2008 01 26 - Movie - Le Grand Chef

Le Grand Chef

Based on a very popular eponymous Manga series which began in 2002 (more than 600,000 copies sold), is an action packed comedy about Sung Chan (Kim Gang-woo), a young Korean chef who has lost his confidence after a terrible incident caused by his food. He is nevertheless been convinced to enter in a national competition, organized to find the true and only heir to the last royal chef of the Chosun Dynasty and inherited his famous knife and restaurant. Le Grand Chef is brimming with thrilling set pieces, broad humor, mouth-watering food and a skillful interweaving of heartfelt back stories.

Le Grand Chef is about a cooking contest between two grandsons of two apprentices of the Royal Chef. The reward will be a precious cooking knife with a very prestigious history attached to it.

Apparently this knife belonged to the last Korean Royal Chef of the Chosun Dynasty who used the said knife to cut his arms to show loyalty to his King.
The said knife was taken to Japan during that time and is coming home to Korea where it truly belong. Thus, a contest was created to search for a deserving new owner.

It stars Kim Gang-Woo, Im Won-Hee and Lee Ha-Na.