Netflix's "Culinary Class Wars" Season 2 turned temple food into a highly competitive global spectacle, bringing Ven. Seonjae a flood of offers to capitalize on her newfound fame. Instead, Korea's first designated master of temple food refused the commercial hype to educate international and younger audiences about the unique cuisine, which is rooted in mindfulness and ecological concerns. "I stopped my lectures in June last year and I am currently unemployed," Ven. Seonjae joked Thursday ahead of a cooking demonstration at the Korean Temple Food Center in Jongno District, Seoul. "Others suggest I should capitalize on the momentum with variety shows and advertisements, but my way of acting is educating younger generations about our food culture to protect it and teach wisdom." The event marked the first media promotion hosted by the Cultural Corps of Korean Buddhism under the Jogye Order since its launch in 2002. The organization said its goal is to make the value and spirit of temple food better known so that the cuisine is not consumed merely as a passing fad. Temple food philosophy "I d