Pasta (TV series)

Pasta

Promotional poster for Pasta
Genre Romantic comedy
Written by Seo Sook-hyang
Directed by Kwon Seok-jang
Starring
Opening theme "Pasta Intro" by Moon Seong-nam
Ending theme "Lucky Day" by Every Single Day
Country of origin South Korea
Original language(s) Korean
No. of episodes 20
Production
Executive producer(s) Lee Un-jeong
Producer(s) Son Ok-hyun
Running time 60 minutes
Release
Original network Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation
Original release January 4 (2010-01-04) – March 9, 2010 (2010-03-09)
External links
Website
Korean name
Hangul 파스타
Revised Romanization Paseuta
McCune–Reischauer Pasŭt'a

Pasta (Hangul: 파스타) is a 2010 South Korean television series starring Gong Hyo-jin, Lee Sun-kyun, Lee Ha-nui and Alex Chu. The workplace romantic comedy is about the dreams and struggles of a young woman who aspires to become an elite chef.[1][2][3] It aired on MBC from January 4 to March 9, 2010 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes.

Plot

Seo Yoo-kyung started her career as a kitchen assistant at La Sfera restaurant for 3 years. Her dream is to become an Italian cuisine chef. She eventually works her way up to become a chef. One day, the La Sfera restaurant newly hires Choi Hyun-wook, a chef who went to culinary school in Italy. Upon his arrival, the female chefs are fired one by one and Yoo-kyung finds herself to be the last woman standing. She's fired several times but comes up with ways to be rehired by Choi Hyun-wook. Eventually she's rehired permanently when she wins a blind taste contest. The newly hired president, Kim San hires his friend and celebrity chef Sae-young as a co-head chef to work with Hyun-wook. It turns out that Sae-young and Hyun-wook used to date each other when they were both studying at the Italian culinary school. But they broke up after Sae-young sabotaged his wine by boiling it to win a cooking contest. They turn into rivals and try to outdo each other in making the finest Italian cuisine. Working alongside two celebrity chefs, Yoo-kyung feels small and insignificant. She gradually develops feelings for the charismatic Hyun-wook. However, restaurant owner Kim San begins to become attracted to the spunky Yoo-kyung and the relationships between them become fraught with complexities.[4]

Cast

Main characters

Supporting characters

Reception

The culinary drama, which premiered in Korea on January 4, 2010, started off with ratings around 13 percent and went on to breach the 20 percent mark. According to daily statistics released by research firms TNS Media Korea and AGB Nielsen Media Research, it recorded national viewership ratings of 21.5 and 21.2 percent, respectively, for its final episode.[18]

The show received positive feedback from viewers with its well-balanced combination of a good script, directing and acting.[19][20][21][22]

Ratings

Date Episode Nationwide Seoul
2010-01-04 1 12.2% (13th) 13.4% (9th)
2010-01-05 2 11.9% (12th) 12.9% (10th)
2010-01-11 3 11.9% (14th) 13.2% (9th)
2010-01-12 4 12.7% (11th) 14.5% (9th)
2010-01-18 5 10.9% (16th) 12.2% (12th)
2010-01-19 6 13.5% (10th) 15.4% (8th)
2010-01-25 7 13.0% (11th) 15.0% (8th)
2010-01-26 8 14.9% (9th) 17.0% (7th)
2010-02-01 9 14.3% (11th) 16.4% (11th)
2010-02-02 10 15.7% (7th) 18.2% (5th)
2010-02-08 11 15.3% (6th) 17.3% (5th)
2010-02-09 12 16.2% (7th) 17.9% (5th)
2010-02-15 13 14.7% (6th) 15.8% (5th)
2010-02-16 14 16.3% (5th) 18.3% (5th)
2010-02-22 15 14.7% (7th) 16.0% (6th)
2010-02-23 16 16.3% (6th) 18.3% (3rd)
2010-03-01 17 19.7% (3rd) 21.6% (2nd)
2010-03-02 18 19.0% (3rd) 20.5% (2nd)
2010-03-08 19 19.9% (1st) 22.3% (1st)
2010-03-09 20 21.5% (1st) 24.2% (1st)
Average 15.2% 17.0%

