'Heukbaek Yorisah' Tops Netflix Non-English Charts for 2 Consecutive Weeks

4.9 Million Viewers from the 23rd to the 29th of Last Month

The cooking survival entertainment show Heukbaek Chef: Culinary Class War topped the Netflix non-English TV series viewing rankings for two consecutive weeks. According to Netflix on the 2nd, it recorded 4.9 million views (the number of views divided by playback time) from September 23 to 29. This is an increase of 1.1 million views compared to the previous week (September 16?22).

Heukbaek Chef: Culinary Class War is a survival program where eighty chefs called "Heuksujeo" (Black Spoon) and twenty relatively more well-known chefs called "Baeksujeo" (White Spoon) compete in various cooking battles to determine the winner. Baek Jong-won, CEO of The Born Korea, and Ahn Seong-jae, chef of Mosu Seoul, appear as judges. Famous chefs such as Yeo Kyung-rae, Choi Hyun-seok, Edward Lee, Jung Ji-seon, Choi Kang-rok, and Oh Se-deuk appear as Baeksujeo. The series consists of 12 episodes, with episodes 8 to 10 released on the 1st. Episodes 11 and 12 will be unveiled on the 8th.

This program also ranked first for two consecutive weeks among all TV and online video service (OTT) content in the weekly popularity survey conducted by Good Data Corporation.

Meanwhile, Gyeongseong Creature Season 2, starring Han So-hee and Park Seo-joon, which was released on the 27th of last month, recorded 3.1 million views during the same period, ranking second among non-English content. The tvN drama Mom's Friend's Son, starring Jung Hae-in and Jung So-min, took fourth place.