Who’s Dating Who? The “Bon Appétit, Your Majesty” Cast’s Real-Life Romances
Bon Appétit, Your Majesty (also known as The Tyrant’s Chef) is a new historical fantasy K-Drama that premiered on August 23. The show features an on-screen romance between a time-traveling chef and a king of the past, but which of the main cast members are dating in real life?
1. Girls’ Generation’s YoonA
YoonA stars in this series as Yeon Ji Yeong, a French cuisine chef who crash-lands in the Joseon era after she wins a cooking competition.

Dating rumors have linked her to several male celebrities, including her King the Land co-star 2PM’s Junho, but to date YoonA’s only confirmed relationship has been with actor Lee Seung Gi. Dispatch revealed their relationship on New Year’s Day in 2014, years after Lee Seung Gi had named YoonA as his ideal type. Their romance ended in July 2015.

2. Lee Chae Min
Lee plays the male lead, Yi Heon, the tyrannical King of Joseon. YoonA’s character gets appointed as a palace chef after she blows Yi Heon’s taste buds away with her delicious cooking.

Lee is dating actress Ryu Da In, whom he met on the set of Crash Course in Romance. Their relationship, which was confirmed in March 2024, recently made headlines again, thanks to Bon Appétit, Your Majesty‘s popularity.
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3. Kang Han Na
Kang plays as Kang Mok Ju, a concubine at the place. Dating rumors have linked the actress to Taiwanese actor Darren Wang, her My Roommate is a Gumiho co-star Kim Do Wan, and EXO‘s Suho, but she doesn’t have any confirmed public relationships.

4. Choi Gwi Hwa
Choi plays a member of the Joseon royal family, Prince Je Seon, who is on a mission to usurp the throne. Choi married his wife in 2009, but they didn’t hold their wedding ceremony until 2015, after his career finally started to take off.
