The distinctive feature of The Gourmet is Stephen Chow's story structure of "nobody, short story and big theme". The Legend of the Gourmet, like Dae Jang Geum, is also an inspirational drama involving eating. The drama incorporates people's favorite food themes and is close to people's daily life. The audience can learn a lot of practical cooking knowledge and health preservation methods from the play.

Steven, who truly reflects the inner feelings of the little people, has ups and downs in his fate in the film, from nothing to hundreds of millions of dollars, and then to poverty. His portrayal of the little people is natural and unpretentious. Finally, the little people once again launched in full swing with persistent beliefs.

Although the play is adapted from a movie, the TV version of Gourmet is by no means a water-filled version of the movie. This play not only completely retains the essence of the film, but also explains how gourmets start their lives, which will be better than the film. The play is still dominated by comedy style, but it pays more attention to the analysis and reflection of human nature than the film. There are many ups and downs before Steve became famous in TV series, which will show the ups and downs of a contemporary god of food to the audience more completely. The biggest difference from the movie version is that besides the big sister, the big turkey and the buck-toothed girl, the heroine who plays opposite the god of food has also added a beautiful woman president, and the god of food will fall into a difficult love triangle.