Sunday, 10 September 2017

Delicious Destiny

Drama: Delicious Destiny
Chinese Title: 美味奇缘 / Mei Wei Qi Yuan
Broadcast Network: Hunan TV

Broadcast Period: September 11, 2017 - October 15, 2017

Air Time: Daily Primetime Drama 19:30 (two episodes per night)
Genre: Food, Modern, Romance
Language: Mandarin
Episodes: TV Version 53, DVD Version 56
Director: Ke Zhengming
Origin: China
Watch Episodes On: Viki (eng subs), Youtube

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Synopsis and Plot Summary

A story that follows a romance between a chef and a young woman with a passion for food who works at a culinary show.

Li Yu Zhe owns an exclusive fine dining restaurant while Song Jia Ming works for a culinary show. The two first meet due to a misunderstanding which ends with Jia Ming walking out on Yu Zhe. When Jia Ming learns that she needs to persuade Yu Zhe to appear on the show in order to save it from being cancelled and effectively keep her job, she pays him a visit once more to try to woe him into agreeing. Their repeated encounters make for more misunderstandings that eventually lead to a romance. However, Yu Zhe has been friends with Ye Yi Lan and Zhao Han since they were young. Yi Lan grows jealous of Yu Zhe's new romance and pursues him without a care towards the one-sided feelings that Zhao Lan has always had for her. At the same time, the drama also delves into secrets from the older generation that are slowly uncovered as the story progresses.

Fun Facts

It premiered September 11, 2017 during the Golden Eagle Segment on Hunan TV.
It is Thai actor Mike D'Angelo's first time to take the lead in a Chinese drama and also his first collaboration with Rachel Mao.
To make the show more authentic, the production team has hired professional chefs to guide the actors in the right way of cooking.

Cast

	Mike Angelo as Li Yuzhe
	Rachel Mao Xiaotong as Song Jiaming
	Maggie Chen Xinyu as Ye Yilan
	Zhang Yujian as Zhao Han

Supporting Cast

Episode Ratings

Hunan TV
Date	Episode	CSM52 Cities (%)			CSM Nationwide (%)
Date	Episode	Ratings	Audience Share	Ranking	Ratings	Audience Share	Ranking
2017-09-11	1-2	0.742	2.634	4	1.030	3.890	3
2017-09-12	3-4	0.746	2.660	5	1.000	3.800	3
2017-09-13	5-6	0.795	2.905	4	0.980	3.860	4
2017-09-14	7-8	0.844	3.014	4	1.030	3.900	4
2017-09-15	9	0.738	2.577	5	0.960	3.350	4
2017-09-16	10	0.805	2.777	3	0.810	2.890	4
2017-09-17	11	0.668	2.222	6	0.920	3.170	4
2017-09-18	12-13	0.812	2.866	4	1.000	3.750	4
2017-09-19	14-15	0.884	3.144	4	1.080	3.980	4
2017-09-20	16-17	0.885	3.117	4	0.970	3.550	4
2017-09-21	18-19	0.817	2.857	6	0.970	3.640	4
2017-09-22	20	0.662	2.238	7	0.820	2.870
2017-09-23	21	0.639	2.133	6	0.920	3.160
2017-09-24	22	0.766	2.454	5	0.980	3.310
2017-09-25	23-24	0.815	2.865	4	1.040	3.880
2017-09-26	25-26	0.861	3.011	3	1.010	3.780
2017-09-27	27-28	0.755	2.642	6	0.840	3.120
2017-09-28	29-30	0.803	2.900	4	1.050	3.960
2017-09-29	31	0.528	1.842	8	0.720	2.570
2017-09-30	32	0.679	2.246	5	1.090	3.480
2017-10-01	33	0.676	2.354	5	0.980	3.350
2017-10-02	34-35	0.855	2.976	3	1.280	4.430
2017-10-03	36-37	0.942	3.221	3	1.380	4.710
2017-10-05	38-39	1.145	3.950	3	1.800	6.280
2017-10-06	40	0.706	2.361	4	1.260	4.090
2017-10-07	41	0.806	2.589	4	1.270	4.100
2017-10-08	42	0.896	2.818	3	1.250	4.030
2017-10-09	43-44	0.928	3.261	2	1.300	4.790	1
2017-10-10	45-46	0.982	3.434	2	1.250	4.630	2
2017-10-11	47-48	1.042	3.656	1	1.460	5.400	2
2017-10-12	49-50	1.102	3.923	1	1.520	5.620	1
2017-10-13	51	0.870	2.916	4	1.370	4.520	1
2017-10-14	52	0.979	3.117	3	1.720	5.500	1
2017-10-15	53	1.228	3.797	1	1.790	5.720	1
Average	1 - 53	0.835	2.867		1.143	4.032