Based on the same Hur Young Man comic that inspired silver-screen blockbuster Le Grand Chef, 2008 SBS drama The Grand Chef (a.k.a. Gourmet) garnered rave reviews and top ratings with its delicious story and cast. Korean Wave heartthrob Kim Rae Won (Rooftop Room Cat, What Planet Are You From?) shows off his culinary skills as a grand chef, along with the talented lineup of Nam Sang Mi (Time Between Dog and Wolf, Sweet Spy), Kwon Oh Joong (Damo), and Kim So Yeon (All About Eve) and the mighty pen of renowned screenwriter Choi Wan Kyu (Jumong, All In). But the true star of the show just might be the dazzling array of food that appears in the drama! Bringing the art of Korean cuisine to television screens in delectable detail, The Grand Chef makes mouths water with colorful scenes of cooking competitions and elaborate gourmet dishes, providing viewers with useful cooking tips and delicious recipes along the way.

Practically raised in the kitchen of Korea’s most prestigious traditional restaurant, Sung Chan (Kim Rae Won) and Bong Joo (Kwon Oh Joong) have both been trained since an early age by Bong Joo’s father (Choi Bool Am) to become master chefs. Cool, meticulous, and ambitious, Bong Joo has been striving for years with the expectation that he’ll eventually inherit the restaurant and its royal legacy. His father, however, favors Sung Chan who is actually a descendant of the Joseon era royal chef. As the nonchalant Sung Chan gradually becomes more serious about cooking, his natural talent in the kitchen turns into a formidable threat to Bong Joo and rival chef Min Woo (Won Ki Joon, Jumong). When the three face off in an epic cooking competition, Min Woo and Bong Joo reveal their true sides with plans for sabotage. Shocked by the betrayal, Sung Chan disappears without a word, and starts a new life as a traveling vendor selling food to delighted housewives from a converted van. Enjoying his new low-key life, Sung Chan is content to let things be, but the past has a way of catching up.

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Celebrating their 47th anniversary, MBC presents East of Eden, a star-studded blockbuster epic marking the television comeback of Korean Wave superstar Song Seung Heon. Song is joined by a stunning lineup of cast members, including Yeon Jung Hoon (Sad Love Story), Lee Da Hae (My Girl), Lee Yeon Hee (One Fine Day), Han Ji Hye (Sweet 18), Dennis Oh (Sweet Spy), and Kim Bum (Unhindered Highkick). Reaching viewership ratings of over 30% in Korea, East of Eden tells a sweeping saga spanning from 1960 to 2000 about the bitter rivalry between two men bound by the cruel turns of fate. After witnessing his father’s death as a teenager, Lee Dong Chul (Song Seung Heon) grows up in the shadows, vowing to get revenge on his father’s murderer. Pulled into the underworld at a young age, Dong Chul rises the ranks of the mob hoping to one day reach his enemy, Shin Tae Hwan (Jo Min Ki), a cold and ruthless businessman whose path to wealth is lined with blood. Dong Chul’s greatest pride in life is his younger brother Dong Wook (Yeon Jung Hoon), who overcomes great hardships to become a kind, upstanding prosecutor. But unbeknownst to everyone, Dong Wook and Shin Tae Hwan’s son Myung Hun (Park Hae Jin, By Land and Sky) were actually switched at birth. When the truth comes out, all lives and loyalties are upturned.

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The exciting new SBS drama The Scale of Providence weaves an intriguing tale of romance, vengeance, and suspense surrounding a murder case. Song Chang Ui from Golden Bride plays Jang Joon Ha, an attorney out to prove that his brother (Oh Tae Kyung, Hwang Jin Yi) was wrongly convicted of murder. The victim was the woman Joon Ha loved. One of the most acclaimed Korean dramas of 2008, this 16-episode courtroom thriller provides a revealing, engaging, and often cynical look into the Korean justice system. Directed by Hong Chang Wook (Magic), The Scale of Providence co-stars Kim Yoo Mi (Country Princess), Lee Sang Yoon (Air City), and singer Jun Hye Bin (The King and I), and veteran Moon Sung Geun.

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Korea’s answer to Nodame Cantabile (though with decidedly less silliness), MBC’s hit 2008 drama Beethoven Virus is set in the competitive world of classical music. Returning from his award-winning performance in The Great White Tower, Kim Myung Min stars as a stubborn conducting maestro whose life and music begin to change when he encounters a beautiful violinist played by Korean television’s newest darling Lee Ji Ah (The Legend) and a trumpet prodigy played by go-to heartthrob Jang Geun Suk (Hong Gil Dong). Classical music is their passion, their dream, and their life, but neither romance nor crescendos come easy for those bitten with the Beethoven Virus.

Kang Gun Woo (Kim Myung Min) may be Korea’s top conductor, but his status is eclipsed by his inability to get along with anybody. Despite his great talents, his notoriously difficult personality and refusal to compromise even an inch eventually put him out of work in his country. Years after leaving Korea, he is invited back by violinist Ru Mi (Lee Ji Ah) who is organizing a city orchestra on very limited resources. Formed by a ragtag group of amateurs and second-stringers, this budding orchestra has heart, but they’re short on cash and talent. Both the conductor and the players are in for a shock when they meet, none the least reluctant trumpet player Kang Gun Woo (Jang Geun Suk), who holds a childhood grudge against the self-righteous conductor with the same name as him.

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