# Man in the Kitchen

Man in the Kitchen (Korean: 밥상 차리는 남자) is a 2017 South Korean television series starring Choi Soo-young, On Joo-wan, Seo Hyo-rim, and Park Jin-woo. The series aired on MBC every Saturday and Sunday from 8:45 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. (KST). It was then later changed to air 2 episodes every Sunday from 8:45 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. (KST) from November 12 onwards.

## Synopsis

Lee Roo-ri (Choi Soo-young) tries to get a job at big company, but she gives up. She doesn't have a good relationship with her strict father. Lee Roo-ri decides to travel to Guam to get away. There, she meets Jung Tae-yang (On Joo-wan) who goes by the YOLO motto. He wanders around the world and places priority on his happiness, but he also carries an emotional wound.
After she meets Jung Tae-yang, Lee Roo-ri experiences a turning point in her life.

## Cast
### Main

* Choi Soo-young as Lee Roo-ri- the jobless daughter of Lee Shin-mo and Hong Young-hye. she went through a rough childhood because of Shin-mo, and later accepts a job offer to a food company
** Choi Yoo-ri as young Lee Roo-ri
* On Joo-wan as Jung Tae-yang- the biological son of Kevin Miller, he's a smart but easily annoyed man. throughout the series, he finds more and more about his backstory
* Seo Hyo-rim as Ha Yeon-joo- the spoiled daughter of Yoon-Choon ok, who later gets into an on off relationship with Lee So-won
* Park Jin-woo as Lee So-won- Roo-ri's brother and Lee Shin-mo and Hong Young-hye's son. He was pampered by Shin-mo as a kid, and works as a doctor. He later gets into an on off relationship with Ha Yeon-joo
** Moon Woo-jin as young Lee So-won

### Supporting
#### Roo-ri's household

* Kim Kap-soo as Lee Shin-mo- the rich father of Roo-ri and So-won. he's a gruff, self centered, abusive man who pampers So-won and disregards Roo-ri as a waste. however, later throughout the series, he grows to become kinder and kinder, revealing that he had always cared for Roo-ri
* Kim Mi-sook as Hong Young-hye- the abused and worked out wife of Shin-mo. Shes constantly burned out due to Shin-mo, and later moves out and works at a mattress store
* Kim Soo-mi as Yang Choon-ok- the rich mother of Ha Yeon-joo. she constantly feels guilt of leaving her little brother at a train station while trying to escape their abusive mother

#### Tae-yang's household

* Lee Il-hwa as Jung Hwa-young- Taeyang's biological mother
* Shim Hyung-tak as Go Jung-do- Taeyang's step-father who works at a bakery
* Song Kang as Kim Woo-joo- Taeyang's step brother. he's constantly caring for Eun-byul
* Kim Ji-young as Go Eun-byul- Taeyang's step sister and Woo-joo's sister.
* Lee Jae-ryong as Kevin Miller- Taeyang's biological father and Choon-ok's brother. he went to the US after being left behind by Choon-ok at a train station, but later becomes the head of a foods company.

#### Extended

* Lee Kyu-jung as Jung Soo-mi
* Han Ki-woong as Hee-cheol
* Kim Hye-yoon as Jung Soo-ji
* Choi Su-rin as Susanna / Lee Kyeong-hwa
* Jo Mi-ryung as Choi Teresa
* Lee Jung-hyuk as Manager Kim
* Kim Ji-sook as Choi Sun-young
* Tae Hang-ho as Noh Ji-shim
* Lee Cheol-min as Kim Jin-ho
* Hong Seo-jun as Director Park
* Moon Seul-a as Nurse Choi
* Kim Moo-young as Kim Sung-tan
* Lee Si-eon as Bong Myung-tae

