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November 7, 2009

Would you like to model for a 250,000 won meal?

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Dear friends,

I got this request from the Korea house. They are looking for 2 models to help promote Korean food and you get to eat a 250,000 won meal for free. You would eat and make comments during and after the meal. Other than the meal, there is no pay. They are looking for someone that looks foreign (this is for Korean TV after all). It would be formal, so you should look professional. If you are interested then email me and let me or Ally know.
It’s produced being produced at 12:00, 12th (Thursday), October,2009. (It will take almost 1Hr ~ 2Hrs)

The location is the Korea House in Chungmuro.

It would be helpful if you send a picture, so I can send it to Ally. You can e-mail me by clicking on this link.

Thanks,

Dan

Below is the email I received.

I am looking for two people who has free time to work for Korea House’ image.
Actually, YTN will be filming special news or program to promote Korea house Daejanggeum Jeongsilk which is a new menu costs 250,000KRW for person.
We need a foreigner who have blond and good looking, unnecessarily professional. and not going to use any other image for Korea house.
It’s just for good shots for YTN TV program. YTN wants to produce shot which foreigners have a lunch naturally and could be wanted some comments after lunch to revising the meal.
(Wearing formal suit would be better, I think )
Only thing we can do to treat them 250,000 KRW menu for fee of modeling for this at the time.

We need someone like Korean Food and have enjoying natural shots, not caring so much on TV. It will be great chance to have Special meal of Korea House. ^^
I’d like to figure it out by myself, but it doesn’t work.
I hope you help me ^^
Let me know
Thank you
With best regards

Ally Yoo . Manager

Sent from my iPod
www.seouleats.com



About the Author

Daniel
Daniel Gray is a Korean adoptee that returned to Korean in 2005 because he wanted to try and find his birth mother and to learn about Korean culture. He started a restaurant review blog in 2007, www.seouleats.com, that became a local and international hit. He and his blog has been featured in the New York Times, Monocle Magazine, The Kimchi Chronicles, Bizarre Foods, Rudy Maxa, Olive Magazine, Euronews and much more. He now is a partner at O’ngo Food Communications (www.ongofood.com), which is a culinary tourism and consulting company that offers Korean cooking classes and restaurant tours to travelers. Their food tours and cooking classes are ranked as one of the top attractions in Seoul according to tripadvisor.




 
 

 

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3 Comments


  1. dokebi

    "We need a foreigner who have blond and good looking, unnecessarily professional."

    Ha I didn't know blonds looked good.

    I'm really offended.


  2. Daniel Gray

    Sigh…I'm sorry if you were offended, but the event is for Korean Television and they have certain expectations of what they typically view as "foreign."


  3. Tamar1973

    Would a redhead work? ; )



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