Three Meals a Day is a South Koreanrealitycooking show. It aired on Friday nights on tvN starting October 17, 2014. The cast live in a little rural or fishing villagethree days a week and use whatever food they find there to create three meals a day, while various celebrities from Seoul make guest appearances for dinner.
Production
-director Na Young-seok previously directed the popular variety shows2 Days & 1 Night, Grandpas Over Flowers, Sisters Over Flowers and Youth Over Flowers. When actor Lee Seo-jin was on Grandpas Over Flowers, the crew gave him the nickname "Cooking King" due to his poor cooking skills. Their jokes about Lee starring in a fake cooking show titled Cooking King Seo-jinnie eventually became the genesis for this show. Cast as his co-star was singer-actor Ok Taecyeon; the two had played brothers in the Korean drama seriesWonderful Days. The press conference for the show was held on October 15, 2014 at the 63 City Convention Center in Yeouido, and was streamed live on tvN's YouTube channel. Kim Kwang-kyu, who had previously been a guest in the first season, became a regular cast member for the second season. In addition to cooking three meals a day from scratch, Lee, Ok and Kim were given the additional task of growing and harvesting crops from spring to early fall. On October 13th, 2016, a press conference was held for Fishing Village season three of the show. Consisting Lee Seo-jin, who was previously on the show, and new members Eric Mun and Yoon Kyun-sang. The new season is to set to take on a fishing village theme. On July 1st, 2019 a new season with the theme of a mountain village, starring an all-female cast of Yum Jung-ah, Yoon Se-ah and Park So-dam, is confirmed. The first episode of this edition was broadcast on August 9, 2019.
Reception
Three Meals a Day drew a great response from Korean viewers and became a trending topic numerous times on Naver, a Korean search portal. It received viewership ratings of 6%, which is high for Korean cable television for which a 1% rating is considered a success. Originally 8 episodes were planned for the first season, but the show was extended by two episodes. A "director's cut" epilogue also aired, for a total of 11 episodes.
