PD Kim Hak-min went to see Ahn Sung-jae thinking, 'If we have the only 3-star Michelin chef in Korea, wouldn't the contestants actually respect the judging?'
When he met Ahn at his restaurant, Ahn said, 'If I'm the judge, no one in Korea would be able to talk back.'
The PD thought, 'Damn, he's cocky,' but then realized, 'Wait, this is the guy,' and cast him right then and there based on that one line.
"Netizens are debating the 'authority gap' between a 3-star Michelin chef and a celebrity businessman, with many poking fun at Baek Jong-won's simplified critiques and his signature dialect."
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