Park Ji-hoon showcased overcoming a crisis and officially transferring to a cook position as Kang Seong-jae in episode 3 of the TVING original ″Becoming a Cooking Soldier Legend.″

Kang Seong-jae prepared pork cutlet to persuade Captain Hwang Seok-ho (played by Lee Sang-yi), the company commander, but failed to fill the favorability within the quest time limit, resulting in a failed transfer and system shutdown. Later, an incident involving the defection of a North Korean resident occurred in the unit, and the pork cutlet made by Kang Seong-jae became the turning point for the defection decision, leading to his successful transfer from cooking assistant to official cook without a change in assignment.

After becoming an official cook, under the guidance of senior Sergeant Yoon Dong-hyun (played by Lee Hong-nae), he built basic knife skills and cooking abilities, earning positive evaluations from the unit members. Then, with an inspection schedule planned involving a congressman and the division commander, Kang Seong-jae prepared ″Braised Pollock Fillet″ instead of a special meal. He recalled how his father once used tomato sauce to mask the fishy smell of steamed stingray and presented ″Pomodoro Braised Pollock Fillet″ using tomato sauce.

However, after consecutively using advanced recipes, Kang Seong-jae’s stamina was depleted, and the episode ended with him collapsing and a system overload shutdown notification appearing.

Meanwhile, ″Becoming a Cooking Soldier Legend,″ starring Park Ji-hoon, airs every Monday and Tuesday at 8:50 PM on TVING and tvN.