Court Lady Jung, Han and Choi deliver the whale dishes to the King. Jang-geum, left behind in the kitchen, tastes her own food and realizes her sense of taste is back.
The king is presented with the creations of Court Lady Choi and Geum-Young and Court Lady Han and Jang-Geum. The king praises food made by Jang-Geum and praises the Royal Kitchen for its skills.
Jang-Geum tells Court Lady Han that her sense of taste have returned due to treatment of the herbal field farm Doctor Jung, who used the poison of insects as the medicine for human.
Court Lady Choi is angry at Jang-Geum’s success and scolds Geum-Young who thinks Jang-Geum has talent unsurpassed by none.