The Blue Ribbon Survey (Korean: 블루리본 서베이) is South Korea's first restaurant guide established in November 2005.

[1] According to an interview with Weekly Hankook, editor-in-chief Kim Eun-jo had been planning the Blue Ribbon Survey since 1999.

At that time, however, evaluation was meaningless because there were not a lot of restaurants in South Korea and the quality of food and service was low.

After the 2002 FIFA World Cup, the number of restaurants nationwide and their quality increased, so the survey could begin in 2005.

[2] Evaluators were divided into "general public knights" (일반인 기사단) consisting of bloggers interested in food or gourmets and "expert knights" (전문가 기사단) consisting of related industry officials, professors, and reporters.