# Dali & Cocky Prince

Dali & Cocky Prince (Korean: 달리와 감자탕) is a 2021 South Korean television series starring Kim Min-jae, Park Gyu-young, Kwon Yul, Hwang Hee, and Yeonwoo. It is about the romance between a parvenu who lacks education, and the daughter of a prestigious family who tries to save a collapsed art museum. It aired on KBS2 from September 22 to November 11, 2021.

## Synopsis

Visiting researcher Kim Dali meets restaurateur Jin Moo-hak in a case of mistaken identity in the Netherlands. When her father dies, Dali returns home to take over management of her family's struggling art museum. Moo-hak is a major creditor of the art museum, and they meet again unexpectedly when he arrives to collect his debts. Gradually, Moo-hak realizes that he wants to turn the museum's fortunes around to help Dali rather than solely get his money back.

## Cast
### Main

* Kim Min-jae as Jin Moo-hak, the director of Dondon F&B, a company that started as a small gamja-tang restaurant and has grown into a global food service company with more than 400 franchise stores. He has natural sense of talking skills, trade, and money.
* Park Gyu-young as Kim Dali, a visiting researcher at Saint Müller Museum who later becomes the director of Cheong-song Art Museum. She is well-versed in various fields, fluent in seven languages and has a good personality, but lacks skills in household chores – including cooking.
* Kwon Yul as Jang Tae-jin, Dali's first love who is the head of Century Group's planning and coordination team.
* Hwang Hee as Joo Won-tak, a detective from the violent crime squad who was supported by Dali's father.
* Yeonwoo as Ahn Chak-hee, a gallerist and the daughter of a National Assembly member.

### Supporting
#### People in the art museum

* Jang Gwang as Kim Nak-cheon, Dali's father who is the director of Cheong-song Art Museum.
* Woo Hee-jin as Song Sa-bong, a curator at Cheong-song Art Museum.
* Ahn Se-ha as Han Byung-se, an elite curator at Cheong-song Art Museum.
* Yoo Hyung-gwan [ko] as Hwang Gi-dong, facility management department engineer.
* Song Ji-won [ko] as Na Gong-joo, an intern at the art museum.
* Lee Jae-woo as Kim Si-hyung, Nak-cheon's nephew.

#### People around Moo-hak

* Ahn Gil-kang as Jin Baek-won, Moo-hak's father who is the chairman of Dondon F&B.
* Seo Jeong-yeon as So Geum-ja, Moo-hak's stepmother and Baek-won's wife.
* Lee Je-yeon [ko] as Jin Ki-cheol, Moo-hak's stepbrother and the head of Dondon F&B's planning department.
* Hwang Bo-ra as Yeo Mi-ri, Moo-hak's secretary.

### Special appearances

* Jeong Kyu-soo [ko]
* Hong Seok-cheon as Chef Hong Seok-cheon (Ep. 1)
* Park Sang-myun as Ahn Sang-tae

## Production and release

The male lead role was first offered to actor Lee Jae-wook.
Filming was scheduled to begin in April 2021. The series was originally scheduled to be aired between November and December 2021, but KBS decided to premiere it earlier.

## Viewership

| Season | Season | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number |
| Season | Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| | 1 | N/A | 682 | 790 | 911 | 762 | 882 | 897 | 809 | 799 | 794 | 792 | 849 | 828 | 823 | 864 | 861 |
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Average audience share | Average audience share | Average audience share |
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Nielsen Korea | Nielsen Korea | TNmS |
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide |
| 1 | September 22, 2021 | 4.4% (N/A) | 4.9% (18th) | N/A |
| 2 | September 23, 2021 | 4.3% (16th) | 4.5% (15th) | N/A |
| 3 | September 29, 2021 | 5.1% (18th) | 4.8% (18th) | N/A |
| 4 | September 30, 2021 | 5.3% (11th) | 5.4% (12th) | N/A |
| 5 | October 6, 2021 | 5.1% (14th) | 5.0% (17th) | 4.2% (20th) |
| 6 | October 7, 2021 | 5.4% (11th) | 5.5% (11th) | 4.6% (14th) |
| 7 | October 13, 2021 | 5.3% (14th) | 5.4% (11th) | 4.5% (18th) |
| 8 | October 14, 2021 | 5.2% (12th) | 5.3% (12th) | 4.6% (14th) |
| 9 | October 20, 2021 | 5.2% (13th) | 5.4% (13th) | 4.1% (18th) |
| 10 | October 21, 2021 | 4.9% (15th) | 4.9% (14th) | 4.5% (18th) |
| 11 | October 27, 2021 | 4.9% (15th) | 5.1% (15th) | 4.8% (17th) |
| 12 | October 28, 2021 | 5.4% (11th) | 5.6% (10th) | 4.6% (14th) |
| 13 | November 3, 2021 | 5.1% (16th) | 4.8% (16th) | 4.8% (15th) |
| 14 | November 4, 2021 | 5.0% (13th) | 5.1% (13th) | 4.3% (16th) |
| 15 | November 10, 2021 | 5.3% (15th) | 5.5% (13th) | 4.2% (17th) |
| 16 | November 11, 2021 | 5.7% (12th) | 5.7% (10th) | 4.1% (20th) |
| Average | Average | 5.1% | 5.2% | — |
| In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. N/A denotes that the rating/ranking is not known. |||||