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Episodes

Oct 6, 2024
Season 2
Sep 29, 2024
Season 2
Sep 22, 2024
Season 2
Sep 15, 2024
Season 2
Sep 8, 2024
Season 2
Sep 1, 2024
Season 2
Seohyun, the youngest member of Girls' Generation who is now an actress, joins to help the catering crew this time. Seohyun and the Backpacker chefs go to the National Archives of Korea to cook lunch for a whopping 310 employees. The request is to restore dishes that are no longer available. However, it seems to be turning into a fiasco. Will they be able to overcome it and make them happy?
The Catering Crew enters a special cannabis zone. They visit a place called Geumso Village in Andong where cannabis is grown as raw material to make Andong hemp cloth, a national intangible cultural asset. For the elders who work to maintain the tradition, Jong Won and his fellows are going to serve them Korean traditional food to encourage them.
Idol singer Hyo Jung, the leader of Oh My Girl, joins to help the catering crew this time. Hyo Jung and the Backpacker chefs go to Incheon National Maritime High School, where Master Paik visited once 5 years ago, to cook for 230 students who are picky with food. Will they be able to turn food that the students dislike into their favorite food?
Actress Kang Han Na joins to help the catering crew this time. Han Na and the Backpacker chefs go to the National Institute of Ecology to cook for 200 people who work there. After a tour around the institute, they start to cook seasonal summer dishes. Will they be able to get it done by 12 pm and satisfy them?
As they were informed in the last episode that they would go abroad this time, the Backpacker chefs and Bo Mi of Apink gather at Incheon International Airport, full of doubt. But it turns out that they are to cook for 300 employees at the airport. Will the chefs be able to satisfy them with a special meal that you would have in famous vacation spots?
Jun 30, 2024
Season 2
With a heat wave around the corner, the Backpacker chefs go to Hwaseong Fire Station, the busiest fire station in the country, to cook stamina booster food that's still delicious when it gets cold for 110 people who work at the station. What dishes will they cook for the firefighters and rescuers, and will they be able to enjoy them without getting dispatched in the middle of their meal?
Go Kyung Pyo is back, and DinDin joins the Backpacker chefs once again to help out. This time, they go to Mount Baegam, 1,179m above sea level, where many fierce battles occurred during the Korean War, to cook and deliver cold dishes to 210 soldiers. Will they be able to blow the heat away and satisfy the soldiers?
DinDin fills in for Kyoung Pyo. The Backpacker Chefs go to Gyechon Elementary School to cook malatang and tanghulu to cheer up the 44 students who will have a classical music festival at the end of this month. Will they be able to satisfy all the kids whose ages range from 5 to 15?
The Backpacker chefs go to Jincheon National Training Center, one of the largest training centers in the world, to make Paik Jong Won Street and cook a special lunch for 500 people including national athletes who are working hard for the 2024 Summer Games in Paris. Will they be able to satisfy the athletes and gift them the perfect cheat day?
The second mission is to prepare dinner for the Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team. As per the clients' request, they must prepare Western dishes for 100 soldiers with performance factors to cheer them up. They have done this for a military unit before but that doesn't make it any easier. Will they be able to satisfy the soldiers? And what performance will they put on?
The Backpacker Chef is back with Season 2. From the mountains to the sea, the Catering Crew goes wherever their clients call them. With Paik Jong Won as head chef, Lee Su Geun, Ko Kyoung Pyo, Ahn Bo Hyun, and Heo Kyeong Hwan join the crew. Whatever you imagine, it has become more extreme and tougher. But the missions seem to be impossible to accomplish. Will the five members be able to satisfy their clients?

