"Winner" Hwang Jio said, "I'm confident of my choice with 'The Heavenly Bakery'." [a question and answer]

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"I'm convinced that I chose this path because of 'The Heavenly Bakery'"

Hwang Ji-oh, the final winner of MBN's "The Heavenly Bakery," which ended on the 5th (Sun), expressed his heart-wrenching thoughts and touching feelings about winning as the first winner of the "Bakery Survival" in Korea.

MBN's "Cheonha Bakery" is the first "K-bakery Survival" in Korea to select the world's strongest baker to lead the craze for "K-bread," which has become a trend beyond simple food. The hottest oven war, "The Heavenly Bakery," started with a competition of 72 people, produced TOP7 Hwang Ji-oh, Kim Si-yeop, Yoon Hwa-young, Sung Min-soo, Joo Young-seok, Kim Jin-seo, and Lee Kyung-moo, and created "Crazy Pastry" Hwang Ji-oh, who provided amazing ideas, excellent storytelling, and excellent taste and harmony each time as the first winner. Hwang Ji-oh, the first winner of "The Heavenly Bakery," unveiled the "9 Q9 Interview," which contains the process of fierce efforts and future aspirations.

Q1. How do you feel about winning "The Heavenly Bakery"?

It's been 10 years since I entered the bakery industry, and that was a time I had to prove myself or externally every moment. I have had countless worries and many times I feel shaken, but I am grateful that I have confidence in choosing this path through the contest called "Heavenly Bread." In particular, I am happy that I have taken a step closer to being able to be of help to my juniors who have been with me for a long time. I think I can compliment myself now.

Q2. Is the nickname "Crazy Pastry" named by yourself? What's the meaning of the nickname?

First of all, the thing I hear the most while working is crazy. And when I express that I love something so much, I say Crazy, which means that I love this work so much. In addition, one of the words that Chef Choi Hyun-seok, who I think is a teacher, said, "If you want to touch others, you have to be crazy." As I learned a lot of that attitude, I was able to be proud that I was crazy more than anyone else in this work, so I nicknamed him Crazy Pastry."

Q3. What was the hardest mission?

The third round, which was a "one-on-one death match," was the most worried. The theme of shrimp was difficult, but when I first thought about it, I tried to make 'Shrimp Mayo Cream Bread' that was cheap and intuitively delicious. I even put together the recipe and thought of the shape, but suddenly I thought that it was not a menu that could truly show me. Making a cake with shrimp means you have to be prepared to lose, but even if you lose, I thought it would be better to just show the person I am properly and come down. When I think about it, it was difficult and dizzying, but it was a menu without regret.

Q4. From the third round to the end, he was in a competition with Kim Si-yeop, a "blue ribbon rich man from Jeju Island." What's your real relationship?

In the previous round, he had no contact with the chef, but he talked a lot and became close with him through the "one-on-one death match" in the third round. In addition, although it was not on the show, Chef Kim Si-yeop and Chef Kwak Dong-wook cheered so hard during the "Loser Revival Game", so we only heard the voice of support and competed. Since most of the challengers, including Chef Kim Si-yeop, are seniors in the industry, I think there are more things to learn regardless of the results, and I am still comfortably asking how they are doing and staying close. In particular, starting with the consolation match after losing to Chef Kim Si-yeop, I decided to do my best and win first place. I think my eyes were very gentle until round three, but I became serious from round four.

Q5. I'm curious about the efforts I made to prevent spoilers about the win and the reaction after the win was revealed.

Spoilers are also spoilers, but I thought my family would pay too much attention, so I hid it until the "Loser Revival match" as if there were a lot of overtime work and events, and I said I was filming the broadcast only in the fourth round. I also told you after a long time about winning, and I paid a lot of attention when eating with my family, such as going only to a restaurant with a room. I think I tried a lot to forget that I went to the competition myself and won the championship. In addition, Chef Choi Hyun-seok said he was proud of me when I told him that he won the championship, even though he doesn't usually express his feelings. He spoke like a father, so I was moved and grateful. And not long ago, a foreigner said he watched it through Netflix and wanted to say hello, so I was very surprised and grateful.

Q6. I was touched by how I felt about winning against Chief Kim Na-rae. Is there any advice that chef Kim Na-rae gave you after the announcement of the championship?

Chef Kim Na-rae hugged me afterwards, saying that I had a harder time than other words. That was the moment of true virtue. Later, I greeted you separately on social media, and I was so moved that you said, "Tell me whenever you need help," and I think that sentence will be saved in my mind forever.

Q7. Every round, the popping idea stood out. What was the source of the idea and the most difficult task in realizing the idea?

Usually, I get ideas from exhibitions and travel, but I think I tried to focus on the intuitive things in contests. Like shrimp in the third round, I think I personified all the ingredients and imagined them, and I had a habit of trying to satisfy them by thinking of them because there were a lot of people around me who didn't eat well. "Hwangga's Bread Chicken," which was introduced in the first round of the final, had a desire to shape a chicken by myself, so I made a mold in a hurry, but because I didn't have much time, I completed the mold a day before the competition, and that was the most dizzying moment.

Q8. We will get 100 million won and a top-end electric SUV as a benefit of winning. How do you plan to use it?

I received the car in advance, but I was worried that it would be a spoiler before the broadcast, so I covered it and hid it, and I haven't received the prize money yet, so if I receive the prize money in the future, I want to give a meal or a gift to the people I was thankful for, including Chef Choi Hyun-seok. In addition, I personally live in Seoul all the time and my parents have to move to another place for a few years, so I'm planning to help get a lease on a deposit basis or a studio.

Q9. I'm curious about your future plans and aspirations as the first "Heavenly Bread" winner.

My imagination of dessert continues at this moment, so I hope there will be a chance to make things I imagined as much as I want. I am also studying hard for that. And I hope I can visit you with various opportunities while making fun things with Chef Choi Hyun-seok like now. As I promised in my speech, I will not wander or quit as juniors like me walk this path, but try hard to be a candle to them and become a existential chef. Thank you.

Meanwhile, MBN's "Heavenly Bakery" ended on April 5th.

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