In paternalistic South Korea, 'sexy cooking men' break kitchen barrier


  • World
  • Friday, 07 Aug 2015

A man takes a photograph of a well-cooked Samgyetang, chicken soup with ginseng, at Happy Guys Cooking Class in Seoul, South Korea, July 31, 2015. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

SEOUL (Reuters) - After work on a recent Friday, 53-year-old Lee Jin-soo headed for the "Happy Guys Cooking Class", where he joined six other mostly middle-aged men in tall white hats and aprons.

Lee, who runs a business making compression bags for bedding, gently handled abalone and shrimp and made a rice crust that went into the Korean stew of chicken and seafood on the evening's menu.

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