Gizzi Erskine learns the secrets of a traditional ingredient that almost defines Korean cooking - doenjang - and uses it to create a delicious Anglo-Korean fusion recipe of her own.
In this episode, Gizzi Erskine is on a mission to see if the Korean passion for healthy food can produce dishes that are not only good for you, but also great to eat.
Gizzi grapples with Korea's passion for spanking fresh seafood and is driven to cheat at fishing in order to rustle up her personal version of a Korean seafood pancake.
Gizzi is in Seoul to sample some of its fast and furious street food. She rustles up her take on the most popular Korean fast-food and discovers delicious snacks that are perfect for a night out on the town.
Gizzi travels to one of Korea's main cattle regions to visit a farm that produces some of the finest beef in the world. Then one of the country's top chefs reveals the secrets of the popular Korean beef dish, bulgogi.
Gizzi Erskine is shown how to cook one of Korea's original fusion dishes with a surprising ingredient, then she creates a brand new Korean fusion dish of her own.
Gizzi discovers the secrets of Kimchi - Korea's most iconic culinary invention. She takes inspiration from other aspects of traditional Korean culture to give the national dish a western fast-food twist.
Gizzi samples oodles of noodles, from classic dishes to the latest fast-food fads. She cooks up her own take on the nation's favourite convenience food and learns some secrets from Seoul's best noodle cooks.
Gizzi learns about Korean cuisine's most important ingredient - rice. She tastes a very Korean rice brew and cooks one of her favourite Korean inspired rice dishes, before hitting the town to experience Korean drinking culture.
Gizzi visits a traditional Gochujang farm to see how the fermented chilli paste is made. Then she checks one of Seoul's street food markets, famed for its gochujang delicacies, and creates a spicy Korean chicken stew.