Bon Appétit, Your Majesty

Bon Appétit, Your Majesty

Details

• Title: 폭군의 셰프 / Pokgunui Syepeu
• Also known as: The Tyrant's Chef
• Genre: Historical, time-travel, romance, comedy, fantasy, food
• Episodes: 12 + 1 Special
• Broadcast network: tvN / TVING
• Broadcast period: 2025-Aug-23 to 2025-Sep-28
• Air time: Saturday & Sunday 21:20
• Original soundtrack: Bon Appétit, Your Majesty OST

Synopsis

After winning a prestigious international cooking show competition, a talented South Korean chef of French cuisine suddenly finds herself hundreds of years in the past, where she encounters a notorious King of Joseon, renowned as a discriminating gourmet, but also a brutal tyrant. Her innovative dishes may captivate his palate, but she unwittingly becomes entangled in the tumultuous rivalries within the royal court.

User/Viewer Ratings

5.00

(3 votes)

Cast

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Main Cast

• Im Yoon Ah as Yun Ji Young
• Lee Chae Min as Lee Hun
  • Koo Hyun (구현) as child Lee Hun
• Kang Han Na as Kang Mok Joo
• Choi Gwi Hwa as Grand Prince Je San

Royal Kitchen

• Yoon Seo Ah (윤서아) as Seo Gil Geum
• Kim Kwang Gyu as Uhm Bong Shik
• Hong Jin Ki (홍진기) as Maeng Man Soo
• Joo Kwang Hyun (주광현) as Shim Mak Jin
• Kim Hyun Mok as Min Gae Duk
• Jung Kyu Soo as Yoon Choon Shik

People around Lee Hun

• Oh Ui Shik as Im Song Jae
• Park Young Woon (박영운) as Shin Soo Hyuk
• Lee Joo Ahn as Gong Gil
• Jang Kwang as Chang Sun
• Park Joon Myun as Choi Mal Im
• Lee Eun Jae (이은재) as Deposed Queen Yun

The Internal Court Ladies

• Seo Yi Sook as Grand Queen Dowager In Joo
• Shin Eun Jung as Queen Dowager Ja Hyun
• Kim Yoon Mi (김윤미) as Noble Consort Yang
• Lee Hun Joo (이헌주) as Noble Consort Sung
• Kim Kang Yoon (김강윤) as Grand Prince Jin Myung
• Choi Yun Oh as Kim Bok Soon
• Kim Chae Hyun as Choo Wol

Royal Court Ministers

• Nam Kyung Eup as Im Seo Hong
• Son Jong Hak as Han Min Sung
• Kwon Tae Won as Park Won Joon
• Bae Ki Bum (배기범) as Yoo Hyung Min
• Jo Seung Yun as Sung In Jae
• Jo Duk Hyun as Yoo Moon Jung
• Jo Young Jin as Kim Yang Son

Ming Envoy

• Kim Hyung Mook as Yu Kun
• Jo Jae Yoon as Tang Bai Long
• Moon Seung Yoo as Ya Fei Xiu
• Park In Soo (박인수) as Kong Wen Li
• Kwak Jin (곽진) as interpreter

Others

• Kim Kwi Sun as Hong Gyung Dal
• Jun Jae Hong (전재홍) as Hong Ahn Wook (Hong Gyung Dal's son)
• Lee Kwan Hoon as Duk Chul
• Xavier Liaudet (자비에 리오데) as food show judge (ep 1)
• Robin Deiana as food show staff (ep 1)
• Kwon Hyuk Poong (권혁풍) as Yun Ji Young's father (ep 1)
• Adam Strandt as airplane passenger (ep 1)
• Kim Jung Han (김정한) as Hong Ahn Wook's assistant (ep 2)
• Lee Hyun (이현) as chaehong woman (ep 2)
• Kim Yoon Joo (김윤주) as chaehong woman (ep 2)
• Cha Young Mi (차영미) as chaehong woman (ep 2)
• Seo Kwang Jae as royal physician (ep 3)
• Kim Joo Ah (김주아) as Queen Dowager In Joo's mother (ep 4)
• Kim Jin Ok as market accessories seller (ep 6)
• Han Sang Chul (한상철) as mill owner (ep 6)
• Go Chang Suk as Jang Chun Saeng (ep 7)

Production Credits

• Production Companies: Studio Dragon, Film Grida (필름그리다), Jung Universe (정유니버스)
• Director: Jang Tae Yoo
• Original writing: Park Gook Jae (박국재)
• Screenwriter: fGRD

Episode Ratings

• See Bon Appétit, Your Majesty/Episode Ratings

Notes

• Based on web novel Surviving as Yeonsan-gun's Chef (연산군의 셰프로 살아남기) by Park Gook Jae (박국재).

Recognitions

• 2025 11th APAN Star Awards:
  • Best New Actor (Lee Chae Min)

• 2025 FUNdex Awards:
  • Best of TV Drama
  • Popular Star Prize – K-Drama Actress (Im Yoon Ah)

External Links

• Official site
• HanCinema
• MyDramaList
• English Wikipedia
• Korean Wikipedia

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