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The Backpacker Chef (Korean: 백패커; RR: Baekpaekeo), Also known as Backpacker, is a South Korean variety program that airs on tvN.[1]
The Backpacker Chef | |
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Hangul | 백패커 |
Literal meaning | Backpacker |
Revised Romanization | Baekpaekeo |
Genre | Cooking Travel |
Starring |
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Country of origin | South Korea |
Original language | Korean |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 37 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Park Hee-yeon |
Producers | Lee Woo-hyung Shin Chan-yang |
Original release | |
Network | tvN |
Release | May 26, 2022 – present |
Season 1 aired on Thursdays at 20:40 (KST) from May 26 till October 6, 2022, for 20 episodes. It starred Baek Jong-won, Oh Dae-hwan, Ahn Bo-hyun and DinDin.[2]
Season 2 is currently airing on Sundays at 19:40 (KST) from May 26, 2024. For this season, Baek Jong-won and Ahn Bo-hyun returns, together with new cast members Lee Soo-geun, Heo Kyung-hwan and Go Kyung-pyo.[3]
The Backpacker Chef is a cooking entertainment program that challenges the extreme mission of improvising a customized food within a limited time in an unfamiliar place to the customer. Cast members leave with only one backpack containing a variety of kitchen tools and ingredients, and present instant catering for unfamiliar guests at the venue of the day.[4]
In the first season, Backpacker Chefs went on 18 different business trips and cooked for 3078 people, preparing more than 100 different dishes.[5]
Season | Air date | Airtime |
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1 | May 26 — October 6, 2022 | Thursdays at 20:40 (KST) |
2 | May 26, 2024 — present | Sundays at 19:40 (KST) |
Ep. | Original broadcast date | Location | Mission | Guest appearance | Ref. |
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1 | May 26, 2022 | Jeongeup, Jeollabuk-do | Unlimited fast food to a wrestling club made up of 22 elementary, middle, and high school students | No guest | [6] |
2 | June 2, 2022 | Byeonsan, Jeollabuk-do | A vegetarian meal to 20–30 people who visit Wolmyeon-am | [7] | |
3 | June 9, 2022 | Meteorology 1[lower-alpha 1] in the middle of Yellow Sea | Multinational party dishes for 17 employees of the meteorological ship of Korea Meteorological Administration | [8] | |
4 | June 16, 2022 | Pocheon, Gyeonggi-do | A dinner for 300 people of artillery brigade at the Pocheon military base 10 lunchboxes for soldiers training the mountains |
[9] | |
5 | June 23, 2022 | Paju, Gyeonggi-do | A dinner for 400 members of the 1st Infantry Division, Ilwolseong Battalion | Kim Dong-jun (ZE:A) | [10] |
6 | June 30, 2022 | Jeju Island | Pork course dishes for a group made up of 15 of haenyeo | No guest | [11] |
7 | July 7, 2022 | 50 servings of healthy course meals for the Jeju United FC football team | [12] | ||
8 | July 14, 2022 | Camp Humphreys | Korean snacks for 15 drill instructors of US Army and KATUSA | Young K (Day6) & Fabrizio Ferrari | [13] |
9 | July 21, 2022 | Korean food for lunch of 500 US and KATUSA soldiers | [14] | ||
10 | July 28, 2022 | Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do | A cool summer dinner for 250 trainees at Fire Fighters' Academy | No guest | [15] |
11 | August 4, 2022 | A low-sugar, low-salt lunch for 32 children at Seobuk-gu Police Station day care center An afternoon snack for the same children later |
[16] | ||
12 | August 11, 2022 | Seoul Grand Park | A hot meal for 120 zookeepers A summer snack for 4 elephants |
Andy (Shinhwa) | [17] |
13 | August 18, 2022 | Gyeongbuk Correctional Institution | High protein, high calorie, and high fat lunch for 200 prison guards | Lee Ho-cheol | [18] |
14 | August 25, 2022 | Yeongdam, Busan | Cheat day meals for 150 athletic students at Busan Sports High School | Fabrizio Ferrari | [19] |
15 | September 1, 2022 | Jinhae Naval Base | Fusion Korean food for 120 sailors of ROKS Hansando | No guest | [20] |
16 | September 8, 2022 | Yecheon, Gyeongsangbuk-do | MZ food for 27 elderly female painters at Shinpoong-ri Painting School | [21][22] | |
17 | September 15, 2022 | Ganghwado | Western, Chinese, and Japanese food for 280 students at Chef High School | Fabrizio Ferrari | [23][24] |
18 | September 22, 2022 | Goyang, Gyeonggi-do | Superfood for 150 staff members of the operation room of National Cancer Hospital | Yang Se-hyung | [25] |
19 | September 29, 2022 | Yuseong-gu, Daejeon | College food for the 330 cadets at Armed Forces Nursing Academy | Fabrizio Ferrari & Heo Kyung-hwan | [26] |
20 | October 6, 2022 | Wonju, Gangwon-do | Camping food for cast members themselves who go on a healing camping trip as a reward vacation | No guest | [27] |
Ep. | Original broadcast date | Location | Mission | Guest appearance | Ref. |
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1 | May 26, 2024 | Mageum-ri, Taean, Chungcheongnam-do | Clam cuisine for workers of a clam fishing village, and their families | No guest | |
