'Legend of the Cook' hit a 7.3% viewership rating.

With Episode 6 airing at the same time slot, the viewership ratings recorded an average of 7.3% and a peak of 8.6% nationwide, and an average of 7.8% and a peak of 9.5% in the metropolitan area. However, another crisis arose at the end. Kang Sung-jae, who had gotten lost and arrived at the battalion headquarters assembly point, accidentally overheard a suspicious phone conversation in which Captain Lee Min-gu (played by Han Min) said, “Should I get rid of Jo Ye-rin?” While fleeing, he faced the risk of falling off a cliff at the end of a dark mountain path, raising the tension to its peak.