"Glad I Cooked" Overwhelming Sentiment... Soccer Legend from the Homeland Visits 'Napoli Matpia'

Italian legendary football players visited the restaurant of 'Black and White Chef' Kwon Seong-jun. [Source=Chef Kwon Seong-jun's Instagram]

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Unexpected visitors arrived at the restaurant of Chef Kwon Seong-jun of 'Napoli Mafia,' the winner of the popular Netflix variety show 'Black and White Chefs: The Culinary Class War' (hereafter 'Black and White Chefs').

On the 20th, Chef Kwon posted on his social media, "I was nervous for the first time in a while in front of legendary Italian players. An honor, an honor," along with several photos. The photos showed former Italian star football players Fabio Cannavaro, Andrea Pirlo, Alessandro Del Piero, and Leonardo Bonucci visiting his restaurant in Korea together with broadcaster Alberto. They enjoyed their meal paired with wine and had a great time taking pictures with Chef Kwon.

Italian legendary football players visited the restaurant of 'Black and White Chef' Kwon Seong-jun. [Source=Chef Kwon Seong-jun's Instagram]

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In response, Chef Kwon proudly showed off an Italian national football team jersey signed by the four players, saying, "I'm glad I became a chef." He also expressed his affection, saying, "Cannavaro hyung, pride of Napoli, love you." Alberto also shared on his SNS account, "As a lifelong Juventus fan who loves football, this was the most dreamlike day of my life," and added, "I had lunch prepared by Chef Kwon with the four of them. A video will be uploaded on the Shoot for Love YouTube channel in a few days, so please look forward to it."

Meanwhile, 'Black and White Chefs' is a variety show depicting a culinary class war among 100 chefs, where underdog 'Black Spoon' chefs, known for their exceptional taste, challenge Korea's top star 'White Spoon' chefs. The show ranked first in the non-English TV series category in Korea on Netflix upon release and made the top 10 in Taiwan, Singapore, and other countries, gaining significant attention. Chef Kwon, who was on the Black Spoon team, appeared under the nickname 'Napoli Mafia,' impressing judges with dishes like night tiramisu and crab soup pasta. Ultimately, he won the final against Edward Lee of the White Spoon team and became the champion. He currently runs an Italian restaurant called 'Via Toledo Pastabar' in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, which has become extremely popular, receiving 110,000 reservations since the broadcast.

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