WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE BREAKFAST?
Bagel and cream cheese.
IS THERE A CHILDHOOD COMFORT FOOD THAT YOU THINK ABOUT?
Seaweed soup and rice.
WHICH TALENT WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO HAVE THAT YOU DON’T POSSESS?
Photographic memory.
WAS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU THOUGHT YOU WANTED TO DO BEFORE YOU STARTED COOKING?
Designer.
OF ALL THE FRENCH PASTRIES, WHICH IS YOUR FAVORITE TO MAKE?
Chaussons aux pommes.
IS THERE ONE FOOD THAT YOU’RE SECRETLY OBSESSED WITH HAVING AT HOME?
Rice and good bread.
IS THERE A FOOD THAT YOU DISLIKE?
Goat products.
IF YOU COULD FIND OUT ANYONE’S SECRET RECIPE, WHOSE AND WHAT WOULD IT BE?
Chef Eunji Lee.
WHAT’S YOUR MOST MEMORABLE MEAL AND WHY?
Cheese and wine samples in Loire Valley castle the underground market.
WHAT MENTORS HELPED YOU ALONG YOUR JOURNEY OF BECOMING A CHEF?
Didn’t have one.
THROUGHOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY, HAVE YOU NOTICED A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN KITCHENS THAT ARE RUN BY MEN VS. KITCHENS THAT ARE RUN BY WOMEN? IF SO, WHAT WAS THIS DIFFERENCE, AND HOW DID IT IMPACT THE OVERALL ENVIRONMENT WHILST PREPARING FOOD?
Not really.
IT IS REALLY SAD TO SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING GLOBALLY. YOUNG ASPIRING CHEFS ARE LOOKING TO THEIR HERO’S HOW TO TURN PAINT INTO CREATIVITY. DO YOU HAVE ANY ADVICE ON HOW TO TURN THIS DIFFICULT TIME INTO SOMETHING PRODUCTIVE?
Think about how you can work with what you have with the current situation? Packaged ingredients with instruction? Work with what you have and create something that can be used or consumed by the customers.
WHAT IS ONE POSITIVE AND ONE NEGATIVE EFFECT COVID-19 HAS HAD ON YOUR LOVE FOR MAKING FOOD?
Still in the process of thinking about the positive for me but one negative effect is the loss of our shop due to perception and fear promoted by the media and government. How vulnerable we are to this deception…
HOW HAVE YOU BEEN SPENDING YOUR TIME RECENTLY, HAVE YOU HAD TIME TO CREATE NEW RECIPES?
No, the sale of the shop and move has been all I was able to do. Then I might go back to being creative.
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