Prime Video announced on Feb. 17 that the unscripted Korean show “Jinny’s Kitchen,” featuring a stellar lineup running an overseas Korean restaurant, will be premiering exclusively on the service.
Actors Jung Yu-mi, Park Seo-jun (Park Seo-joon), and Choi Woo-shik will be rejoining star Lee Seo-jin in this new venture.
In addition, BTS member V will be the new castmate.
Prime Video customers in the U.S., UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, and Vietnam can watch new episodes of “Jinny’s Kitchen” every Friday, starting Feb. 24.
The show will launch globally in additional countries on Prime Video later in the spring.
The series
“Jinny’s Kitchen” follows the success of the “Youn’s Kitchen” franchise, produced by Korean entertainment company CJ ENM, which showed a cast of actors opening and running a small Korean restaurant overseas.
Lee Seo-jin will be stepping up as the leader of “Jinny’s Kitchen” and lead the team as they serve Korean street food in Bacalar, Mexico.
He is an actor by trade, but interestingly, also has a business management degree from the New York University Stern School of Business.
Park Seo-jun, Choi Woo-shik and BTS’ V are famously known to be close friends, and this is evident in how they joke around in the midst of the busy restaurant as they serve customers alongside Lee Seo-Jin.
Popular Korean content
“We know how popular Korean content is among our global Prime Video audiences, and when it comes to Korean unscripted shows there’s an air of the unexpected, anticipation, and excitements which fans will get from witnessing the real-life chemistry and friendship between the casts that build up over the season,” says David Simonsen, director of Prime Video, Southeast Asia.
He added, “In the past year, Prime Video continues to boost its Korean TV series offerings for its customers globally, including exclusive K-dramas such as Love in Contract, and fantasy-action Amazon Original series, Island. We hope to delight fans of Korean shows with ‘Jinny’s Kitchen,’ and are excited to see the show and this genre to find new audiences from different countries on Prime Video.”
Nah Yung Suk and Jang Eun Jeong, the directors of “Jinny’s Kitchen,” said, “All the cast has worked really hard in making Korean street food themselves. We expect fans to get very excited to see the five members’ struggles in their effort to satisfy international customers while running a Korean street food restaurant. We really hope this show will bring lots of fun and laughter to Korean and global viewers.”
Prime Video titles
“Jinny’s Kitchen” is an addition to the thousands of TV shows and movies in the Prime Video catalog, including exclusive titles from Southeast Asia, Korean titles such as “Island” and “Love in Contract,” anime hits such as “Chainsaw Man,” on top of award-winning and critically acclaimed Amazon Originals like “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,” “The Boys,” Tom Clancy’s “Jack Ryan,” and Emmy and Golden Globe winners ”Fleabag” and ”The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.”
Prime Video members will be able to watch “Jinny’s Kitchen” anywhere and anytime on hundreds of compatible devices.
In the Prime Video app, members can also download episodes on their mobile devices and tablets and watch anywhere offline at no additional cost. Find out more at www.primevideo.com and enjoy a seven-day promotional trial.