My pasta has never been served before, and it's against the rules to do so
Is there any rule that's more important than a hungry customer?
Please deliver it to me.
My office is right over there. It's close by.
Just stay still.
EVERYONE STEP AWAY FROM THE STOVE!!
Fine
The pasta you make and the pasta I make will both be delivered at the same time.
You said it was a mistake last time, right?
It's about skills this time.
If you lose..
You're fired.
Let's see.. They're both aglio e olio, but they're different from each other
Then..
I choose this one.
I also choose this one.
.
It's over now right?
You're fired.
Chef!
IN MY KITCHEN..!
There are no females.
Why did he have to show up?
If you're not going to reinstate her..
Just leave her alone.
Nemo's coming..! Nemo..
What happened?? How did it go??
Why is the atmosphere so uncomfortable?
I'm back.
I'll work until the dinner shift then leave.
Leave right now.
GET OUT!
Noona, leaving like this is just wrong.
My pasta truly wasn't good enough.
But all those difficulties,
your incredible achievement getting this far...
Think about when you first started.
You put in so much effort to get here,
and now you're just giving up like this?
Do you have reservations?
Yes. It's Seo Yoo Kyung.
Ah, yes. It's this way.
Hey, girls!
You guys came early.
What made you come so late?
Looks really delicious!
Waiter! Another bottle of this wine..
Eat up you guys.
Looks so expensive.
- I'm paying. -Here's your bill.
Yes.
Did you enjoy your meal?
Yes, of course.
It was really good.
How much ...
1, 10 ... 290?
It's $2,090, correct?
Yes, that's right.
-It's $2,090...? -Yes.
It's $2,000...
What should I do?
I don't have any money...
What?
I don't have money.
What should I do?
Huh. To work there even as a kitchen assistant you need to have studied in Italy.
She hasn't a hope.
It was good, though.
No-one from our school made it to get in there,
which means we're third rate.
Look,
I'm not saying about a chef position or something.
In the interview for assistants, they also ask if you've win a contest or not.
Really?
But the pasta here's a whole different world.
Huh! Sprinkle it with gold dust, do they?
Why is that girl, Yoo Kyung, so set on only working at this place, La Sfera?
It' not that she thought of trying to get in here when she graduate the school.
It's that Yoo Kyung that girl got in our school just to get in this restaurant.
I'm sure she can make us to do worse things.
Hey!
That girl...isn't that Yoo Kyung?
[Wanted a kitchen assistant]
Oh my god! You made it? Unbelievable!
That crazy bitch made it!
So, instead of paying for the meals, you spent a few months working for nothing in the kitchen.
Three months, wasn't it,
before you got paid anything?
Why are you bringing that up?
Then the next day, what happened?
Whether somewhere was Milan or Sicily,
a greasy guy who studied there came.
His assistant was hired but less than a month, he left.
You're the one who's really survived as an assistant.
Ah, but...
is it true you went to culinary school to work here?
It's not, right?
It's not.
2,090...It's $2,090, correct?
Yes, that's right.
$2,000 !
-I don't have any money. -Pardon?
I don't have money.
What to do?
She has undergone all sorts of hardship
and now she was fired because of me.
Huh !
If I were him, I would fire all of the men and fill up the kitchen only with women.
It's Sol Jun-Seok
As you requested, we put a lot of effort on the spot in Italy asking around...
to find the new chef, but...
You must on no account tell the Chef about me.
I realize that.
But, err...
CEO Kim knows about this right?
No.
Please keep it secret from him, too, for now.
ah, uh...
I didn't know that I should keep this secret from CEO too. That would be pretty...
I'll take full responsibility.
Okay. The kitchen's a battlezone every single day.
It's driving me mad.
It will take a little more time.
It won't be long now before everything comes to light.
Yes, I understand.
OK, bye then.
Are all today's group dinner pretreatment in order?
Yes, chef.
Okay.
Check the first courses.
Yes, chef.
The steamed zucchini starters are already in the freezer.
Ok.
Chef!
Seo Yoo...
Ah, never mind.
Chef.
Let's go out for beer after we're done.
We'll have worked up quite a sweat at the stoves.
Isn't that a good idea?