2 | June 2, 2024 | Republic of Korea Air Force Headquarter in Gyeryong-si, Chungcheongnam-do | "Dinner Show, Western Food, and Cooking Performance" for 100 people | Lee Do-hyun | |
3 | June 9, 2024 | Jincheon National Training Center | "Special meal" and "Paik Jong Won Street" for 500 people | Fabrizio Ferrari & Miyeon ((G)I-dle) | |
4 | June 16, 2024 [lower-alpha 2] [lower-alpha 3] |
Gyechon Elementary School | "Music is classical" and "Taste is latest style spicy tteokbokki" for 44 people | DinDin | |
5 | June 23, 2024 | Mount Baegun, Gyeonggi-do, Gangwon-do | "Cold Food" and "Quick Delivery" for 120 soldiers at the "1000m above sea level". | ||
6 | June 30, 2024 | Hwaseong Fire Station in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi-do | "Taste good even if you eat it later", "Easy to digest", and "Strongest nutritious food" for 110 firefighters during the Merit Reward Month. | No guest | |
7 | July 7, 2024 | Incheon International Airport | "Feeling good, Tasty and Resort food" from famous holiday place (Hawaii, Ganmun-ri, Jeollanam-do, Bali, Da Nang, Maldives, Okinawa, Hainan, and Boracay) for 300 Airport Workers during the busiest Holiday month. | Bomi | |
8 | July 14, 2024 | National Institute of Ecology (NIE) | "Cities" and "Summer seasonal food" for 200 NIE Staff. | Kang Han-na | |
9 | July 21, 2024 | Incheon National Maritime High School [lower-alpha 4] |
Turned the bad school foods with Baek Jong-won's magic into good food for 230 Students. | Hyojung (Oh My Girl) | |
10 | July 28, 2024 | Geumsu Culture and Art Village | Cook traditional korean foods for 35 Geumsu village elders. | No guest | |
11 | August 11, 2024 [lower-alpha 5] |
National Archives of Korea | Cook the lost dishes that were originally popular in the past to 310 National Archives Korea staff. | Seohyun (Girls' Generation) | |
12 | August 18, 2024 | Metropolitan Railway Vehicle Maintenance Workshop in Gyeonggi-do, Goyang-si | Cook Signature dishes from places that KTX visited for 180 workers. | Yuri (Girls' Generation) | |
13 | August 25, 2024 | Arisu Water Purification Center, Gangbuk-gu, South Korea | "Rainy season, typhoon, stay away", "Taste that goes through fire and water" and "Number of people for drinking water is 3.5 million" for 100 workers. | Cho Kyu-hyun (Super Junior) | |
14 | September 1, 2024 | National Forensic Service, Gangwon-do, Wonju-si | "Find a flavor solution" "Endorphin explosion" and "Adrenaline detected at the location" for 140 workers. | No guest | |
15 | September 8, 2024 | Korea Expressway Corporation, Gimcheon-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do | "An important stop on the way home", “The flavor that started it, Chestnut, Geobong Wine, Chun Hyang”, for 120 employees. | ||
16 | September 15, 2024 | Midong Elementary School, Taebaek-si, Gangwon-do | "Tornado Kick, "Knifehand Strike" and "Hammer Smash" for 28 Students of the first children Taekwondo Demonstraion team before the National Liberation Day of Korea event. | ||
17 | September 22, 2024 | National Theater of Korea | "Multiple Toppings at once" and "Harmonious Meal" For 170 National Theater Workers. | Soyou (Former member of Sistar) | |
18 | September 29, 2024 [lower-alpha 6] |
Korea Aerospace Industries | "Stomach Booster", "GO Capacity, GO Calories", and "High Fast Food" for 200 Workers. | Jang Ye-won & DinDin | |
19 | October 6, 2024 | Republic of Korea 1st Special Forces Brigade Headquarter | Cook the high quality fresh foods to the unit before going for the 1,000-Ri March. | Kwon Eun-bi | |
20 | October 13, 2024 | TBA | Cook the $1 breakfast for 120 college students with just $120. | TBA | |
Season | Episode number | Average | ||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | |||
1 | 803 | 716 | 809 | 1120 | 1259 | 1015 | 897 | 944 | 977 | 908 | 845 | 800 | 823 | 1072 | 1076 | 967 | 1063 | 918 | 1226 | 902 | 957 |
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
Ep. | Original broadcast date | Average audience share (Nielsen Korea)[28] | |
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Nationwide | Seoul | ||
1 | May 26, 2022 | 3.853% (1st) | 3.810% (1st) |
2 | June 2, 2022 | 3.196% (2nd) | 2.986% (2nd) |
3 | June 9, 2022 | 3.223% (1st) | 3.238% (1st) |
4 | June 16, 2022 | 4.727% (1st) | 4.435% (1st) |
5 | June 23, 2022 | 5.333% (1st) | 5.266% (1st) |
6 | June 30, 2022 | 4.236% (1st) | 4.295% (1st) |
7 | July 7, 2022 | 3.707% (2nd) | 4.146% (2nd) |
8 | July 14, 2022 | 4.171% (2nd) | 4.111% (2nd) |
9 | July 21, 2022 | 4.275% (3rd) | 4.331% (3rd) |
10 | July 28, 2022 | 4.056% (2nd) | 3.985% (2nd) |
11 | August 4, 2022 | 3.319% (2nd) | 3.564% (2nd) |
12 | August 11, 2022 | 3.275% (3rd) | 3.246% (3rd) |
13 | August 18, 2022 | 3.879% (3rd) | 4.146% (2nd) |
14 | August 25, 2022 | 4.636% (1st) | 4.766% (1st) |
15 | September 1, 2022 | 4.839% (1st) | 4.598% (1st) |
16 | September 8, 2022 | 3.748% (1st) | 3.697% (1st) |
17 | September 15, 2022 | 4.539% (1st) | 4.757% (1st) |
18 | September 22, 2022 | 4.175% (1st) | 4.094% (1st) |
19 | September 29, 2022 | 4.979% (1st) | 4.786% (1st) |
20 | October 6, 2022 | 3.946% (1st) | 4.068% (1st) |
Average | 4.106% | 4.116% | |
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