Bon Appétit, Your Majesty: Release Date, Episode Guide & Where to Watch
Netflix is about to drop one of the weirdest K-dramas of the year.
We're talking about a historical fantasy romcom where a French-trained chef time-travels into Joseon Dynasty Korea and ends up cooking for a ruthless king. Naturally.
Titled Bon Appétit, Your Majesty, the show premieres on August 23, 2025, and will stream worldwide on Netflix and weekly on tvN in South Korea.
Episode Count and Schedule
- Episodes: 12
- Runtime: ~70 minutes each
- Release Pattern: Weekly
- Finale: Late September
- Platforms: Netflix (global), tvN (Korea)
So no bingeing here — you'll be rationing royal meals one week at a time.
What's It About?
The series follows Yeon Ji-yeong, a modern culinary prodigy who wins a top chef competition in Paris, gets offered a Michelin 3-star gig… and immediately gets zapped back to Joseon Korea. There, she's forced to adapt her French techniques to the royal kitchen — serving a king known as much for his absolute power as for his snobby taste buds.
Her food wins him over, but now she's neck-deep in palace scheming — stuck between a power-hungry concubine and a prince with his eye on the throne. Think Crash Landing on You meets Hell's Kitchen, but in hanbok.
Cast Highlights
- Im Yoon-ah (King the Land, Big Mouth) as chef Yeon Ji-yeong
- Lee Chae-min (Hierarchy) as King Lee Heon, a tyrant with the taste sensitivity of a Michelin inspector
- Kang Han-na (Start-Up) as Kang Mok-ju, a concubine with ambition and sharp elbows
- Choi Gwi-hwa (Squid Game, Train to Busan) as the scheming Prince Je Seon
Plus Seo Yi-sook, Oh Eui-shik, Park Young-woon, Yoon Seo-ah, and Lee Joo-ahn in supporting roles.
Worth Watching?
With time travel, romance, political backstabbing, and gourmet fusion cooking all mashed into one show — Bon Appétit, Your Majesty might just be the oddball K-drama hit of late 2025. And if nothing else, it's proof that Netflix will greenlight literally anything… as long as there's food and trauma involved.