July 21 (2017-07-21) – December 29, 2017 (2017-12-29)
Paik Jong-won's Food Truck[1][2] (Korean: 백종원의 푸드트럭; RR: Paikjongwon-eui Pudeuteureok) is a South Korean cooking-variety program which was broadcast from July 21, 2017 to December 29, 2017. It is a spin-off of the cooking-variety program Paik Jong-won's Top 3 Chef King. The program was hosted by Paik Jong-won and Kim Sung-joo, it aired on SBS every Friday at 23:20 (KST).
Debut of the new format "Paik Jong-won's Food Truck", a national job creation project which help the food truck owners to improve the quality of dishes as well as sales or help the rookie owners to start their business.
Survival of 22 teams to choose 7 final teams who will be given each a ₩40,000,000 (around $40,000) food truck to start their business
Round 1 (Ep. 109–110): Start business (10 minutes of preparation and 80 minutes of business)
Judges: Director Yoon Joo-hee of Month Foodbank, Team leader Kim Jae-young of Gwangju Creation Economic Innovation Center, Team leader Jeong Hye-jeong of Gwangju City Hall Welfare Health Bureau, Executive producer Yoo Yoon-jae of Paik Jong-won's Food Truck
Group A: Teams 1–8
Advanced: "Highlight Dakgangjeong", "Tasty Eel", "Yeodaesae", "A Meal"
Group B: Teams 9–15
Advanced: "Myung-goo's Hot dog", "Fat Sal", "Penguin Chicken"
Group C: Teams 16–22
Advanced: "Plan F", "Assa Rabia"
Revival (picked by Mr. Paik): "Sōmen", "Shish Kebap", "Ok Hyang"
Round 2 (Ep. 111): Each team cooked for Mr. Paik (with ₩100,000 given for ingredients' cost, during three hours including preparation time)
Eliminated: no team
Round 3 (Ep. 111–112): Cooking, make price and get evaluation out of 100 points (30 from rate of price/prime cost; 20 from food truck owners' qualifications' evaluation by Mr. Paik; 50 from price evaluation after dishes' tasting by ten customer representatives)
Group A: "Highlight Dakgangjeong" (100), "Sōmen", "Myung-goo's Hot dog", "Penguin Chicken", "A Meal", "Shish Kebap" (30)
Round 4 (Ep. 113): Two teams formed a group in which each team with Mr. Paik observed the opponent's cooking process and tasted the dish then evaluated. The better team of each group (picked by Mr. Paik) would be given an advantage for the next round.
"A Meal" vs "Assa Rabia"
"Yeodaesae" vs "Ok Hyang"
"Plan F" vs "Highlight Dakgangjeong"
"Sōmen" vs "Penguin Chicken"
"Myung-goo's Hot dog" vs "Fat Sal"
Eliminated: no team
Final Round (Ep. 113–114): Ten teams divided into two groups which each will sell food for three hours to 50 customers who would vote for two teams that they want to visit again. The advantage of previous round is equivalent to extra five votes. Top 7 most votes' teams would have Mr. Paik's individual coaching and would be given each a ₩40,000,000 food truck.
^The English notation of Paik Jong-won's Korean name is 'Paik Jong-won'.
There is a lot of news that incorrectly spelled Paik Jong-won's family name, but according to his Korea official profile, "Paik" is correct.
This can also be seen through the notation of Paik's Coffee(korean: 빽다방), a brand created after his family name. In addition, Paik Jong-won uses his family name 'Paik' when marking his brand in English.
