On 1 Night & 2 Days, the teams led by chefs Jeong Ho-young and Sam Kim hit a rough patch during a high-stakes relay cook-off.
In the 5th episode on KBS2TV, chefs Sam Kim and Jeong Ho-young faced off in a relay challenge. They rotated every five minutes over a 30-minute window, leaving only the final 10-minute chef turns to finish the dishes.
Neither team had a completed plate. Team Jeong fell behind after delaying the oil, which never reached the proper frying temperature, while Team Sam Kim had a steak sauce ready but hadn’t even opened the meat packaging—putting them under serious pressure.
Sam Kim immediately began pulling sujebi dough (hand-torn Korean noodle soup), but the broth still hadn’t come to a boil, creating a tense moment. Calm under pressure, he finished the sujebi, rushed the sauce for the flounder lemon-butter grill, and moved straight into searing the steak.
With nine minutes left, Jeong started frying baby octopus despite the oil being a bit cool. Three minutes later he inspected the batch and admitted, “The fry’s ruined,” signaling a major setback.
Jeong quickly reassured his teammates—“Sorry, I’ve got a plan”—and Sam Kim, struggling with the stubbornly cool broth, searched out a stronger burner to kick the heat up.
Jeong then fried the deureup shrimp tempura, and luckily the oil hit the right temperature so they came out crisp and delicious. He didn’t stop there: he grabbed the botched baby octopus, threw it into a pan with chili sauce, stir-fried it, and miraculously turned the disaster into a saved, flavorful dish.
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