Baek Jong-won's Food Truck

Paik Jong-won's Food Truck[1] (Korean백종원의 푸드트럭; RRPaikjongwon-eui Pudeuteureok) is a South Korean cooking-variety program which was broadcast from July 21, 2017 to December 29, 2017. It is a spin-off of the cooking-variety program Paik Jong-won's Top 3 Chef King. The program was hosted by Paik Jong-won and Kim Sung-joo, it aired on SBS every Friday at 23:20 (KST).

Baek Jong-won's Food Truck
Promotional poster
Also known asPaik's Food Truck
GenreVariety
Cooking
Directed byKim Joon-soo
Lee Gwan-won
Jung Woo-jin
Presented byPaik Jong-won
Kim Sung-joo
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes22 (list of episodes)
Production
Production locationSouth Korea
Running time80 minutes
Original release
NetworkSBS
ReleaseJuly 21 (2017-07-21) –
December 29, 2017 (2017-12-29)

Since January 5, 2018, the show was spun off to Paik Jong-won's Alley Restaurant[2] (백종원의 골목식당; Paikjongwon-eui Golmoksikdang).

Broadcast Timeline

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Broadcast Period Broadcast Time (KST) Remark
July 21, 2017 – December 29, 2017 Fridays at 23:20 Two consecutive parts (40 minutes/part)

Cast

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Host

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Special host

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List of Episodes

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# Episode # Broadcast Date Challenge Place Challenger and Food Remark
95 1 July 21 Gangnam Station, Seoul
  • Debut of the new format "Paik Jong-won's Food Truck", a national job creation project which help the food truck owners to improve the quality of dishes as well as sales or help the rookie owners to start their business.
  • Kim Sung-joo joined as host
96 2 July 28
97 3 August 4
98 4 August 11
99 5 August 18 Suwon
100 6 August 25
101 7 September 1
102 8 September 8
103 9 September 15
104 10 September 22 Busan
(near Busan Sajik Baseball Stadium)
105 11 September 29
106 12 October 13
107 13 October 20
108 14 October 27
109 15 November 3 Gwangju
  • Survival of 22 teams to choose 7 final teams who will be given each a ₩40,000,000 (around $40,000) food truck to start their business
  • Round 1 (Ep. 109–110): Start business (10 minutes of preparation and 80 minutes of business)
    • Judges: Director Yoon Joo-hee of Month Foodbank, Team leader Kim Jae-young of Gwangju Creation Economic Innovation Center, Team leader Jeong Hye-jeong of Gwangju City Hall Welfare Health Bureau, Executive producer Yoo Yoon-jae of Paik Jong-won's Food Truck
    • Group A: Teams 1–8
      • Advanced: "Highlight Dakgangjeong", "Tasty Eel", "Yeodaesae", "A Meal"
    • Group B: Teams 9–15
      • Advanced: "Myung-goo's Hot dog", "Fat Sal", "Penguin Chicken"
    • Group C: Teams 16–22
      • Advanced: "Plan F", "Assa Rabia"
    • Revival (picked by Mr. Paik): "Sōmen", "Shish Kebap", "Ok Hyang"
  • Round 2 (Ep. 111): Each team cooked for Mr. Paik (with ₩100,000 given for ingredients' cost, during three hours including preparation time)
    • Eliminated: no team
  • Round 3 (Ep. 111–112): Cooking, make price and get evaluation out of 100 points (30 from rate of price/prime cost; 20 from food truck owners' qualifications' evaluation by Mr. Paik; 50 from price evaluation after dishes' tasting by ten customer representatives)
    • Group A: "Highlight Dakgangjeong" (100), "Sōmen", "Myung-goo's Hot dog", "Penguin Chicken", "A Meal", "Shish Kebap" (30)
    • Group B: "Plan F" (80), "Ok Hyang", "Fat Sal", "Yeodaesae", "Assa Rabia", "Tasty Eel"
    • Eliminated: "Shish Kebap", "Tasty Eel"
  • Round 4 (Ep. 113): Two teams formed a group in which each team with Mr. Paik observed the opponent's cooking process and tasted the dish then evaluated. The better team of each group (picked by Mr. Paik) would be given an advantage for the next round.
    • "A Meal" vs "Assa Rabia"
    • "Yeodaesae" vs "Ok Hyang"
    • "Plan F" vs "Highlight Dakgangjeong"
    • "Sōmen" vs "Penguin Chicken"
    • "Myung-goo's Hot dog" vs "Fat Sal"
    • Eliminated: no team
  • Final Round (Ep. 113–114): Ten teams divided into two groups which each will sell food for three hours to 50 customers who would vote for two teams that they want to visit again. The advantage of previous round is equivalent to extra five votes. Top 7 most votes' teams would have Mr. Paik's individual coaching and would be given each a ₩40,000,000 food truck.
    • Group A: "Sōmen" (31 votes), "Assarabia" (27 votes), "Penguin Chicken" (17 votes), "Plan F" (17 votes), "Ok Hyang" (13 votes)
    • Group B: "Highlight Dakgangjeong" (40 votes), "A Meal" (28 votes), "Myung-goo's Hot dog" (20 votes), "Fat Sal" (16 votes), "Yeodaesae" (14 votes)
    • Eliminated: "Fat Sal", "Yeodaesae", "Ok Hyang"
  • Special appearance by Cao Lu (Fiestar) on episode 115
110 16 November 10
111 17 November 17
112 18 November 24
113 19 December 8
114 20 December 15
115 21 December 22
116 22 December 29

References

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  1. ^ ""Paik's Food Truck" on SBS International". SBS (in Korean). Archived from the original on January 6, 2018. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
  2. ^ ""Paik Jong-won's Alley Restaurant" on SBS official website". SBS (in Korean). Retrieved January 5, 2018.
  3. ^ Son Jae-eun (June 29, 2017). 백종원의 3대천왕, 2주년 맞이 개편 #김성주 투입 #푸드트럭. SBS News (in Korean). Retrieved June 29, 2017.
  4. ^ Choi Ji-yoon (June 29, 2017). '백종원의 3대천왕' 이시영 하차…김성주 투입. Korea Sports Economy (in Korean). Retrieved June 29, 2017.
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