King of Baking, Kim Tak Goo (2010)

Seo In Sook is the wife of Gu Iljung, Chairman of Geoseong Foods. Because she cannot bear him a son, she gets mistreated by her mother in-law (Ms. Hong). (Source: KBS World TV)

Gu Iljung turns Kim Tak Goo over to the police without knowing that he is Tak Goo’s father.

Kim Mi Soon takes the unknowing Tak Goo to the Geoseong residence. The Geoseong family is shocked to see Tak Goo and his mom. (Source: KBS World TV)

While trying to run away from Han Seungjae, Takgu runs into Gu Iljung and ruins his work. After hearing Takgu’s explanation, he realizes that Takgu is gifted in baking. (Source:… read more

Ms. Hong overhears a conversation between Seo Insuk and Han Seung Jae and gets into an accident. After the accident, Seo Insuk suffers from extreme fear. (Source: KBS World TV)

Kim Misun is kidnapped by a mysterious man. Takgu loses his mother right in front of him. (Source: KBS World TV)

Takgu goes to the Palbong Bakery to find the pinwheel-tattooed man but gets kicked out. He reunites with Mr. Palbong after 12 years. (Source: KBS World TV)

Takgu and Majun(Taejo) take Palbong’s test. Takgu surprisingly passes the test and is allowed to stay at Palbong’s house. Upon hearing Takgu’s name, Majun is shocked to see him… read more

After Takgu finds out what happened to his mother, he loses all hope and leaves the Palbong Bakery. (Source: KBS World TV)

After Takgu tells Yugyeong that he is working at Palbong Bakery, he tries to get back in. He gets accepted after he prevents an accident in Palbong Bakery. (Source: KBS World TV)

After Takgu brings Yugyeong to Palbong’s house, he falls deeper for her. Majun is jealous of the way Takgu and Yugyeong are together. Someone trashes the bakery kitchen. Takgu becomes… read more

After promising not to see Yugyeong again, Takgu goes into a slump. Majun finds himself attracted to Yugyeong and shows his feelings for her. Misun begins to help Takgu learn how to… read more

Takgu almost goes blind after an explosion. After he faces the fear of possibly never being able to bake again, he learns how much he wants to bake. (Source: KBS World TV)

Takgu is learning quickly at the bakery, but he can’t finish his bread because of the trauma from the explosion. Palbong proceeds with the competition as planned. (Source: KBS World… read more

Takgu runs into Gu Iljung, but can’t find it in his heart to tell him who he is. Still, he gets the courage to enter the competition. (Source: KBS World TV)

After Takgu gets framed by Jaebok, the competition gets tougher for him. His relationship with Taejo gets worse too. Palbong comes up with a plan to make Takgu and Taejo reconcile.… read more

After Takgu finds out that Taejo is actually Majun, he can’t focus on the competition. Majun also feels a strange remorse because his relationship with Takgu gets twisted.

Yugyeong is late to her meeting with Takgu, but they finally reunite after 2 years. After Gu Iljung finds out about Takgu, he gets furious of Gu Majun. (KBS World TV)

Takgu reunites with Gu Iljung. He is up against Majun and needs to make bread without yeast. Gu Iljung decides to make Takgu the successor of Geoseong. Seo Insuk is furious to hear… read more

Majun gets increasingly jealous of Takgu and tries to ruin Takgu’s sense of smell. On the other hand, Han Seungjae places Gu Iljung in danger. (KBS World TV)

Takgu finds out that his sense of smell and taste has been numbed because of Majun’s solution. He vows that he will not lose this competition to Majun. (Source: KBS World TV)

After getting disqualified during phase 2, Majun leaves the Palbong Bakery while holding a grudge against Palbong. Palbong is about to lose his artisan title. Takgu vows to protect… read more

During the bong bread demonstration, Takgu and Majun compete with Palbong and Chunbae’s recipes. (Source: KBS World TV)

After Palbong’s funeral, Takgu cries as he reads Palbong’s final mission. Majun cries as he reads Palbong’s letter as well. (Source: KBS World TV)

After Takgu comes back to the Geoseong residence, he shows the letter of attorney from Gu Iljung. He is determined to become the CEO of Geoseong as Gu Iljung’s proxy. (Source: KBS… read more

Takgu and Majun are both given a mission to come up with a new product. Takgu is sent to the waning Cheongsan factory. (Source: KBS World TV)

After hearing that Kim Misun is alive, Takgu visits the hospital with Dr. Yun to see Kim Misun. After seeing Mr. Shin, Yugyeong faints from shock. (Source: KBS World TV)

After Takgu witnesses Kim Misun getting kidnapped, he runs after her. He saves Misun and reunites with her after 14 years. Han Seungjae begins to get suspicious of Jo Jingu. (Source:… read more

After learning of Seo Insuk and Han Seungjae’s secret, Gu Iljung vows never to forgive them. While working on rebuilding the Cheongsan factory, Takgu learns that Majun is going astray… read more

After Gu Iljung learns of all of Han Seungjae’s evildoings, Han Seungjae attacks Takgu one last time and threatens his life. (Source: KBS World TV)