The Best Cooking Secrets

The Best Cooking Secrets is a South Korean cooking show that premiered on 2 October 2000 on EBS 1TV and airs from Monday to Friday at 10:50AM KST. It is the longest-running cooking program in South Korea.^[2] The program is hosted by Kim Dong-wan.

The Best Cooking Secrets
Promotional poster
Hangul	최고의 요리비결
Revised Romanization	Choegoui yoribigyeol
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'oegoŭi yoribigyŏl
Genre	Cooking show
Written by	Kim Jin-ah Son Soo-an Shin Ji-young
Directed by	Kim Dong-joon
Presented by	Kim Dong-wan
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
Production
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	30 minutes[1]
Original release
Network	EBS 1TV
Release	2 October 2000 (2000-10-02)

Format

The Best Cooking Secrets format focuses on food preparations and giving instructions to the viewers on the best way to cook everyday meals. A different guest made up of chefs and celebrities will attend the show every week and demonstrate on how to make different dishes in every episodes. At the end of an episode, the host will taste the dish and give their opinions.

The cooking show airs for around 30 minutes from Monday to Friday at 10:50AM KST. A compilation of the week's episode airs on Saturday at 11:00AM KST.

Hosts

The show had had twelve hosts since its inceptions:

• Kim Hye-young (2000–2002)^[3]
• Hwang Hyun-jung (2002–2004)^[4]
• Im Ho (2004)^[5]
• Jung Ae-ri (2004–2005)^[6]
• Jeong Ji-yeong (2005–2006)^[6]
• Kim Ji-ho (2006–2007)^[6]
• Myung Se-bin (2007–2008)^[7]
• Park Soo-hong (2008–2012)^[8]
• Yoon Hyung-bin (2012–2015)^[9]
• Hwang Kwanghee (2015–2017, since 2022)^[10][11]
• Leeteuk (2017–2020)^[12]
• Kim Dong-wan (2020–2022)^[13]

Episodes

The Best Cooking Secrets first aired on 2 October 2000. As of March 2015, 2830 episodes were aired.^[2]

Year	Episodes		Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
2000	5		2 October 2000 (2000-10-02)	6 October 2000 (2000-10-06)
2001	171		26 February 2001 (2001-02-26)	31 December 2001 (2001-12-31)
2002	231		1 January 2002 (2002-01-01)	31 December 2002 (2002-12-31)
2003	168		1 January 2003 (2003-01-01)	19 December 2003 (2003-12-19)
2004	TBA		5 January 2004 (2004-01-05)	31 December 2004 (2004-12-31)
2005	TBA		3 January 2005 (2005-01-03)	18 November 2005 (2005-11-18)
2006	TBA		2 January 2006 (2006-01-02)	29 December 2006 (2006-12-29)
2007	TBA		1 January 2007 (2007-01-01)	31 December 2007 (2007-12-31)
2008	TBA		2 January 2008 (2008-01-02)	31 December 2008 (2008-12-31)
2009	TBA		1 January 2009 (2009-01-01)	31 December 2009 (2009-12-31)
2010	TBA		2 January 2010 (2010-01-02)	31 December 2010 (2010-12-31)
2011	TBA		3 January 2011 (2011-01-03)	30 December 2011 (2011-12-30)
2012	TBA		2 January 2012 (2012-01-02)	31 December 2012 (2012-12-31)
2013	TBA		1 January 2013 (2013-01-01)	31 December 2013 (2013-12-31)
2014	TBA		1 January 2014 (2014-01-01)	31 December 2014 (2014-12-31)
2015	TBA		1 January 2015 (2015-01-01)	31 December 2015 (2015-12-31)
2016	TBA		1 January 2016 (2016-01-01)	30 December 2016 (2016-12-30)
2017	TBA		2 January 2017 (2017-01-02)	29 December 2017 (2017-12-29)
2018	260		1 January 2018 (2018-01-01)	31 December 2018 (2018-12-31)
2019	TBA		1 January 2019 (2019-01-01)	31 December 2019 (2019-12-31)
2020	TBA		1 January 2020 (2020-01-01)	TBA

References

1. 프로그램 소개 [Program Introduction]. EBS (in Korean). Retrieved 27 April 2020.
2. 2800회 정통 요리프로와 개구쟁이 광희의 맛있는 동거 (종합). JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). 26 March 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
3. '김혜영의 싱글벙글 요리' 책 펴낸 방송가 살림꾼 김혜영씨 ['Kim Hye-young's Single Bungle Cooking' Kim Hye-young publishes a cooking book for housewives]. Hankyoreh (in Korean). 16 February 2006. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
4. 아나운서 황현정 EBS 요리프로 진행 [Announcer Hwang Hyun-jung will host EBS's cooking show]. JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). 21 October 2002. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
5. 임호, 시트콤 '기막힌 동거'서 신동엽과 맞짱 [Im Ho together with Shin Dong-yup in sitcom 'Perfect Living Together']. Chosun (in Korean). 29 July 2004. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
6. 탤런트 김지호 MC로 '최고의 요리비결' 진행 [Actress Kim Ji-ho become the MC of 'The Best Cooking Secrets']. Maeil Daily Newspaper (in Korean). 29 August 2006. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
7. 명세빈, EBS '최고의 요리 비결' MC [Myung Se-bin, MC of EBS's 'The Best Cooking Secrets']. KBS (in Korean). 28 August 2007. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
8. 박수홍, EBS '최고의 요리비결' MC 발탁 [Park Soo-hoong is chosen as the MC of EBS's 'The Best Cooking Secrets']. JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). 25 August 2008. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
9. 윤형빈, EBS '최고의 요리비결' 진행 [Yoon Hyung-bin hosts EBS's 'The Best Cooking Secrets']. Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). 23 February 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
10. 광희, '최고의 요리비결' MC [Kwanghee, MC of 'The Best Cooking Secrets']. JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). 27 February 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
11. Kim Ye-na (24 January 2022). 김동완→황광희, '최고의 요리비결' MC 교체...5년 만에 귀환 [Kim Dong-wan → Hwang Kwang-hee, 'The Best Cooking Secret' MC replacement... Returning after 5 years]. Naver (in Korean). Retrieved 28 January 2022.
12. 요리 초보 이특, EBS '최고의 요리비결' MC 발탁 [Leeteuk, a novice cook is selected as MC of EBS's 'Best Cooking Secret']. Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). 12 January 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
13. 김동완, 이특 이어 '최고의 요리비결' MC 발탁 [Kim Dong-wan, Leeteuk's successor as 'The Best Cooking Secrets' MC]. Kyunghan Shinmun (in Korean). 23 July 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.