'Bonjour Bakery' Production Team: "Cha Seung-won Mastered Bread-Making Despite a Brutal Schedule... Could It Be a Seasoned Series? Changing Menus and Locations Is Possible" [Interview 3]

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'Bonjour Bakery' production team revealed behind-the-scenes details of the program.

On the morning of the 27th, an interview with 'Bonjour Bakery' PD Park Geun-hyeong and writer Kim Ran-ju of Coupang Play's variety show took place at a café in Samcheong-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul.

'Bonjour Bakery' is a healing baking variety show set in South Korea's first 'senior dessert café' opened in a quiet rural village, where elderly people who know the taste of life and the bakery family who know the taste of happiness share sweet comfort and warmth. PD Park Geun-hyeong, known for 'You Quiz on the Block' and 'Spanish House', and writer Kim Ran-ju, known for '2 Days & 1 Night', 'Infinite Challenge', and 'Spanish House', joined forces.

'Bonjour Bakery' features Cha Seung-won and Lee Ki-tak as the kitchen chef team, and Kim Hee-ae and Kim Sun-ho as the front-of-house serving team. The eight-episode series 'Bonjour Bakery' premiered on the 8th and airs every Friday at 4 p.m. on Coupang Play.

-'Bonjour Bakery' appears to have a long pre-production period due to the many preparations involved.

▶Writer Kim: This program had a long pre-production period. We started preparing in the fall and filmed in March. The schedule we proposed was absurd, yet Cha Seung-won made all the bread.

▶PD Park: When we told him we would reduce the menu, Cha Seung-won said, 'If we're doing this, we shouldn't do it like that.'

-Is there any intention to produce 'Bonjour Bakery' as a seasonal series?

▶Writer Kim: It could be done by changing the location or the menu. While filming '2 Days & 1 Night', I noticed that reactions vary by region. The local specialties differ as well.

-Actor Cha Seung-won mastered bread-making amidst a brutal schedule.

▶PD Park: It's a relief he didn't hit us. (laughs) I kept asking him, 'Where are you going? We need to make this,' and he would just say, 'Okay,' and proceed.

-Did the elderly participants on 'Bonjour Bakery' watch this variety show?

▶Writer Kim: They said they gather at the village community center every weekend to watch it. They said they look forward to every Friday.

▶PD Park: They said they get very happy when their part appears.

-What kind of variety show do you want to make in the future?

▶Writer Kim: I want to create a variety show that I can experience myself. I want to taste the food in the show and visit the locations. Interestingly, during this filming, no loud noises were made. The director who has been with us since '2 Days & 1 Night' shed tears. We wanted to go on a big trip for 'happiness,' but the elderly people find happiness in small things.

▶PD Park: I hope this content fosters understanding between generations. I realized that our parents and grandparents might have had these thoughts. Isn't this an era of 'great generational hatred'? I want to make variety shows that promote mutual understanding. The sound director who worked with us on 'You Quiz' said that the elderly people he met on the streets during 'You Quiz' filming reminded him of them. Just watching the participants communicate with the elderly was healing for me as well.

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