# Chocolate (South Korean TV series)

Chocolate (Korean: 초콜릿; RR: Chokollit) is a 2019 South Korean television series starring Yoon Kye-sang, Ha Ji-won, Jang Seung-jo, Teo Yoo and Min Jin-woong. Produced by JYP Pictures, it aired on JTBC from November 29, 2019 to January 18, 2020.

## Synopsis

The story of a man who became a neurosurgeon though he dreamt of becoming a cook, and a woman who became a cook because of him.

## Cast
### Main

| Actor | Character | Role |
| Yoon Kye-sang | Lee Kang | Raised in seaside town Wando at his mother's restaurant. Moves to Seoul and becomes a neurosurgeon. Works at Geosung University Hospital before changing to Geosung Hospice. |
| Ha Ji-won | Moon Cha-yeong | Raised to be an actress but becomes a chef. Abandoned by her mother and survives a shopping mall collapse. |
| Jang Seung-jo | Lee Joon | Kang's cousin. Also a neurosurgeon but wants to be a potter. |
| Teo Yoo | Kwon Min-seong | Kang's best friend. A lawyer whose father administrates Geosung Hospice. He pursues Cha-yeong. |
| Min Jin-woong | Moon Tae-hyun | Cha-yeong's brother who also abandoned her but shows up later to mooch off of his sister. |

### Supporting
#### Kang's family

* Kang Boo-ja as Han Yong-seol - Kang's & Joon's grandmother. CEO of Geosung Hospital.
* Lee Jae-ryong as Lee Seung-hoon - Joon's father
* Kim Sun-kyung as Yoon Hye-mi - Joon's mother
* Lee Eon-jung as Jeong Soo-hee - Kang's mother
* Yoon Ye-hee as Lee Seo-hoon - Joon's paternal aunt

#### People at the hospital paleontologists

* Kim Won-hae as Kwon Hyeon-seok - Administrator of Geosung Hospice, Kwon Min-Seong's father.
* Kim Ho-jung as Han Seon-ae - Kwon's ex-wife. Chef who volunteers in the hospice kitchen.
* Ha Young as Kim Hee-ju - Hospice patient. A potter who taught Joon pottery.
* Yeom Hye-ran as Ha Yeong-sil - Hospice nurse.
* Lee Ju-yoen as Bae Na-ra - Hospice nurse whose father forcefully removes her from the hospice.

#### Others

* Yoo In-soo as Jo Seung-goo
* Lee Yong-yi as Jang Sook-ja
* Jang Duk-joo as Ha Dong-goo - fisherman who loved Kang's mother and treated Kang as a son
* Lee Hyo-bin as Kim In-joo - Kwon Min-seong's fiance

### Special appearances

* Kim Yu-bin as Oh Jeong-Bok (Ep. 11, Ep. 12 & Ep. 13) - Kang's childhood friend and Ha Dong-goo's niece
* Lina as woman in the museum (Ep. 16) - Lina and Jang Seung-jo (Joon) are married in real life
* Yoon Bo-ra as Hui Na (Ep. 13, Ep 15 & Ep 16) - hospice patient and youtuber.

## Production

Chocolate marks screenwriter Lee Kyung-hee and director Lee Hyung-min's first collaboration in 15 years, after having worked together on the critically acclaimed television series I'm Sorry, I Love You (2004).

## Original soundtrack
### Chart performance

| Title | Year | Peak positions | Remarks | Ref. |
| Title | Year | KOR | Remarks | Ref. |
| "Just Look For You" (그저 바라본다) (Ailee) | 2019 | 85 | Part 5 | |

## 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 | Average |
| Season | Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Average |
| | 1 | 821 | 1028 | 930 | 1062 | 844 | 842 | 879 | 931 | 814 | 809 | 873 | 919 | 698 | 959 | 755 | 959 | 883 |