Man in the Kitchen

Man in the Kitchen is a 2017 South Korean television series starring Choi Soo-young, On Joo-wan, Seo Hyo-rim, and Park Jin-woo. The series aired on MBC every Saturday and Sunday from 8:45 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. (KST). It was then later changed to air 2 episodes every Sunday from 8:45 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. (KST) from November 12 onwards.

Synopsis
Lee Roo-ri (Choi Soo-young) tries to get a job at big company, but she gives up. She doesn't have a good relationship with her strict father. Lee Roo-ri decides to travel to Guam to get away. There, she meets Jung Tae-yang (On Joo-wan) who goes by the YOLO motto. He wanders around the world and places priority on his happiness, but he also carries an emotional wound.

After she meets Jung Tae-yang, Lee Roo-ri experiences a turning point in her life.

Main

 * Choi Soo-young as Lee Roo-ri - the jobless daughter of Lee Shin-mo and Hong Young-hye. she went through a rough childhood because of Shin-mo, and later accepts a job offer to a food company
 * Choi Yoo-ri as young Lee Roo-ri
 * On Joo-wan as Jung Tae-yang - the biological son of Kevin Miller, he's a smart but easily annoyed man. throughout the series, he finds more and more about his backstory
 * Seo Hyo-rim as Ha Yeon-joo- the spoiled daughter of Yoon-Choon ok, who later gets into an on off relationship with Lee So-won
 * Park Jin-woo as Lee So-won- Roo-ri's brother and Lee Shin-mo and Hong Young-hye's son. He was pampered by Shin-mo as a kid, and works as a doctor. He later gets into an on off relationship with Ha Yeon-joo

Roo-ri's household

 * Kim Kap-soo as Lee Shin-mo- the rich father of Roo-ri and So-won. he's a gruff, self centered, abusive man who pampers So-won and disregards Roo-ri as a waste. however, later throughout the series, he grows to become kinder and kinder, revealing that he had always cared for Roo-ri
 * Kim Mi-sook as Hong Young-hye- the abused and worked out wife of Shin-mo. Shes constantly burned out due to Shin-mo, and later moves out and works at a mattress store
 * Kim Soo-mi as Yang Choon-ok- the rich mother of Ha Yeon-joo. she constantly feels guilt of leaving her little brother at a train station while trying to escape their abusive mother

Tae-yang's household

 * Lee Il-hwa as Jung Hwa-young- Taeyang's biological mother
 * Shim Hyung-tak as Go Jung-do- Taeyang's step-father who works at a bakery
 * Song Kang as Kim Woo-joo- Taeyang's step brother. he's constantly caring for Eun-byul
 * Kim Ji-young as Go Eun-byul- Taeyang's step sister and Woo-joo's sister.
 * Lee Jae-ryong as Kevin Miller- Taeyang's biological father and Choon-ok's brother. he went to the US after being left behind by Choon-ok at a train station, but later becomes the head of a foods company.

Extended

 * Lee Kyu-jung as Jung Soo-mi
 * Han Ki-woong as Hee-cheol
 * Kim Hye-yoon as Jung Soo-ji
 * Choi Su-rin as Susanna / Lee Kyeong-hwa
 * Jo Mi-ryung as Choi Teresa
 * Lee Jung-hyuk as Manager Kim
 * Kim Ji-sook as Choi Sun-young
 * Tae Hang-ho as Noh Ji-shim
 * Lee Cheol-min as Kim Jin-ho
 * Hong Seo-jun as Director Park
 * Moon Seul-a as Nurse Choi
 * Kim Moo-young as Kim Sung-tan
 * Lee Si-eon as Bong Myung-tae

Ratings

 * In this table, The blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.