A few beers, huh? I'll get some.
I could hardly manage to get these soaked.
Okay, this is our first order of the day.
Today's first request is...Immediately find another kitchen assistant starting tomorrow.. a useful MALE one.
You guys aren't going to take the first order?
Why is there no response?
Yes Chef!
You're going to recommend someone.
Yes chef.
Are you guys rebelling?
Yes, chef.
Yes, chef!
Table #23: 2 ???, 1 ???, 1 ??? , 2 cannelloni, 1 arrabiata. Get going!
-Yes, chef! -Yes, chef!
Enjoy your meal.
I hope you enjoy it.
Attention, please!
Refreshment time. Cold beer, one can each! Enjoy!
Here... Here... Here...
Sauna, sauna!
A man's scent
Shouldn't I give one to the sous chef, as well?
I'm fine.
It's like you caught a bull today. You didn't leave the fire once tonight!
Here.. one for Honam, too.
And for our antipasto man
and for Pat, too.
Still it's on a night like tonight we should share a drink,
Even through the good,
And through the bad.
Also, wow. Our chef's favorite, expensive one,
I shall drink it!
Here, another one, this one is...!
That one's Yoo Kyung's, though.
I said that that one is Yoo Kyung's,.
Here.
It's okay.
Take it!
I said it was fine!
Agh, I said it was...!
Do you have any last wishes before you leave?
You're filling my position, and after taking my beer, do you feel good?
Is it refreshing?
It's refreshing!
He doesn't even say, "Sorry"!
Why is the first snow falling on a day like this?
Run, run, run!
Thank you.
They almost died.
Auntie!
Why is he all the way over here?
If no one's home, I'll just drink at home
Where are you?
Ah, what are you doing?
I said let's have drink together and you go alone!
That's why I'm asking where you are, you punk! I'll go there right now.
Hello?
-What, where? -Hello?
Hello?!
I just wanted to be by myself today..!
How dare you.. you lowly kitchen assistant..
Without the Chef's knowledge and permission.. how dare you come
Anyway, that's why I said a female is a 'no' in my kitchen..
Auntie, a bottle of soju please...
Ha! And calling that pasta..
Hey you! A kitchen assistant like Seo Yoo Kyung can be found anywhere..
Of course!
Alright, I'll be right there.
Auntie! Give me an fish cake soup with lots of red pepper powder.
Lots and lots!
Would you like some too?
No, that's fine.
Looks like you're planning to stab me in the back.
Come sit in front of me.
Fine, I'll admit to everything
Without Chef's knowledge, I disobeyed the rules and delivered something that's not even worth calling 'pasta'
In a match between the Chef and kitchen assistant, isn't it obvious the Chef will win?
If I won, I would be the Chef. Why would I be the kitchen assistant?
I wasn't thinking of the outcome,
and I wasn't making the pasta to win.
In a situation so obvious, why do I have to be fired?
If I was a man, would I still have been fired like this today?
All of the guys are still there perfectly fine.
Why must you fire all of the girls?
When a girl makes one mistake, she's fired. Why are you so insistent in firing all of the girls?!
You can stop now.
You have a complex against girls, don't you?
Have you been burned by a girl?
Do you think I worked so hard these past 3 years, as a kitchen assistant, just to be fired like this?!
Do you have someone(a girl) you like?
You, guys, just wait here.
What?
All this time, the one who was pulling the kitchen together was me, the assistant chef.
I acknowledge that.
When I heard that you are sending Chef Totti back to Italy
To be honest, I had certain expectations...
I thought you were going to give me a chance.
Keep going.
The new head chef's behavior is ruining our kitchen. He fired all the girls in one day.
Without consulting you, he brought in new chefs.
And he treats the rest of us like garbage.
If we don't allow head chef's independence in the kitchen,
the world's best chef won't go to that kitchen.
La Sfera isn't the chef's property.
It's yours. Or, more precisely...
It belongs to the customers.
I...
I'm willing to co-operate with you.
There should have been a meeting like this before.
I thought the kitchen staff
would all stand on the same side together.
There must be a woman you once liked!
There is. Why?
Seeing how old you are, I thought there must have been.
