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Pasta follows the dreams and successes of a young woman who aspires to become an elite chef at La Sfera Italian restaurant.
Seo Yoo-kyung, the lowest-ranking member of the kitchen staff at a top Italian restaurant, is promoted to assistant to the pasta chef.
Soon after Hyun-wook makes his startling suggestion to date, Yoo-kyung must make a decision.
After Yoo-kyung loses the lunch challenge, San and Se-young see Hyun-wook firing her and feel pity at her crushed reaction.
Yoo-kyung is stunned to be named the winner of the blind audition, and everyone agrees that her dish is deserving.
Yoo-kyung concedes that she received $8,550 from the egg vendor, but insists that despite appearances, she's innocent.
Team Korea muses that perhaps the head chef has become addicted to firing people. Meanwhile, Kang makes her move on Philip.
Hyun-wook and Yoo-kyung share a special breakfast while on a trip to the seaside to buy fish.
Former President Seol pays La Sfera a visit. San berates Seol for not only pocketing so much money, but for making Seo Yoo-kyung his scapegoat.
Yoo-kyung and Hyun-wook bandy about metaphors of fish, cutting boards and love. Exasperated with Hyun-wook's mixed signals, Yoo-kyung storms off.
Hyun-wook and Yoo-kyung begin to get closer at the hospital. He asks if she's concerned about the kitchen staff finding out about their relationship.
Hyun-wook tells Yoo-kyung that he likes her too. She's concerned that they might get caught, but Hyun-wook says they'll just have to be careful.
When Eun-soo announces that he'll quit, everyone at La Sfera is shocked. Eun-soo tells Hyun-wook that he knows he is dating Yoo-kyung.
Sae-young tells Yoo-kyung that she once dated Hyun-wook. The chefs warmly welcome back Eun-soo, who finally decided to return.
After her friends see her giving a box of chocolates to Hyun-wook, Yoo-kyung explains that she has a crush on him but that they are not dating.
Seol sees Yoo-kyung and Hyun-wook cuddling and he reports what he saw to San. San orders him to pretend that he doesn't know that the two are dating.
Hyun-wook quits his job. When Yoo-kyung insists he should stay, Hyun-wook tells her that if she wants to work together with him, she can quit, too.
Hyun-wook and his team of chefs return to La Sfera after Sae-young tells him that she doesn't have the confidence to cook again.
Hyun-wook and the La Sfera chefs are shocked when they read about Sae-young's confession in a news conference. Overwhelmed, San calls Sae-young.
Hyun-wook announces that Seok-ho and his team can enter the New Chef Cooking Competition on the condition that everyone pull together and help.
Yoo-kyung finds it tough to decide whether to go to Italy to receive cooking training because it would mean that she'd be apart from Hyun-wook.
