Chef Kim Do-yoon of ‘Mashimaro’ Reveals the Reason Behind His Choice on Culinary Class Wars
Chef Kim Do-yoon, known as “Mashimaro Chef,” revealed the reason for wearing a headset during the Netflix cooking survival show Culinary Class Wars. He shared his experience on the Channel A variety show Dad is a Flower Dad, which aired on October 10.
In the show, Chef Kim was seen cooking with a headset on during Culinary Class Wars. He explained, “I wore the headset to infuse my food with love and to focus more on cooking. I listened to songs by Jia and Yangpa.” He added, “The filming location was noisy, which triggered my anxiety. I wore the headset to calm myself down.”
When Kim Gu-ra commented, “I was disappointed you got eliminated early from Black & White Chef,” Chef Kim joked back, “I participated because my girlfriend told me to. She didn’t say anything about bringing home the prize money.”
Chef Kim also added humor by mentioning that he resembles the quirky rabbit character Mashimaro and singer Lee Hyori’s eye smile. He revealed that he comes from Gangnam’s elite school district but faced opposition from his parents about becoming a chef.
Although Kim Do-yoon is a Michelin 1-star owner chef, he was eliminated in the second round of Culinary Class Wars.
Culinary Class Wars is a cooking competition where lesser-known talented chefs (the “black spoon” chefs) compete against South Korea’s top star chefs (the “white spoon” chefs). Kim Do-yoon participated as one of the 20 white spoon chefs but lost in a battle against a side dish chef. The program concluded with its twelfth episode, which was released on October 8.
Meanwhile, Channel A’s Dad is a Flower Dad is a program that captures the parenting daily lives of middle-aged dads, airing every Thursday at 9:30 PM.
Source: wikitree