I encountered her today.
So what?
Eh?
Today?? When??
Where?
You have known what love's like, then! So why treat us this way?
All this stuff about not wanting women in your kitchen....
All I said was I don't like women cooks, for Pete's sake!
So you don't hate women as such? You like them?
You're getting up to leave?
Are you crazy right now?
When I was in my 3rd year of high school...
Why do I need to listen to this right now?
My mom ran away from home.
So you didn't run away?
I said my mom did.
My mom left the house.
Mom!
Are you crazy, mom?
Why'd you run away? I'm the one's who's supposed to do that! What are you up to?
Dad's always bugging me and we're hard up, and that drives me crazy. Me, not you!!
What did you do for the last three days? Never calling!
You never did anything like this before, so why?
What did you do for the last three days!
Don't worry, and study hard.
We have to go that way. We're not going home?
Mom, do you have money?
Let's go home!
We can just order the cheapest items.
Aren't you sick of it at all? Jjangpong (spicy noodle soup) and this are same thing.
When did we ever have the chance to eat at a place like this?...
Yoo Kyung.
I'll treat you to whatever's the cheapest item, OK?
That's so embarrassing! What do you mean by, "the cheapest item"?
I'm sick of noodles! Let's go!
It emerged she'd found out three days earlier she was terminally ill and had only three months to live.
But her one and only thought was...
...anxiety about the hospital bills
Because of those hospital bills, she feared I wouldn't be able to go to college.
So that's why she left home.
That was what my mother was like.
And I didn't even know.
Goodbye.
Welcome!
I'll have whatever's cheapest, please.
Yes, I understand.
I'm just so happy that I get to have dinner with all of my three girls!
Eat a lot!
Mom bought you something expensive, so eat a lot!
Also, you know that today is the youngest one's birthday, right?
Did you buy me a present?
Of course I prepared a wonderful gift for my youngest.
I don't know why you're so pretty today!
Eat a lot!
Here is your order of olive oil pasta.
Enjoy your meal!
It's good.
It's really good, mom.
If only my Mom had gotten to eat something that good...
... maybe she might have wanted to go on living.
Maybe she would have wanted to live longer..
What pasta dish was it?
What was it?
The one we delivered today.
The one I made and disgraced myself with.
You're going to regret it.
Ok.
As long as you're not in my kitchen
This one was for taking my beer earlier.
I'm also going to get back my job that you took away from me.
And I'll make sure that, one day, my pasta gains acknowledgment.
Those are my solemn last words to you.
This is no coincidence, is it?
It's been a while.
Nice to see you, again.
It's nice to see me again?
You saw me yesterday.
You're so easy.
It was delicious.
We really enjoyed it, the pasta.
It's the best.
Better than yours?
Would mine even compare to yours?
Would you like to have a competition with me?
Don't you want to try my pasta, too? Just once at any rate?
Shouldn't we go head-to-head, too?
Forget it. Your pasta makes me want to vomit.
You'll be eating it soon
In your kitchen.
...I'm right in front. No, I'm not going to be late... hurry, I'm late. Yes.
No, I wasn't talking to you.
I won't be late.
Yes, I'm running to you now.
Before we leave, let's get our revenge on chef.
How?
How are we going to do it?
He made four ladies very upset...
Carrying on with life, letting him live peacefully...
Does that even make sense?
Of course not!
Think about it. On how we should do it.
I'm going to tear you up!
Looking for a new family member! Position: kitchen assistant. etc. must be MALE!
It's time to roll out the fresh pasta...
...and devein and peel the shrimp....
I was the best at cleaning the shrimp.
It must have been in the tens of thousands, the amount I cleaned.
Make it snappy. I'm busy.
What did you just say? Dad is...?
Father!
Elementary, middle, high school, 1st day, graduation. That's six occasions,
You never came to any of them. Why are you coming today?
Those are the busiest days for a Chinese restaurant.
And on his 1st day and graduations, those weren't busy days?!
-What did I do? -You..!
Why are you dressed like that?
I'm on break...
Huh! The day you held a frying pan, you just couldn't cope.
You're fired, right?
I'm honestly on break!
The restaurant is wide open,
How can the assistant be on break?
