Overview
- Netflix confirms a Dec. 16 launch alongside the main trailer that frames the new season’s stakes and structure.
- An expanded White Spoon roster features chefs such as Lee Jun, Son Jong-won, Venerable Sunjae, Hou Deok-juk, Park Hyo-nam, Jung Ho-young, Sam Kim, Raymon Kim, Song Hoon, and Im Seong-keun, with additional names including Chun Sang-hyun, Choi Yu-gang, Jennie Walldèn, Shim Sung-chul, Lee Keum-hee, Kim Sung-woon, Kim Geon, and Kim Hee-eun.
- Black Spoon competitors return under aliases like “Three Star Killer,” “Seochon Prince,” “Culinary Monster,” and “Barbecue Lab Director,” with newcomers “Culinary Innovator” and “Wok Rider.”
- Season 2 retains blind tastings and introduces new rules including the unexpected comeback of two masked contestants seeking redemption.
- The trailer highlights a 100-contestant field comprising 18 White Spoon chefs and 80 Black Spoon chefs with two hidden White Spoon entrants to be revealed later, as producers Kim Hak-min and Kim Eun-ji and writer Mo Eun-sol return with Studio Slam following a breakout first season.