Entertainment · K-Culture & Anime · 1 day ago
Ahn Hyo-seop stars as a chef in JTBC drama Final Table
Final Table is an upcoming JTBC drama about a fictional cooking competition in South Korea.
Ahn Hyo-seop plays Kang Han, a skilled chef who returns to Korea after traveling around the world.
Restaurateur Choi Song-yi, played by Hong Hwa-yeon, asks him to compete because her late father’s restaurant is in danger of closing.
Kang Han says he has no intention of losing, but rival chef Cha Woo-jin, played by Jang Ryul, threatens to stop him.
The competition may have other motives, and the story also hints at a past tragedy involving Kang Han and a family food-service business.
The series is planned for 12 episodes and is set to premiere on October 24 in JTBC’s Saturday-Sunday slot.
Ahn Hyo-seop stars as chef Kang Han in JTBC’s upcoming cooking drama Final Table.
The drama follows Kang as he enters a fictional cooking competition called The Table: K Chef 2026.
Restaurateur Choi Song-yi asks Kang to help save her late father’s restaurant by winning the competition.
The story also features rival chef Cha Woo-jin and half-sisters fighting over their family’s food service company.
Final Table is scheduled to premiere on October 24, 2026, and is planned for twelve episodes.
- Who
- Ahn Hyo-seop stars as chef Kang Han, alongside Hong Hwa-yeon and Jang Ryul.
- What
- Final Table is a cooking drama about a chef entering a fictional reality cooking competition.
- When
- It is scheduled to premiere on October 24, 2026.
- Where
- JTBC; the story includes a restaurant in Korea.
- Why
- Choi Song-yi asks Kang to win the competition to save her late father’s restaurant.
Kang Han
Cha Woo-jin
Competition
Kang Han
Kang says he has no intention of losing.
Cha Woo-jin
Rival chef Cha Woo-jin threatens to stop Kang.
there are no set rules in cooking, only the law of nature
it’s only a meal
This story does not have a timeline yet.
- Lead actor
- Ahn Hyo-seop
- Drama
- Final Table
- Competition
- The Table: K Chef 2026
- Episode count
- 12
- Premiere date
- October 24, 2026
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