I took time off for my period!
That's why I'm telling you to go! You...!
You made dad carry these-- Don't you have hands?!!
Aishh, I have an exam tomorrow!
Has this girl gone insane?
Are you crazy? How dare you hit this guy, who studies, on the head?
Don't you know that he's going to grab a knife like you?
He's going to give people surgery with those hands!
Enough with this talk, let's get something to eat.
Steak! There's things like that, too, right?
Ah, what are you talking about, steak?
Come here, come here
Ah, Father, I'm so embarrassed, I could die!!!
Don't pretend you don't know me, Miss Cook.
Because of you, Sir, nothing's going alright.
You have to eat proper food. What's with the cup ramen?
Cooks don't like to eat and cook at home, you know.
You're not even a cook.
Just go on your way, Sir.
What's this? What is it?
Why are you going through other people's stuff?
It's not even a big deal!
Give it back! Why are you like this? Seriously!
Give it here!
To me, it's a big deal.
Should I buy you kimchee?
If you don't want it, suit yourself.
Have this as dessert after.
Unnie, have some coffee.
Thank you.
It's good.
Hey, why haven't you guys gotten married yet?
What do you mean why?
How many times do I have to tell you? We're just friends.
You guys haven't slept together. But you, guys, are not just merely friends.
Unnie, hurry up and meet a good man.
Yah, I've married twice already,
Do I leave my one and only younger sister alone?
But, I think he's getting stranger and stranger.
He doesn't even listen to me nowadays. Just leave him alone.
Are you guys really not sleeping together?
-You have, right? -Unnie!
Table 7, one Olive Oil. One...?
-Hey, is this it? -What?
Y-Yes, chef.
Just one?
Yes.
It really was a splendid dish.
Uh, can I pay my respects to the chef?
You're going to have to roll the pan no???
Excuse me, chef.
Excuse me, chef!
What?
The customer at table #7 says she's really impressed by the cooking and would like to pay you her compliments.
Seven? Olive oil?
Yes.
Yah! It's burning!
Phillip, you go instead.
Yes, chef.
He is no chef,
he's just the face madam.
Ah, it must be nice.
-Do your job. -Okay.
Are you the chef?
Uh, chef.
The customer insists on paying her respects to the chef himself.
Agh! I'm so busy right now!
It sure must have been good for her to call out the chef in person!
It happens frequently in Italy.
satisfied customers always want to meet the chef.
In Italy...you want to see for yourself?
How it's done, what the chef does?
Italy, Italy guys...
You're trying to run us down because we trained in Korea, so you're always talking about Italy.
Sang-Shik? Yes?
Go get the liquid bengay.
Yes
You guys were in Italy too long to scrub the dirt off your skin right?
Shall I scrub your back with bengay on my hand with an Italian towel?
It's hot as it is, shall I put your backs on fire?
What the...Yo Mister...
Yo Mister? Who do you think you're talking to?
Stop now.
Where?
Your olive oil dish was splendid.
Thank you, Madam..
In my capacity as a customer, can I ask you a question?
Why doesn't mine turn out this delicious, no matter what I do?
Do you taste it carefully?
Of course.
When?
Frequently. All the time I'm cooking it...
Yes, chef.
Show her the way out,
I believe the customer is ready to leave.
Ah, excuse me...
Make sure she pays.
If you won in a contest, shouldn't you show a little graciousness?
Shouldn't you share the technique of why you won? Isn't that the way of a true winner?
Make sure she tips you for calling the chef out into the dining room.
You didn't even teach me anything, why should I tip?
I want to offer it up to my mom on her memorial day.
Make sure to get your tip.
I don't want a tip, thank you.
And I already gave you a tip.
Yes, who is it?
I'm your neighbor opposite, would you taste this for me?
Please taste this.
I gave it around to other apartments, too
I'm busy.
Maybe later.
I couldn't even force it down, you eat it yourself.
Chef, what are you going to do about the kitchen assistant matter?
Applications will be open for a week, then, after close of business,
I will make my choice by holding a tasting.
On matters of the kitchen I leave it up to you. I respect that.
What would we know about it...
But there are people here who've served use well and would like to become a chef. I don't see why...