## Ratings

* In this table, The blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
| Episode # | Original broadcast date | Average audience share | Average audience share | Average audience share | Average audience share |
| Episode # | Original broadcast date | TNmS Ratings | TNmS Ratings | AGB Nielsen | AGB Nielsen |
| Episode # | Original broadcast date | Nationwide | Seoul National Capital Area | Nationwide | Seoul National Capital Area |
| 1 | September 2, 2017 | 7.7% (13th) | 7.5% (11th) | 8.6% (11th) | 9.4% (8th) |
| 2 | September 3, 2017 | 8.1% (12th) | 8.2% (11th) | 9.8% (10th) | 9.9% (10th) |
| 3 | September 9, 2017 | 6.1% (15th) | 5.4% (19th) | 5.9% (18th) | 5.6% (18th) |
| 4 | September 10, 2017 | 8.3% (13th) | 7.6% (14th) | 8.8% (11th) | 8.8% (10th) |
| 5 | September 16, 2017 | 7.5% (15th) | 7.0% (14th) | 6.2% (18th) | 5.6% (20th) |
| 6 | September 17, 2017 | 9.2% (7th) | 8.0% (10th) | 9.6% (7th) | 9.6% (7th) |
| 7 | September 23, 2017 | 7.1% (14th) | 6.7% (10th) | 6.5% (15th) | 6.0% (14th) |
| 8 | September 24, 2017 | 10.1% (6th) | 9.6% (8th) | 9.8% (7th) | 9.2% (8th) |
| 9 | September 30, 2017 | 7.7% (14th) | 7.2% (12th) | 7.6% (12th) | 7.4% (12th) |
| 10 | October 1, 2017 | 9.6% (7th) | 8.7% (7th) | 9.9% (9th) | 9.6% (9th) |
| 11 | October 7, 2017 | 6.6% (14th) | 5.9% (14th) | 7.3% (13th) | 7.0% (14th) |
| 12 | October 8, 2017 | 8.8% (8th) | 8.0% (10th) | 9.7% (8th) | 9.3% (9th) |
| 13 | October 14, 2017 | 7.8% (12th) | 6.3% (15th) | 7.4% (12th) | 6.8% (14th) |
| 14 | October 15, 2017 | 9.7% (7th) | 8.4% (8th) | 9.9% (8th) | 9.1% (9th) |
| 15 | October 21, 2017 | 10.5% (3rd) | 9.2% (3rd) | 10.9% (4th) | 10.6% (4th) |
| 16 | October 21, 2017 | 12.1% (2nd) | 11.1% (2nd) | 12.7% (2nd) | 12.4% (2nd) |
| 17 | November 4, 2017 | 11.9% (3rd) | 10.4% (3rd) | 11.5% (4th) | 10.9% (4th) |
| 18 | November 4, 2017 | 12.1% (2nd) | 11.3% (2nd) | 12.9% (2nd) | 13.1% (2nd) |
| 19 | November 12, 2017 | 10.1% (6th) | 9.4% (8th) | 9.7% (7th) | 8.9% (8th) |
| 20 | November 12, 2017 | 11.2% (4th) | 10.7% (5th) | 12.6% (4th) | 11.3% (5th) |
| 21 | November 19, 2017 | 10.4% (6th) | 9.6% (8th) | 10.8% (5th) | 10.2% (8th) |
| 22 | November 19, 2017 | 12.1% (4th) | 12.2% (4th) | 14.1% (4th) | 12.7% (4th) |
| 23 | November 26, 2017 | 11.0% (6th) | 9.5% (7th) | 12.2% (6th) | 11.4% (6th) |
| 24 | November 26, 2017 | 12.6% (4th) | 11.6% (5th) | 14.5% (4th) | 13.7% (4th) |
| 25 | December 3, 2017 | 10.0% (9th) | 9.6% (10th) | 10.4% (9th) | 10.0% (9th) |
| 26 | December 3, 2017 | 13.6% (4th) | 13.2% (4th) | 15.1% (3rd) | 13.7% (4th) |
| 27 | December 10, 2017 | 10.5% (9th) | 10.0% (9th) | 10.7% (8th) | 10.3% (9th) |
| 28 | December 10, 2017 | 12.9% (4th) | 11.7% (6th) | 14.6% (4th) | 14.1% (4th) |
| 29 | December 17, 2017 | 11.5% (7th) | 10.1% (8th) | 12.3% (5th) | 12.2% (6th) |
| 30 | December 17, 2017 | 12.2% (4th) | 10.9% (7th) | 14.3% (4th) | 14.2% (4th) |
| 31 | December 24, 2017 | 10.7% (7th) | 8.8% (8th) | 10.1% (7th) | 9.2% (8th) |
| 32 | December 24, 2017 | 13.9% (4th) | 12.1% (4th) | 14.2% (4th) | 13.2% (4th) |
| 33 | January 7, 2018 | 14.1% (6th) | 13.0% | 12.9% (6th) | 11.9% (7th) |
| 34 | January 7, 2018 | 18.1% (2nd) | 15.2% | 17.3% (3rd) | 16.1% (4th) |
| 35 | January 14, 2018 | 13.9% (4th) | 12.8% | 14.3% (5th) | 13.9% (5th) |
| 36 | January 14, 2018 | 17.6% (2nd) | 16.5% | 18.6% (3rd) | 18.1% (3rd) |
| 37 | January 21, 2018 | 15.2% (4th) | 14.1% | 14.5% (5th) | 13.5% (5th) |
| 38 | January 21, 2018 | 17.2% (3rd) | 16.3% | 17.2% (3rd) | 15.9% (4th) |
| 39 | January 28, 2018 | 15.8% (4th) | 15.1% | 15.5% (5th) | 14.8% (5th) |
| 40 | January 28, 2018 | 17.2% (3rd) | 16.6% | 18.2% (3rd) | 17.7% (4th) |
| 41 | February 4, 2018 | 13.6% (4th) | 12.8% | 13.0% (5th) | 12.2% (6th) |
| 42 | February 4, 2018 | 17.2% (3rd) | 16.1% | 17.9% (3rd) | 16.9% (3rd) |
| 43 | February 11, 2018 | 10.8% (7th) | 10.7% | 11.9% (7th) | 11.9% (6th) |
| 44 | February 25, 2018 | 7.8% (16th) | 8.4% | 7.8% (16th) | 7.9% (15th) |
| 45 | March 4, 2018 | 12.2% (6th) | 11.8% | 11.5% (6th) | 11.1% (8th) |
| 46 | March 4, 2018 | 18.1% (2nd) | 17.4% | 18.3% (2nd) | 17.6% (3rd) |
| 47 | March 11, 2018 | 11.4% (5th) | 11.1% | 11.4% (5th) | 11.2% (7th) |
| 48 | March 11, 2018 | 18.9% (2nd) | 18.0% | 19.1% (2nd) | 18.3% (2nd) |
| 49 | March 18, 2018 | 16.3% (3rd) | 16.0% | 15.9% (3rd) | 16.2% (4th) |
| 50 | March 18, 2018 | 18.2% (2nd) | 17.9% | 18.4% (2nd) | 18.1% (2nd) |
| Average | Average | 12.0% | % | 12.3% | 11.8% |
| Special | November 15, 2017 | — | — | 3.7% | — |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
| 2018 | 11th Korea Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actor | On Joo-wan | Won | |