Cupid's Kitchen (2022)

Both are centered around food with delicious shots of cooking. One of the leads is a chef, the other a foodie, and there is a large age gap between the main couple (older ML/younger FL).

A story about food and romance follows Hua Xiao Mai as she falls in love with a bodyguard. Through her passion for the culinary arts, Hua Xiao Mai starts small and slowly makes her way up in the food business. She meets the cool-headed Meng Yu Huai who heads up a bodyguard agency and excels in martial arts. With his qualities, he is the definition of a true man. Meng Yu Huai and Hua Xiao Mai become quarrelsome lovers who are sweetly in love.

Both are food based dramas. .....................................................................................

Both feature mainly gorgeous shots of cooking/food (the food is basically a character) and seemingly mismatched but very compatible couple.

Very different in tone and setting, but both feature delicious looking food/cooking and an enjoyable though seemingly mismatched romance between the leads.

The female leads have similar abilities and personalities. Both are hardworking The central theme in both dramas is cooking

The love unfolds through food & culinary skills as common ground. There's also age gap, tho it's not that "visible" in Cupid's Kitchen, as it is in Dating in Kitchen. Both title has "kitchen", so it says it all:)

Both FLs are upbeat personalities, while the ML is more stoic and in a higher position in some way (talented chef vs. emperor). Both dramas have a some romance and cute scenes between the couple but the main focus is on the food, with many delicious shots of cooking/food preparation.

Blessed with an acute sense of taste, Lin Ke Song has the unique ability to identify the ingredients in any dish, with just a single bite. Despite her rare gift, she has never been much of a cook and as such, has never given much thought to pursue a career in the culinary arts. At least not until the day she met Michelin-certified chef, Jiang Qian Fan. Smitten by another man, Ke Song decides to follow her one-sided love to America, in hopes of winning his affections; however, all her plans are derailed soon after her arrival. Crossing paths with Qian Fan not long after, the highly acclaimed chef is intrigued by her rare gift. Taking her under his wing, Qian Fan begins to teach Ke Song how to apply her skills in the kitchen. Working together, they prepare for an upcoming cooking competition, but the road leading them there is full of potholes. Struggling to find her place in the kitchen, Ke Song endures Qian Fan’s rigorous training. Difficult as it may be, she slowly begins to develop her own set of skills, gaining not only a newfound confidence but Qian Fan’s admiration as well. But will any of this be enough to give her what her heart truly desires?

Both are dramas centered around food. ................................................................

In both plots the FL enters a cooking contest as the underdog contestant. The MLs are hot-tempered and controlling personalities.

Both are dramas centering around food with a chef ML. ...................................................................................

Both are food-focused romances. .................................................................................................

Couple brought together by food. There's scheming bad ex girlfriend and boyfriends. Jealous people trying to scheme against female lead.

Both are romances centered around food with a tsundere ML. ...............................................