Source: TNS Media Korea

International Broadcast

Country Network Series premiere Title
India India Puthuyugam TV பாஸ்தா (K-Series)
 Iran IRIB Namayesh December 26, 2015 – January 14, 2016 پاستا (Pasta)

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Recipient Result
2010
CETV Awards[23][24]
Top 10 Asian Stars Gong Hyo-jin Won
Lee Sun-kyun Won
MBC Drama Awards[25] Best Couple Award Lee Sun-kyun and Gong Hyo-jin Won
Best New Actor Alex Chu Nominated
Top Excellence Award, Actor Lee Sun-kyun Nominated
Top Excellence Award, Actress Gong Hyo-jin Won

References

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  2. Han, Sang-hee (December 29, 2009). "TV Dramas to Look Forward to in 2010". The Korea Times. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
  3. Oh, Jean (January 4, 2010). "Six dramas revamping 2010 lineup". The Korea Herald. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
  4. "Pasta". MBC Global Media. Retrieved November 13, 2012.
  5. Han, Sang-hee (January 5, 2010). "Heroines Line Up for Dramas in 2010". The Korea Times. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
  6. Kang, Myoung-seok (March 4, 2011). "INTERVIEW: Actress Kong Hyo-jin - Part 2". 10Asia. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
  7. Kang, Myoung-seok (March 4, 2011). "INTERVIEW: Actress Kong Hyo-jin - Part 3". 10Asia. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
  8. Choi, Ji-eun (March 9, 2010). "Character Seo Yu-kyung on TV series Pasta". 10Asia. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
  9. Beck, Una (April 7, 2010). "INTERVIEW: Actor Lee Sun-kyun - Part 1". 10Asia. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
  10. Beck, Una (April 6, 2010). "INTERVIEW: Actor Lee Sun-kyun - Part 2". 10Asia. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
  11. Beck, Una (April 6, 2010). "INTERVIEW: Actor Lee Sun-kyun - Part 3". 10Asia. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
  12. Wee, Geun-woo (December 9, 2010). "INTERVIEW: Actor Lee Sun-kyun - Part 1". 10Asia. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
  13. Choi, Ji-eun (January 14, 2010). "Choi Hyun-wook sets La Sfera on alarm in Pasta". 10Asia. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
  14. Oh, Jean (March 29, 2010). "Alex, behind the scenes of Pasta". The Korea Herald. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
  15. Kang, Myoung-seok (April 1, 2010). "INTERVIEW: Clazziquai's Alex - Part 1". 10Asia. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
  16. Kang, Myoung-seok (April 1, 2010). "INTERVIEW: Clazziquai's Alex - Part 2". 10Asia. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
  17. Wee, Geun-woo (February 2, 2010). "MY NAME IS: Kim Hyun-woo". 10Asia. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
  18. Kim, Lynn (March 10, 2010). "Pasta makes proud exit from small screen". 10Asia. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
  19. Choi, Ji-eun (January 28, 2010). "REVIEW: MBC TV series Pasta - Episode 8". 10Asia. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
  20. Wee, Geun-woo; Kim, Sun-young (February 11, 2010). "REVIEW: MBC TV series Pasta". 10Asia. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
  21. Kim, Lynn (March 11, 2010). "REVIEW: TV series Pasta - Final Episode". 10Asia. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
  22. Choi, Ji-eun (December 31, 2010). "2010 10Asia's Awards: Writer & Actor of the Year". 10Asia. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
  23. Kim, Lynn (June 18, 2010). "Kong Hyo-jin makes top ten Asian actors list in China". 10Asia. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
  24. Kim, Lynn (June 21, 2010). "Kim Nam-joo wins grand prize at award ceremony in China". 10Asia. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
  25. Hong, Lucia (December 31, 2010). "Kim Nam-joo, Han Hyo-joo win grand prize at MBC Acting Awards". 10Asia. Retrieved April 28, 2013.

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