The Best Cooking Secrets

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.

The show had had twelve hosts since its inceptions:

• Kim Hye-young (2000{{ndash}}2002){{cite news |url=http://m.hani.co.kr/arti/culture/culture_general/102867.html |date=16 February 2006 |accessdate=27 April 2020 |script-title=ko:'김혜영의 싱글벙글 요리' 책 펴낸 방송가 살림꾼 김혜영씨 |trans-title='Kim Hye-young's Single Bungle Cooking' Kim Hye-young publishes a cooking book for housewives |language=ko |work=Hankyoreh}}
• Hwang Hyun-jung (2002{{ndash}}2004){{cite news |url=https://mnews.joins.com/amparticle/4363694 |script-title=ko:아나운서 황현정 EBS 요리프로 진행 |trans-title=Announcer Hwang Hyun-jung will host EBS's cooking show |date=21 October 2002 |accessdate=27 April 2020 |language=ko |work=JoongAng Ilbo}}
• Im Ho (2004){{cite news |url=https://m.chosun.com/news/article.amp.html?sname=news&contid=2004072970181 |script-title=ko:임호, 시트콤 '기막힌 동거'서 신동엽과 맞짱 |trans-title=Im Ho together with Shin Dong-yup in sitcom 'Perfect Living Together' |date=29 July 2004 |accessdate=27 April 2020 |language=ko |work=Chosun}}
• Jung Ae-ri (2004{{ndash}}2005)
• Jeong Ji-yeong (2005{{ndash}}2006)
• Kim Ji-ho (2006{{ndash}}2007){{cite news |url=https://m.mk.co.kr/news/home/view-amp/2006/08/376356/ |script-title=ko:탤런트 김지호 MC로 '최고의 요리비결' 진행 |trans-title=Actress Kim Ji-ho become the MC of 'The Best Cooking Secrets' |date=29 August 2006 |accessdate=27 April 2020 |language=ko |work=Maeil Daily Newspaper}}
• Myung Se-bin (2007{{ndash}}2008){{cite news |script-title=ko:명세빈, EBS '최고의 요리 비결' MC |trans-title=Myung Se-bin, MC of EBS's 'The Best Cooking Secrets' |work=KBS |date=28 August 2007 |accessdate=28 April 2020 |language=ko |url=http://mn.kbs.co.kr/mobile/news/view.do?ncd=1415488}}
• Park Soo-hong (2008{{ndash}}2012){{cite news |url=https://mnews.joins.com/article/3052670 |script-title=ko:박수홍, EBS '최고의 요리비결' MC 발탁 |trans-title=Park Soo-hoong is chosen as the MC of EBS's 'The Best Cooking Secrets' |date=25 August 2008 |accessdate=28 April 2020 |language=ko |work=JoongAng Ilbo}}
• Yoon Hyung-bin (2012{{ndash}}2015){{cite news |url=https://m.yna.co.kr/amp/view/AKR20120223064000005 |script-title=ko:윤형빈, EBS '최고의 요리비결' 진행 |trans-title=Yoon Hyung-bin hosts EBS's 'The Best Cooking Secrets' |date=23 February 2012 |work=Yonhap News Agency |accessdate=28 April 2020 |language=ko}}
• Hwang Kwanghee (2015{{ndash}}2017, since 2022){{cite news |script-title=ko:광희, '최고의 요리비결' MC |trans-title=Kwanghee, MC of 'The Best Cooking Secrets' |url=https://mnews.joins.com/article/17240080 |date=27 February 2015 |accessdate=28 April 2020 |language=ko |work=JoongAng Ilbo}}{{cite news |url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/415/0000007579 |script-title=ko:김동완→황광희, '최고의 요리비결' MC 교체...5년 만에 귀환 |trans-title=Kim Dong-wan → Hwang Kwang-hee, 'The Best Cooking Secret' MC replacement... Returning after 5 years |author=Kim Ye-na |work=Naver |date=24 January 2022 |access-date=28 January 2022 |language=ko}}
• Leeteuk (2017{{ndash}}2020){{cite news |url=https://m.yna.co.kr/amp/view/AKR20170112149100033 |date=January 12, 2017 |accessdate=December 10, 2019 |language=Korean |script-title=ko:요리 초보 이특, EBS '최고의 요리비결' MC 발탁 |trans-title=Leeteuk, a novice cook is selected as MC of EBS's 'Best Cooking Secret' |work=Yonhap News Agency}}
• Kim Dong-wan (2020{{ndash}}2022){{cite news |url=http://m.sports.khan.co.kr/amp/view.html?art_id=202007231608003&sec_id=540201 |script-title=ko:김동완, 이특 이어 '최고의 요리비결' MC 발탁 |trans-title=Kim Dong-wan, Leeteuk's successor as 'The Best Cooking Secrets' MC |work=Kyunghan Shinmun |date=23 July 2020 |accessdate=18 August 2020 |language=ko}}

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

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Category:South Korean cooking television series

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