Netflix files strong protest against China's ”Black and White Spoon” plagiarism allegations... ”We will not tolerate IP infringement”

Netflix will take proactive measures against the plagiarism of the Chinese drama "Black and White Spoon: The Cooking Class War." On the afternoon of the 2nd, at JW
The "Netflix Variety Festival 2025" was held at Marriott Dongdaemun Square Seoul.
Jang Ho-gi, Kim Hye-soo, Kim Hak-min, Kim Jae-won, Jung Jeong-yeon, Lee So-min, producer Kim No-eun and director Yoo Ki-hwan participated.
Recently, the Chinese OTT platform Tencent Video released a new variety show called "A Feast for the Gods," which has a similar structure to "Black and White Spoon."
The concept of this program, which means "Become a God through Food," is that 100 chefs will compete against each other using fire, knives, and pots. However, the composition of the competition, the set, and the judging method are all unclear.
, has been criticized for being similar to "Black and White Spoon." PD Kim Hak-min said, "I first found out about it when Director Yoo Ki-hwan sent me a KakaoTalk message and I saw the link.
"There was a scene that was obviously unfamiliar to me," he said, "not to mention the set, there was a scene where they explained it was an opening sequence, but it was almost the same. I thought, 'Is it really this similar?'
It was strange. The next thing that was disappointing was that the PDs had been up all night working on it, which was extremely disappointing."
Director Yoo Ki-hwan said, "I'm well aware of the efforts that Tencent is making in IP.
We have sent a strong protest to the company. We will not tolerate IP infringement and will take proactive action."
Over the past year, Netflix has released a number of hit shows, including "The Influencer," "New Singer Cho Jung Seok" and "Comedy
Revenge", "White and Black Spoon: The Cooking Class War", "Zombie Birth", "Strongest Rugby!: Life or Death", "Escape from the Island 4", "Kian's Unconventional Guest House"
"," "Devil's Plan," "I'm Graduating from Being Single," and other variety shows with a variety of fresh and entertaining content have been released, attracting viewers not only in Korea but all over the world.
From the second half of 2025 to the first half of 2026, "Crime Scene Zero," "Agents of Mystery 2," and "Physical 100" will be released.
: ASIA", "White and Black Spoon: Cooking Class War 2", "Three Meals in Kenya", "Lee So Jin's Lazy", "Escape from the Island 5", "No Boyfriend or Girlfriend for Age = Graduation"
Variety shows such as "Masu 2," "Kian's Unconventional Guesthouse 2," and "Yu Jae Suk Camp" are scheduled to be shown continuously.