“I grew up around food and in a restaurant, so it never dawned on me that this was a thing to do; it just was. Then I found it as a profession in my mid-twenties after years of bad decisions and depression. The first step was going to the bookstore and learning about this craft. Then applying in kitchens and just getting to work.”

Korean-American chef

Roy Choi is a Korean-American chef who became widely known for creating the Kogi gourmet Korean-Mexican taco truck. He emerged as a public face of the gourmet food truck movement and for a style of cooking often described as food that is not fancy. Choi’s work helped bring street food and restaurant ideas together in a new way. In 2019, he began presenting the Netflix cooking series The Chef Show with Jon Favreau.