This drama is from 2010 and "feels" like a dated soap opera. It has all the usual tropes - Evil Chaebol wife unable to conceive a son, getting one from an affair, workaholic father, bastard son (and mother who was the Chaebol's love interest in their youth), meddling Mother in Law, Smart daughter, Dumb daughter, Beaten daughter, over optimistic super talented Gary Sue male lead, resentful brother, all of it. It's Drama with a capital D. Nothing original, but the dramatic effect scenes were all shot and played well within the script.

There are some serious and unbelievable plot holes that kill the rating for this show.
1. I hate the script writer for contriving situations where no normal sane human being would react that way. For example when the mother and father reunite, he doesn't tell her that their son is alive. And she never asks. HOW? That should be the initial number 1 question considering both parents repeatedly profess to love the bastard son.
2. The father and mother are portrayed as being Stupider than stupid, constantly being manipulated by the bad guys and being unable to learn from their mistakes. The mother reveals herself by falling for a "meeting your son" trap despite being counseled by her friends not to fall into the trap. Stupid stupid stupid. Every time I think it can't get any worse they do something even more stupid than before. Crazy stupid.
3. The gifted genius smell baker, Kim Tak Gu, has no choice but to be stupid considering he inherited a double does of stupid from both parents. He goes through life like Forrest Gump, oblivious due to his stupidity, and yet being lucky enough to always somehow escape from bad situations unscathed. UNBELIEVABLE. He speaks as if he's shouting at everybody, which he is doing. Dude, this isn't the army and you're not Forrest Gump. This shout talk would get old and people would actually start hating him for his speech problems.
4. The Chaebol wife can't move on and is constantly slapping various people, none of whom ever press assault charges.
5. There's not enough baking to call this show King of Baking.

There were a few saving graces
1. The acting was great. Especially by the "child" actors, Grandma, Artisan Baker Palbong, Mr Han (the villain), the step mother and that convict turned baker deserve special praise.
2. Fashion, jewelry and hair are on point. Mrs. Gu wore a particularly attractive black and white patterned jacket that looked classy and designer. Her clothes were fantastic except for that one outfit which looked like it had plastic flowers pasted on to the blouse / skirt, just bleargh.
3. There is a satisfying conclusion.

Overall if you can handle insanely unrealistic drama where people can't communicate to save their lives (which literally in some cases communication could have saved a lifetime of trouble) and want some minimal food porn, this might be for you. I kind of regretted watching it all but couldn't stop due to the "trainwreck" nature of this series.