''The Best Cooking Secrets'' is a South Korean

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that premiered on 2 October 2000 on

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and airs from Monday to Friday at 10:50AM KST. It is the longest-running cooking program in South Korea. The program is hosted by

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Format

''The Best Cooking Secrets'' format focuses on food preparations and giving instructions to the viewers on the best way to cook everyday meals. A different guest made up of chefs and celebrities will attend the show every week and demonstrate on how to make different dishes in every episodes. At the end of an episode, the host will taste the dish and give their opinions. The cooking show airs for around 30 minutes from Monday to Friday at 10:50AM KST. A compilation of the week's episode airs on Saturday at 11:00AM KST.

Hosts

The show had had twelve hosts since its inceptions: *Kim Hye-young (20002002) *Hwang Hyun-jung (20022004) * Im Ho (2004) *

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(20042005) * Jeong Ji-yeong (20052006) *

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(20062007) * Myung Se-bin (20072008) *

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(20082012) * Yoon Hyung-bin (20122015) *

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Episodes

''The Best Cooking Secrets'' first aired on 2 October 2000. As of March 2015, 2830 episodes were aired.

References

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