Feast of the Gods () is a 2012 South Korean television series, starring Sung Yu-ri, Seo Hyun-jin, Joo Sang-wook and Lee Sang-woo. The series follows the fate of two girls whose identities were switched and later become rival chefs of traditional royal cuisine. It aired on MBC from February 4 to May 20, 2012, on Saturdays and Sundays at 21:50 for 32 episodes.
Plot At the center of the drama is Arirang, a renowned restaurant that specializes in royal Korean cuisine. For generations, Arirang has chosen only the most expert and gifted chefs to continue its heritage of making traditional Korean food. When Sung Do-hee (Jeon In-hwa) is appointed the next successor, rival Baek Seol-hee (Kim Bo-yeon) will stop at nothing to claim her stake on the restaurant. The forces of greed and jealousy drive both women to risk family and happiness until unimaginable tragedy and loss strike both of their lives.
Several years later, Arirang is looking for a new successor. The hard-working and provincial Go Joon-young (Sung Yu-ri) becomes an unlikely candidate for the institution's next seat of power. However, Ha In-joo (Seo Hyun-jin), the daughter of Sung Do-hee, is determined to fill her mother's shoes. Joon-young and In-joo, it turns out, share more than just a desire to master Korean cuisine—their pasts, their loves, and who their identities are tangled in a breathtaking, tragic, and triumphant drama about what it means to preserve truth and integrity in the midst of lies and corruption.
Cast Sung Yu-ri as Go Joon-young Jung Min-ah as young Joon-young Seo Hyun-jin as Ha In-joo / Song Yeon-woo Joo Da-young as young In-joo Joo Sang-wook as Choi Jae-ha Lee Sang-woo as Kim Do-yoon Jeon In-hwa as Sung Do-hee Kim Bo-yeon as Baek Seol-hee Jung Hye-sun as Sun Noh-in Jung Dong-hwan as Ha Young-bum Jin Tae-hyun as Ha In-woo Park Sang-myun as Im Do-shik Seo Yi-sook as No Young-sim Sean Richard Dulake as Daniel Son Hwa-ryung as Kim Shin-young Yeon Min-ji as Jane Park Jeong-min as Jang Mi-so
Ratings Episode #Original broadcast date Average audience shareTNmS RatingsAGB NielsenNationwideSeoul National Capital AreaNationwideSeoul National Capital Area1 February 2, 201212.9%15.3%14.8%16.4%2 February 5, 201212.3%15.0%12.3%13.5%3 February 11, 201213.3%16.5%13.1%14.5%4 February 12, 201213.1%16.6%12.2%13.2%5 February 18, 201214.8%17.4%14.5%16.1%6 February 19, 201213.3%16.5%12.9%14.5%7 February 25, 201215.1%17.7%14.4%16.6%8 February 26, 201214.3%16.4%14.0%16.2%9 March 3, 201213.9%16.8%15.4%17.6%10 March 4, 201212.8%14.8%13.3%14.3%11 March 10, 201215.5%18.5%15.0%17.1%12 March 11, 201214.4%16.8%14.2%15.3%13 March 17, 201216.9%19.8%16.7%18.1%14 March 18, 201214.5%18.5%16.3%18.2%15 March 24, 201217.4%21.2%17.2%18.7%16 March 25, 201215.0%18.9%16.4%17.9%17 March 31, 201214.0%17.1%15.5%16.2%18 April 1, 201213.5%15.4%15.7%17.6%19 April 7, 201215.2%19.1%15.3%17.1%20 April 8, 201215.4%19.0%16.9%19.1%21 April 14, 201217.3%20.2%16.4%18.0%22 April 15, 201215.8%19.1%17.0%19.1%23 April 21, 201216.0%18.8%17.3%19.1%24 April 22, 201217.3%20.1%17.2%19.4%25 April 28, 201217.0%20.1%18.2%19.8%26 April 29, 201215.6%18.3%17.8%20.1%27 May 5, 201216.7%20.7%19.2%21.4%28 May 6, 201217.4%20.4%19.1%20.8%29 May 12, 201217.2%20.8%19.0%21.3%30 May 13, 201217.9%21.8%20.4%22.8%31 May 19, 201217.8%20.4%18.1%19.8%32 May 20, 201218.3%21.9%19.5%21.7% Average 15.4% 18.4% 16.1% 17.9%
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Recipient Result 2012 Excellence Award, Actor Joo Sang-wook Grand Prize (Daesang) Sung Yu-ri Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Special Project Drama Joo Sang-wook Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Special Project Drama Sung Yu-ri Excellence Award, Actor in a Special Project Drama Lee Sang-woo Excellence Award, Actress in a Special Project Drama Kim Bo-yeon Excellence Award, Actress in a Drama Serial Seo Hyun-jin Golden Acting Award, Actress Jeon In-hwa
International broadcast At the 18th Shanghai Television Festival in June 2012, the broadcast rights of the show were sold to Thailand.
References
External links Feast of the Gods official MBC website Feast of the Gods at MBC Global Media