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Stars' Top Recipe at Fun-Staurant

Stars' Top Recipe at Fun-Staurant is a South Korean television program that airs every Friday at 20:30 (KST) on KBS2, beginning October 25, 2019. The program is also available to watch on KBS World's YouTube channel from November 5, 2019.

Overview
Based on a theme, celebrities will develop and reveal their own creative recipes, plus cooking personally. They will also share various cooking tips and other related helping points. The competing dishes (that should be convenience store-friendly) are then judged by a judge squad, and the winning dish will be available in CU outlets around South Korea the next day after the announcement of the winning dish. In addition, the winning dishes, beginning Round 17, are also available in online markets, in the form of a meal kit. On May 2, 2022, it was announced that the show has signed a partnership with GS25. The winning dishes, beginning Round 41, will be available in GS25 outlets, instead of CU outlets. At the program's press conference held on March 27, 2025, it was announced that the program has signed a new partnership with Ourhome for future releases of the winning dishes via online, and in cafeterias of Ourhome offices. Proceeds from the sales of the winning dishes will be donated to charities. As reported on episode 300 of the show, the amount donated exceeded ₩782 million. Judge Squad From the show's premiere to Round 13, the celebrities' dishes were judged by a judge squad. The judge squad consisted of chefs and Lee Won-il, singer Lee Seung-chul and Kim Jung-hoon, the MD of CU. They will judge the dishes based on these categories: Taste, Texture, Originality, and Marketability. Lee Won-il has not appeared after Round 9, possibly due to the effects of the media reports accusing his wife Kim Yoo-jin of bullying behaviour in the past. From Rounds 14 to 16, the judge squad consisted of 20 individuals (5 each from the age groups: the 10s, the 20s, the 30s-40s and the 50s-60s). The 20 individuals could include idol singers or the sons/daughters of celebrities. The judge squad also include the guest host(s) of the round and chef Lee Yeon-bok. The judging criteria remains the same. Due to this change, Lee Seung-chul and Kim Jung-hoon have no longer appeared on the show from Round 14. From Rounds 17 to 40, the judge squad consisted of only chefs, including Lee Yeon-bok as the head judge. Lee Won-il reappeared as part of the judge squad alongside Lee Yeon-bok from Round 33 to Round 40. From Rounds 41 to 80, a judge squad consisting of Lee Yeon-bok and various experts, together with the special host(s) of the round, would decide in the winning dish. The judge squad would taste the competing dishes without knowing who cooked them. From Round 81, in each round, each of the competing chefs would personally cook the competing dishes to the judge squad, which consists of Ourhome's staff members, including chefs, researchers and nutritionists. ==Cast==
Cast
Host Fixed Judge Squad Other than being part of the judge squad to judge the food, they will sit together with the guest host(s) and the cast lineup to watch the recorded clips of the celebrities preparing their creative recipes. Current Former Special Judge Squad ==Episodes (2019)==
Episodes (2019)
• Notes: • No broadcast on December 27 due to the broadcast of 2019 KBS Song Festival. ==Episodes (2020)==
Episodes (2020)
• Notes: • No broadcast on November 20 due to the live broadcast of the 2020 KBO League's 2020 Korean Series. • No broadcast on December 18 due to the live broadcast of the 2020 KBS Song Festival. ==Episodes (2021)==
Episodes (2021)
• Notes: • No broadcast on November 26 due to the live broadcast of the 42nd Blue Dragon Film Awards. • No broadcast on December 17 due to the live broadcast of the 2021 KBS Song Festival. • No broadcast on December 31 due to the live broadcast of the 2021 KBS Drama Awards. ==Episodes (2022)==
Episodes (2022)
• Notes: • No broadcast on February 11 due to the live broadcast of the 2022 Winter Olympics. • No broadcast on October 14, and a special broadcast was aired, featuring Ryu Soo-young in Rounds 45 and 48, Lee Chan-won in Round 46, and Cha Ye-ryun in Round 45. • No broadcast on November 25 due to the live broadcast of the 43rd Blue Dragon Film Awards. • No broadcast on December 16 due to the broadcast of 2022 KBS Song Festival. ==Episodes (2023)==
Episodes (2023)
• Notes: • No broadcast on March 10 due to the live broadcast of the 2023 World Baseball Classic. • No broadcast on October 6 due to the live broadcast of the 2022 Asian Games. • No broadcast on November 24 due to the live broadcast of the 44th Blue Dragon Film Awards. • No broadcast on December 15 due to the live broadcast of the 2023 Music Bank Global Festival. ==Episodes (2024)==
Episodes (2024)
• Notes: • No broadcast on August 2 and 9 due to the live broadcast of the 2024 Summer Olympics. • No broadcast on November 29 due to the live broadcast of the 45th Blue Dragon Film Awards. • No broadcast on December 20 due to the live broadcast of the 2024 Music Bank Global Festival. ==Episodes (2025)==
Episodes (2025)
• Notes: • No broadcast on January 3 in light of the Jeju Air Flight 2216 accident. • No broadcast on July 18 due to the live broadcast of the 4th Blue Dragon Series Awards. • No broadcast on December 19 due to the live broadcast of the 2025 Music Bank Global Festival. ==Episodes (2026)==
Ratings
• Ratings listed below are the individual corner ratings of ''Stars' Top Recipe at Fun-Staurant''. (Note: Individual corner ratings do not include commercial time, which regular ratings include.) • In the ratings below, the highest rating for the show will be in and the lowest rating for the show will be in each year. 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 ==Awards and nominations==
Spin-off
On September 3, 2025, KBS announced a spin-off of the program titled ''Ko So-young's Pub-Staurant'', hosted by Ko So-young who returned to hosting in KBS after 28 years. The series will be aired on the KBS Entertainment YouTube channel and KBS2 beginning September 8, and lasted for 10 episodes. ==Notes==
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