A: Have you seen the reality TV show “Culinary Class Wars?”
B: Sure! It’s a competition between two classes: 20 celebrity chefs dubbed the “white spoons” versus 80 non-celebrity chefs dubbed the “black spoons.”
A: The two judges are master chef, Paik Jong-won, and South Korea’s only three-Michelin-star chef, Anh Sung-jae.
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B: And the grand prize is $300 million Korean won.
A: After watching the show, I really wanna have some Korean food.
A: 你有看電視實境秀《黑白大廚：料理階級大戰》嗎？
B: 當然啦！就是20位「白湯匙」名廚，和80位「黑湯匙」廚師的競賽。
A: 評審則是廚神白種元，及南韓唯一的米其林三星主廚安成宰。
B: 冠軍還可獲得3億韓元獎金呢！
A: 看完節目後我現在好想吃韓式料理喔。
（By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times／台北時報張聖恩）
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