Judy Joo
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 Judy Joo, Chef, Writer and TV Personality | |
| Education | Kent Place School, Summit, New Jersey, U.S. Columbia University, School of Engineering and Applied Science; French Culinary Institute |
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| Website | judyjoo |
Judy Joo is a chef and television personality. She is best known as being the host of Food Network's "Korean Food Made Simple" and an Iron Chef UK and her restaurant Seoul Bird in London. Joo splits her time between New York City, London, and Asia.
Career
Joo graduated from Columbia University[1] with a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research. She began a career in the banking industry working at Goldman Sachs and then Morgan Stanley as an institutional fixed income derivatives saleswoman.[2][3]
However, she switched careers and began working as a chef after attending The French Culinary Institute, (Pastry Arts) in 2004 and graduating at the top of her class. She then went to work at Saveur magazine in the test kitchens as well as in editorial. She also worked at Slow Food USA, where she founded their first inner city Slow Food in Schools program, "Harvest Time in Harlem".[4]
A move to London led her to restaurants, where she worked at Gordon Ramsay's restaurants, including Maze, Petrus, Gordon Ramsay Restaurant, Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's and The Boxwood Café. She has also completed "stages" in the restaurants The French Laundry and The Fat Duck.[4] In January 2015, she opened up her own restaurant in London called Jinjuu in Soho. Jinjuu was widely recognized to be London's premier modern Korean restaurant. Prior to that she was the executive chef for the Playboy Club London.[3] In December 2015, Jinjuu launched a second location in Hong Kong and a third in Mayfair, London shortly afterwards. In 2019, Joo left Jinjuu and open a new venture, entitled Seoul Bird in 2020 in Shepherd's Bush and a second location in 2021.[citation needed]
She notably delivered the keynote Commencement address to her alma mater, Columbia University, in May 2018. Link to her speech.
Media
Joo was one of the four Iron Chefs on the cooking show Iron Chef UK and was a resident judge on season four of the Food Network show The Next Iron Chef.[4] She has also been a regular judge on Iron Chef America and a Challenger in the Iron Chef UK vs. Iron Chef America battle. She is also the host of Korean Food Made Simple (Cooking Channel in the US, and Food Network UK), and Season 2 of the same title on Food Network worldwide. She is also a resident judge on Kitchen Inferno (Food Network).
In addition to her Iron Chef roles, Joo has appeared on UK Food Channel's Market Kitchen and Food Network's The Best Thing I Ever Ate and The Best Thing I Ever Made. She is also a regular judge on Guy Fieri's Guy's Grocery Games. Joo also makes regular guest appearances on various TV shows, radio and digital videos in USA, UK and in Asia.[citation needed] Joo is also one of the mentor chefs in the UK's "Cooking with the Stars" on ITV.
Her first book, Korean Food Made Simple, was published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (USA) and Jacqui Small/Quarto Publishing (UK) in May 2016. In 2019, she came out with her second book, Korean Soul Food, published by Quarto/White Lion. [citation needed]
See also
References
- ^ "Becoming an Iron Chef: Judy Joo '97". Columbia Engineering. Spring 2011.
- ^ "Former Goldman And Morgan Stanley Banker Explains The Lure Of Playboy Bunnies". Business Insider. February 8, 2011. Archived from the original on April 2, 2012.
- ^ a b "Morgan Stanley Woman Turned Chef Lands Job at U.K. Playboy Club". Bloomberg News. February 7, 2011.
- ^ a b c "Judge: Judy Joo is a judge on season four of The Next Iron Chef". Food Network.
External links
- Official website
- Out of the Fire, Into the Frying Pan, by Judy Joo, Wall Street Journal, January 23, 2009
- American derivatives traders
- American expatriates in the United Kingdom
- American businesspeople of Korean descent
- American television chefs
- Columbia School of Engineering and Applied Science alumni
- Food Network chefs
- Kent Place School alumni
- Living people
- American women chefs
- International Culinary Center alumni
- 1974 births
- 21st-century American women