Overview
- The season closed on Jan. 13 with a one-on-one final after four weeks of blind-judged challenges on Netflix.
- In an interview posted Jan. 14 on Netflix Korea’s channel, Lee Ha-sung apologized for causing discomfort with his words during filming.
- Lee said he is in New York overseeing final site inspections for Oyatte, a fine-dining restaurant he plans to open using a highly seasonal approach tied to a single upstate farm.
- Season 2 remained prominent on Netflix’s Global Top 10 (Non-English), holding No. 1 for two weeks and appearing at No. 3 in a later tally.
- Viewer interest translated offline, with a Naver Map list of contestants’ restaurants logging about 600,000 views and roughly 100,000 saves.