GS25 to launch line of 'Culinary Class Wars' meals

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GS25 to launch line of 'Culinary Class Wars' meals

Published: 09 Oct. 2024, 16:14 Updated: 09 Oct. 2024, 16:56

CHO YONG-JUN
cho.yongjun1@joongang.co.kr

GS25 will collaborate with “Culinary Class Wars” chefs to release a variety of ready meals, the convenience store chain said Wednesday. [GS25]

GS25 will release a line of precooked meals in collaboration with “Culinary Class Wars” contestants, the convenience store chain announced Wednesday.

The Convenience Store Spoon Series will include bossam suyuk (napa wraps with boiled pork), side dishes and a French toast sandwich developed by Kim Mi-ryung — known on the show as Auntie Omakase #1 — lazji (firecracker chicken) of Cho Kwang-ho — known on the show as Comic Book Chef — and Lim Tae-hoon's mala xiangguo (stir-fried hot pot) and stir-fried seafood with beef and rice as well as Jang Ho-jun's fish cake soup and beef green onion udon.

The dishes did not necessarily all appear on the show, the convenience store chain told the JoongAng Daily, but the four chefs were involved in selecting the menu.

Comic Book chef’s two dishes will hit shelves first, with preorders open on GS25’s mobile app from Oct. 17 to 19. The remaining meals will be released by the end of October.

GS25 will also host an event on Sunday where customers can meet chefs Kim and Jang and taste their dishes. Interested participants can apply on GS25's Instagram account.

Netflix's 12-episode series “Culinary Class Wars” pitted 80 Black Spoon chefs, or lesser-known chefs, against 20 White Spoon chefs, the higher-powered and renowned professionals. The show, which came to an end on Tuesday, was the most watched non-English series globally for two consecutive weeks since its Sept. 17 release on the streaming platform.

Competing convenience store chain CU announced Tuesday that it would launch a marron tiramisu product developed by Chef Napoli Matfia, who also appeared in the Netflix series. GS25 previously worked with the streaming service to release Netflix-branded popcorn.

“GS25, as Netflix's official partner, was able to quickly commercialize 'Culinary Class Wars' chef's signature menus,” GS25 said in a news release Wednesday. “With the trend of gourmet food still steaming, GS25 will continue to develop new products to provide new and tasty experiences to customers.”

BY CHO YONG-JUN [cho.yongjun1@joongang.co.kr]