Episodes

Episode 1
May 26, 2024
Manila Clam Harvesting Village
The Backpacker Chef is back with Season 2. From the mountains to the sea, the Catering Crew goes wherever their clients call them. With Paik Jong Won as head chef, Lee Su Geun, Ko Kyoung Pyo, Ahn Bo Hyun, and Heo Kyeong Hwan join the crew. Whatever you imagine, it has become more extreme and tougher. But the missions seem to be impossible to accomplish. Will the five members be able to satisfy their clients?
Episode 2
Jun 2, 2024
Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team
The second mission is to prepare dinner for the Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team. As per the clients' request, they must prepare Western dishes for 100 soldiers with performance factors to cheer them up. They have done this for a military unit before but that doesn't make it any easier. Will they be able to satisfy the soldiers? And what performance will they put on?
Episode 3
Jun 9, 2024
Jincheon National Training Center
The Backpacker chefs go to Jincheon National Training Center, one of the largest training centers in the world, to make Paik Jong Won Street and cook a special lunch for 500 people including national athletes who are working hard for the 2024 Summer Games in Paris. Will they be able to satisfy the athletes and gift them the perfect cheat day?
Episode 4
Jun 16, 2024
Gyechon Starlight Orchestra
DinDin fills in for Kyoung Pyo. The Backpacker Chefs go to Gyechon Elementary School to cook malatang and tanghulu to cheer up the 44 students who will have a classical music festival at the end of this month. Will they be able to satisfy all the kids whose ages range from 5 to 15?
Episode 5
Jun 23, 2024
MND Agency for KIA Recovery and Identification
Go Kyung Pyo is back, and DinDin joins the Backpacker chefs once again to help out. This time, they go to Mount Baegam, 1,179m above sea level, where many fierce battles occurred during the Korean War, to cook and deliver cold dishes to 210 soldiers. Will they be able to blow the heat away and satisfy the soldiers?
Episode 6
Jun 30, 2024
Hwaseong Fire Station
With a heat wave around the corner, the Backpacker chefs go to Hwaseong Fire Station, the busiest fire station in the country, to cook stamina booster food that's still delicious when it gets cold for 110 people who work at the station. What dishes will they cook for the firefighters and rescuers, and will they be able to enjoy them without getting dispatched in the middle of their meal?
Episode 7
Jul 7, 2024
Incheon International Airport
As they were informed in the last episode that they would go abroad this time, the Backpacker chefs and Bo Mi of Apink gather at Incheon International Airport, full of doubt. But it turns out that they are to cook for 300 employees at the airport. Will the chefs be able to satisfy them with a special meal that you would have in famous vacation spots?
Episode 8
Jul 14, 2024
National Institute of Ecology
Actress Kang Han Na joins to help the catering crew this time. Han Na and the Backpacker chefs go to the National Institute of Ecology to cook for 200 people who work there. After a tour around the institute, they start to cook seasonal summer dishes. Will they be able to get it done by 12 pm and satisfy them?
Episode 9
Jul 21, 2024
Incheon National Maritime High School
Idol singer Hyo Jung, the leader of Oh My Girl, joins to help the catering crew this time. Hyo Jung and the Backpacker chefs go to Incheon National Maritime High School, where Master Paik visited once 5 years ago, to cook for 230 students who are picky with food. Will they be able to turn food that the students dislike into their favorite food?
Episode 10
Jul 28, 2024
Special Cannabis Zone
The Catering Crew enters a special cannabis zone. They visit a place called Geumso Village in Andong where cannabis is grown as raw material to make Andong hemp cloth, a national intangible cultural asset. For the elders who work to maintain the tradition, Jong Won and his fellows are going to serve them Korean traditional food to encourage them.
Episode 11
Aug 4, 2024
The National Archives of Korea
Seohyun, the youngest member of Girls' Generation who is now an actress, joins to help the catering crew this time. Seohyun and the Backpacker chefs go to the National Archives of Korea to cook lunch for a whopping 310 employees. The request is to restore dishes that are no longer available. However, it seems to be turning into a fiasco. Will they be able to overcome it and make them happy?
Episode 13
Aug 18, 2024
Arisu Water Purification Center
Episode 14
Aug 25, 2024
National Forensic Service
Episode 15
Sep 1, 2024
Episode 16
Sep 8, 2024
Episode 17
Sep 15, 2024
Episode 18
Sep 22, 2024
Episode 19
Sep 29, 2024
Episode 20
Oct 6, 2024

Cast & Crew

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Paik Jong-won
Self 40
Ahn Bo-hyun
Self 31
DinDin
Self 22
Oh Dae-hwan
Self 20
Soo Geun Lee
Self 11
Heo Kyung-hwan
Self 11
Go Kyung-pyo
Self 10
Fabrizio Ferrari
Self -

Season info

Original Title
The Backpacker Chef
Rating
8.1
Country
South Korea
Production
tvN