在 IG 發了長文。看完覺得果然是紐約大學文學系畢業的男人啊，文字透出來的氣質樸實、敦厚、從容、寬闊，就和他的人他的菜一模一樣。
其實看完節目之後一直在想，如果真的要說「階級」，像愛德華李這樣言行自帶深厚人文關懷，而且創作能夠直擊人心的人，才是真的值得努力去躋身的階級吧。
忍不住要全文翻譯幫他推播。
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Where do I begin? I am so thankful for all the outpouring of love that I've received over the past few weeks from those who are watching @netflixkr Culinary Class Wars.
該從哪說起呢？過去幾週，從《黑白大廚：料理階級大戰》觀眾身上收到的巨大喜愛，我心裡充滿感激。
I am moved by all of your comments and messages. There are too many for me to respond to but please know that I am reading every one and I am awash with emotions from your kind words.
所有的留言和訊息都讓我很感動。雖然數量太多無法逐一回覆，但請相信，我讀過每則訊息，也為你們善良的話語動容。
For a kid like me who spent much of my youth avoiding Korean culture, I cannot explain in words what it means to be able to connect to my heritsge, to represent my vision of Korean food and to feel the support from you all.
對像我這樣在成長過程極力逃避韓國文化的孩子來說，能夠連結自己的根源，能夠呈現我心中的韓式料理，還能夠感受到你們大家的支持，意義有多深重，實在無法用言語形容。
I want to thank every chef who I competed with. It was an insane experience and I am lucky to call everyone of you a friend. To the entire production crew, the directors, the producers, editors and the exclellent culinary team, you were amazing to work with. I will miss you all.
我想感謝所有和我同場競技的廚師。這段經歷真的很瘋，我很幸運能和你們做朋友。也要向整個製作團隊，所有的導演、製片人、剪輯師和優秀的料理團隊致敬，和你們共事非常愉快。我會想念所有的人。
It has been a dream to cook in my homeland with the ingredients of my youth and to show the world how beautiful and diverse Korean food can be.
在自己的故鄉用童年記憶中的食材烹飪，向世界展現韓式料理的美麗與豐富，一直是我的夢想。
And to those who have remarked that I was at a disadvantage because I did not have a kitchen to practice in Korea, it makes me ask, What is a Kitchen?
然後回覆一下那些說我在韓國沒有廚房練習所以處於劣勢的人，我不禁想問，什麼是廚房？
Every day off while in Korea, I turned my hotel room into a test kitchen, bought ingredients from the local markets and tested new ideas all while watching intense Korean dramas for motivation. A kitchen is passion and love and creativity - it is not only fancy equipment or luxury ingredients. All I ever really need is a cutting board, a knife and curiosity to turn any room into a kitchen.
在韓國的每一個休息日，我都把飯店房間變成實驗廚房，從當地市場採購食材，邊測試新想法，邊追韓劇刺激靈感。廚房就是熱情、愛、創意的化身——不只是有高檔廚具或奢華食材的地方。我真正需要的只有砧板、刀和好奇心，來把任何空間變成廚房。
Thank you to everyone and hope I inspired you to try something new in your own kitchens, whatever that may look like.
感謝所有的人，願我能啟發你們在自己的廚房裡嘗試新事物，不管它看起來怎麼樣。
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覺得認識愛德華李就是看這檔節目最巨大的收穫，對我來說他就是這場比賽唯一的王者，我心裡的北極星。
節目結束了，但追他的坑才要開始 XD
