Pasta Korean Drama Cast of Characters

The main characters in Pasta

Seo Yoo-Kyung, played by Kong Hyo-jin
The daughter of a Chinese noodle restaurant owner, she dreams of becoming a top female chef just like her idol celebrity chef Oh Sae Young. She works as a kitchen assistant for 3 years at La Sfera and finally gets promoted to chef by the former management, but after a new head chef - Choi Hyun-wook - is hired, she is on the verge of losing her job. She manages to keep her job, thanks to restaurant manager Kim San who's always been watching over her (and secretly loves her). Yoo-Kyung still has a long way to go before she earns chef Hyun-wook's respect. She makes an effort to learn as much as she can from him and he, in turn, starts to grow fond of her.

Choi Hyun-wook, played by Lee Sun Gyun
A chef who rose to the top of his profession after starting at the bottom in an Italian restaurant in Sicily. He becomes head of La Sfera restaurant after he is offered a hefty salary and housing by management. He does not tolerate kitchen romances and strongly declares that there will be no women in his kitchen. Things go awry when he ends up with two female chefs in La Sfera, his ex-girlfriend Oh Sae Young and the junior cook Yoo-kyung whom he eventually falls in love with.

Oh Sae-young, played by Lee Ha-nui
Sae Young is Yoo-kyung's idol who, in a surprising turn of events, ends up being her roommate. Sae-young has her own cooking show and is the most celebrated female chef in Korea. She and Hyun-wook dated when they were in culinary school in Italy but they broke up because she ruined one of his recipe's ingredients so she can win the Grand Prize at a culinary competition.

Kim San, played by Alex (Clazziquai Project)
Kim San is the actual owner of the La Sfera restaurant, but he hides this fact and poses as a regular restaurant patron for 3 years. One day, he takes a peek at Yoo-Kyung's notes and develops an interest in her. Nobody pays much attention to Yoo-Kyung, who is a kitchen assistant, but Kim San watches her closely and leaves pictures of cactuses in bloom and little notes on her locker door. He helps Yoo-Kyung from behind the scenes as he secretly develops feelings for her.