Who might that be?
The aptitude for the kitchen...
But most of the people here are women.
All the same...
And if the recommendation comes from you, all the more reason to say no.
Pulling strings is your outstanding specialty.
Serving here fosters people's dreams of becoming a chef.
If this is open to everyone, yet closed to the serving staff,
wouldn't you say that was totally unfair?
Between the dining rooms and the kitchen there shouldn't be an unbridgeable gulf.
They'd be quicker to learn, after all.
Fine, then.
We will open this opportunity to all.
We'll hold a blind tasting.
With my eyes blindfolded,
whether the candidates are apprentices or servers,
I will judge on talent alone.
On the very same day, I will announce the winner.
Whoever it is?
Whoever it is.
I told you, don't let on you know me.
But sir...
OK, what?
The kitchen these days is in an up....in an up...
In an uproar.
I know nothing. You're in charge, so you do something about it.
I'm going...shhh.
ah um...
I just can't seem to get it right.
Who is it?
Hello. We came to view the apartment.
Ah, okay!
That's lucky...
We caught you home.
Hello.
Women have been living here, so no need to repaint or re-wallpaper.
Oh, I'm sorry about what happened. Because of us...
Not at all.
But are you planning on moving here?
That was just me practising...
Doesn't look like you're a good cook...
I've seen as much as I need. We'll meet again!
Would you also like to see the other apartments?
No thanks. I somehow think there's no need...
Do you taste it carefully?
When?
I'm busy, do it later.
You eat it yourself.
Who made this?
I did, chef...
How is it?
The true taste is when it cools down.
With sweet or salty things,
the taste changes with temperature.
During the meal, the food cools down.
The customer remembers the final taste of the food as they leave the table.
You have to consider how a dish will taste to a customer right to the end of a meal. Understood?
Yes, chef!
Even after it cools, the taste.
The last remembered taste must be good so that the customers come again.
Yes, chef!
From now on, food that comes back on plates....
... isn't going into the trash. It's going into your very own mouths.
Do you UNDERSTAND?
Yes Chef!
Yes, chef.
Sister, sister, sister, sister!
According to Ho-Nam, women too can compete today for the job in the kitchen.
What?! Didn't he just kick us out?
Stop talking.
In the end he's going to choose a guy. The women are just there as bridesmaids.
It's really disheartening.
Are you OK? Yeah, I'm fine.
Is that the only place?
Oh, it's here. It's here.
What was that! I thought we were going to seek revenge!
What was that, unnie?
No, it's...
You guys! I told you to think of what to say to him!
-Ugh! -What a joke!
If I were him I wouldn't even be able to ride in the same elevator for feeling guilty.
Evil man.
How dare he just leave the elevator without turning a hair.
We have to get rid of him before we move out.
We should just throw crap at his face.
We should've hit him earlier!
Hello.
It's a shame, we have already filled the position.
I'm sorry, it's a bit difficult since all the vacancies have been filled.
Okay.
3 years at La Sfera?
Yes.
Starting today, you can make pasta.
Huh?
I said to grab a frying pan.
You don't have a test or anything for newcomers?
Everything is about the same. Is there any real difference?
In this place, the mad rush is so busy, it's about getting at least 1 more dish out.
Hey, what is a blind tasting?
When I was at school in Italy,
the teachers hated dishes being fancily presented.
They detested how the taste of the food was neglected and all the focus was on presenting it elaborately.
Who it was that made it,
how the sauce was created,
the chef's resumé, so to speak.
Ignoring all those sort of things, the winner is determined solely on taste.
You have 15 minutes.
....noona?
I will unveil the ingredients.
Everyone is to make pasta with just these ingredients.
Here.
With just this?
There's no tomato or cream sauce?
I only practiced with those.
Without the help of cream, tomato, or any other sauce,
As long as you use the natural taste of pasta, it's fine.
With the best ingredients, making the best use of your time,
do your best to make the best pasta dish.
It is all prepared, chef.
It's all going cold. What's he playing at? Why doesn't he get started?
Next.
Next!
Who are you? You..
Starting tomorrow, you will be holding a frying pan.
Start work tomorrow.