Celeb restaurateur Paik Jong-won explains the Tongyeong Fisherman’s Market pageant on his YouTube channel on Oct. 21. Captured from YouTube
With no rain shelters, guests dined beneath umbrellas, enduring lengthy waits in crowded strains
By KTimes
Celeb chef Paik Jong-won, CEO of Theborn Korea, apologized after a wave of complaints from guests about his extremely anticipated seafood pageant, Tongyeong Fisherman’s Market. Regardless of Paik’s confidence within the occasion, poor climate and logistical points led to widespread dissatisfaction.
Paik posted feedback on his YouTube account, Monday, saying, “I sincerely apologize to everybody who attended the Tongyeong Fisherman’s Market pageant and skilled discomfort.”
He acknowledged a number of points, saying, “I deeply apologize for the discomfort triggered on the primary day of the occasion, together with the dearth of rain shelters amid extreme climate, and the lengthy ready occasions for entry and meals purchases.”
Paik added that Theborn Korea and the southeastern coastal metropolis of Tongyeong are getting ready a heartfelt apology video to precise their remorse. “We’ll take these classes to enhance future festivals in order that extra individuals can benefit from the occasion comfortably.”
Held from Nov. 1 to Nov. 3 in Tongyeong, South Gyeongsang Province, the pageant was co-organized by Theborn Korea and 6 native fishery cooperatives, aiming to advertise the seafood business and revitalize fishing areas.
Main as much as the pageant, Paik had expressed confidence, selling it as an “unbeatable, inexpensive occasion” and urging individuals to sit up for a novel seafood expertise.
Guests are seen with umbrellas as heavy rain fell on the Tongyeong Fisherman’s Market pageant in Tongyeong, Friday. Captured from YouTube
No rain shelters, prolonged waits
Nonetheless, attendees voiced complaints via YouTube feedback, citing insufficient preparation. On the pageant’s first day, heavy rain from Hurricane Kong-rey hit Tongyeong, leading to drenched attendees as there have been no tents to shelter them.
Crowds additionally endured lengthy waits within the rain, with Tongyeong receiving 58 millimeters of rainfall on Nov. 1 alone.
Attendees left scathing opinions, saying, “It was horrible — I felt like I used to be in a struggle zone simply to get meals,” “I trusted Paik Jong-won however was dissatisfied. I waited an hour to enter, then two extra hours to order. It was nonstop ready,” and “I haven’t eaten within the rain like this since my time within the army. I needed to eat with rainwater.”
One other customer wrote, “I had to make use of an umbrella to eat at uncovered tables within the rain. I’m offended that they weren’t ready regardless of telling us to belief them.”
Forward of the pageant, Tongyeong metropolis officers had introduced that robust winds might pose security dangers and, in settlement with Theborn Korea, determined to not arrange tents. That they had additionally suggested attendees to arrange raincoats or umbrellas, because the venue’s coastal location made it vulnerable to robust winds.
Paik is well-known for his function as a bunch and choose on the Netflix cooking competitors “Culinary Class Wars,” the place he shares his culinary experience and insights with aspiring cooks.
This text from the Hankook Ilbo, the sister publication of The Korea Occasions, is translated by a generative AI and edited by The Korea Occasions.
