[Seoul=RNX News] Reporter Kim Ye-eun = MBN Reality Music Show ‘Unforgettable Duet’ will reveal the 90-year-old dementia grandmother who made the current global chef Lim Tae-hoon.
On the 26th (Wednesday) at 10:20 PM, MBN’s ‘Unforgettable Duet’ will be broadcasted, a reality music show depicting the touching duet stage of a participant losing memory due to dementia and the people remembering them.
After receiving rave reviews from just one Chuseok special broadcast last year, it won the Silver Prize at the ‘Content Asia Awards 2025’ and became a hot topic as a global empathy project.
Furthermore, with Jang Yoon-jung as MC, Jo Hye-ryeon, Son Tae-jin, and Oh My Girl’s Hyojung as panelists, Lim Chang-jung will appear as a ‘Memory Singer’, further heightening expectations.
In this broadcast, Lim Tae-hoon, who became a global chef known as the ‘Iron Bag Chef’ through a cooking survival show, and his 90-year-old grandmother, who raised him to his current status, will appear.
Lim Tae-hoon, who gained attention for his strong Chinese cooking skills and his narrative of growing up in an orphanage and evolving from a delivery man to a Chinese chef, rose to fame as a global star chef.
Amidst this, Lim Tae-hoon reveals his heartrending family story, drawing attention.
He expresses gratitude and affection towards his grandmother, stating, “Grandmother took in and raised my brother and me from the orphanage,” and “My grandmother was like a father and mother to me,” tearing up as he shares his heartfelt feelings about the pillar of his life.
Additionally, Lim Tae-hoon’s filial piety evokes emotion. Seeing his grandmother weakened after a dementia diagnosis 8 years ago, he conveys his earnest desire, telling her, “You must live long so I can repay you. Live to be 150 years old,” realizing time to show filial piety is running out, bringing tears to his eyes.
The current global chef Lim Tae-hoon owes his success to his grandmother’s dedication. Lim Tae-hoon’s grandmother mentions, “I did everything I could to feed my grandchildren.”
She lived a life of resilience, selling milk cartons filled in large cloth made by sewing, cooking at other people’s houses, and picking up scrap paper to sell, all for the sake of raising her grandchildren without shying away from hard work.
Grandmother expressed, “There was nothing I didn’t want to do. If I didn’t, we’d starve. I can do everything if needed, even now,” showcasing her selfless love for her grandchildren.
Moved by Grandmother’s hope to raise her grandchildren well despite her own hardship, Jang Yoon-jung said, “She was strong,” showing admiration and shedding tears for the grandmother’s life of raising children and grandchildren arduously in dire circumstances.
The special love between Lim Tae-hoon and his grandmother, which brought Jang Yoon-jung to tears, raises high expectations for the main broadcast of ‘Unforgettable Duet’.
‘Unforgettable Duet’ will be broadcast every Wednesday at 10:20 PM on MBN.