A special taste and a fun time are with you with all your heart.
Season 22024
6.52791119h 32m
Experience the warmth of a steaming ttukbaegi in the chilly winds of Northern Europe! CEO Lee Seo-jin, along with Jung Yu-mi, Park Seo-jun, Choi Woo-shik, and new employee Ko Min-si, head to Iceland to bring warmth to the cold weather and the hearts of their customers with steaming bowls of Gomtang (beef broth soup) and other Korean delicacies.

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Park Seo-joon Self - Director, Self - General Manager
Choi Woo-sik Self - Assistant Manager, Self - Intern
Jung Yu-mi Self - Director
Lee Seo-jin Self - President
V Self - Intern, Self
Go Min-si Self - Intern
Nah Yung Suk Self
Lee Won-il Self

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