{"id":427142,"date":"2026-05-14T10:46:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T10:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/427142\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T10:46:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T10:46:13","slug":"chef-anh-sung-jae-suspends-youtube-activities-after-restaurants-wine-service-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/427142\/","title":{"rendered":"Chef Anh Sung-jae suspends YouTube activities after restaurant’s wine service controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Chef Anh Sung-jae judges a contestant’s food on Netflix’s cooking survival show \u2033Culinary Class Wars\u2033 (2024\u201325). [NETFLIX KOREA]<\/p>\n

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Chef Anh Sung-jae, who gained mainstream popularity through Netflix\u2019s cooking survival show \u201cCulinary Class Wars\u201d (2024\u201325), will temporarily suspend activity on his YouTube channel following backlash over a wine service controversy at his two Michelin-starred restaurant Mosu Seoul.
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\nYouTube channel<\/a>, \u201cChef Sung Anh,\u201d announced in a post on Wednesday that it would take time off to \u201creview\u201d its operations and content direction.
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\u201cWe would like to take time to reorganize the channel to produce content more carefully [in the future] and [to conduct] an overall review of the channel\u2019s direction and operations,\u201d the post read. \u201cWe will return with more responsible content for those who have supported the channel.\u201d
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The controversy stems from a service dispute at Mosu Seoul, the Michelin two-star fine dining restaurant in Yongsan District, central Seoul, where Anh serves as both owner and chef.
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Last month, a post on an online community went viral after a customer claimed that the restaurant served a 2005 vintage wine instead of the promised 2000 vintage during a course meal. The two wines reportedly differed in price by roughly 100,000 won ($67).
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The customer noticed the difference in taste and asked the restaurant to confirm which wine they had been served. The sommelier acknowledged that a different wine had been served and that the wine the customer originally ordered was only served by the bottle. When the customer later requested to take a photo of the wine, however, the staff brought out a bottle of the 2000 vintage.\u00a0 \u00a0
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Star chef Anh Sung-jae waves at a press event in Seongdong District, eastern Seoul, on Oct. 17, 2025. [NEWS1] <\/p>\n

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The customer claimed the restaurant offered no apology at the time and that the incident was very disappointing for a Michelin-starred establishment.\u00a0
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The incident quickly spread online and drew criticism over the restaurant\u2019s service standards.
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Following the restaurant\u2019s initial online apology on April 23, Anh personally issued his own on May 6.
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\u201cI sincerely apologize once again for disappointing customers with inadequate service,\u201d he wrote.
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But online users reacted coldly, arguing that Anh showed \u201cno sign of sincere self-reflection\u201d and that \u201cit would be better for him to suspend operations on his YouTube channel for the time being.\u201d\u00a0
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Mosu Seoul first opened in 2017 and was named the only three Michelin-starred restaurant in Korea in 2023 before closing in 2024. It reopened in Itaewon in March last year and regained two Michelin stars this March. Dinner costs about 420,000 won per person. <\/p>\n

This article was originally written in Korean and translated by a bilingual reporter with the help of generative AI tools. It was then edited by a native English-speaking editor. All AI-assisted translations are reviewed and refined by our newsroom.
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