Judy Joo

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.

Judy Joo
Judy Joo, Chef, Writer and TV Personality
Born
Summit, New Jersey
EducationKent Place School, Summit, New Jersey, U.S.
Columbia University, School of Engineering and Applied Science;
French Culinary Institute
Culinary career
Current restaurant(s)
    • Seoul Bird, London, Las Vegas
Television show(s)
    • Cooking with the Stars, S1 & S2
    • Korean Food Made Simple, S1 & S2 (host, chef)
    • Kitchen Inferno (resident judge)
    • Iron Chef UK (Iron Chef)
    • Iron Chef America (judge, challenger)
    • Next Iron Chef (resident judge)
    • Guy's Grocery Games (judge)
    • Best Thing I Ever Ate (chef)
    • Best Thing I Ever Made (chef)
Award(s) won
  • Official "Hansik" Food Ambassador- the Korean Food Foundation, Best Standalone Restaurant (Jinjuu Soho)- Bar and Restaurant Design Awards, Best Korean Restaurant (Jinjuu Hong Kong)- Tatler Magazine, Michelin Guide Plate (Jinjuu Soho) 2015-2018, Exceptional Travel and Hospitality Award- 21st Century Icon Awards
Websitejudyjoo.com

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][4][5]

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".[6][7]

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, Nahm (Bangkok), and The Fat Duck.[6]

In January 2015, she opened up her own restaurant in London called Jinjuu in Soho, London. Jinjuu was widely recognized to be London's premier modern Korean restaurant and expanded to three locations (Soho, Mayfair, and Hong Kong).[8][9] She left the Jinjuu brand in 2019 and then opened a fast casual concept, Seoul Bird in 2020 in Shepherd's Bush, London. A second location in 2021 followed in Canary Wharf and then Seoul Bird opened in Las Vegas in 2022.[10] She has two cookbooks,[11] "Korean Food Made Simple" and "Korean Soul Food", and most recently starred in two seasons on ITV's Cooking with the Stars (UK).[12] She appears regularly on national morning shows in the UK and USA including Today, Good Morning America, Wendy Wililams, Saturday Kitchen, Sunday Brunch, and more. She also writes regularly for national magazines and periodicals including The Financial Times, The Guardian, Forbes Travel Guide, National Geographic, and more. She is featured extensively in print media, digital, and television.

She sits on Columbia University's Board of Visitors[13] and was the 2018 commencement graduation speaker. View her speech here.[14]

Media

Joo was one of the four Iron Chefs on the cooking show Iron Chef UK, making her the first female Iron Chef in the UK and the second globally after Cat Cora in the USA. She was a resident judge on season four of the Food Network show The Next Iron Chef.[6] She starred in ITV's Cooking with the Stars (S1 & S2), and regularly appears on various national shows in both the UK and USA.

See also

References
  1. "Becoming an Iron Chef: Judy Joo '97". Columbia Engineering. Spring 2011. Archived from the original on 2017-12-26. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
  2. "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.
  3. "Morgan Stanley Woman Turned Chef Lands Job at U.K. Playboy Club". Bloomberg News. February 7, 2011.
  4. Huang, Taylor (2021-06-15). "The Untold Truth Of Judy Joo". Mashed.com. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
  5. Kierzek, Kristine M. "Chef Chat: Korean cuisine inspires Iron Chef Judy Joo's career". Journal Sentinel. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
  6. "Judge: Judy Joo is a judge on season four of The Next Iron Chef". Food Network.
  7. Menin, Sophie (2005-01-05). "Kids in Harlem Savor Food That Isn't Fast". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
  8. Diaries, The Foodie (2017-01-24). "London Diaries: Lunch at Jinjuu Mayfair". The Foodie Diaries. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
  9. by (2017-04-01). "Jinjuu Hong Kong - Savour BlackBookAsia Restaurant Review". Savour BlackBookAsia. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
  10. "Westfield London". Seoul Bird. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
  11. "Amazon.co.uk". www.amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
  12. Darvill, Josh (2022-07-12). "Cooking With The Stars: Meet the celebrities taking part in series two!". TellyMix. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
  13. "Board of Visitors". Columbia Engineering. 2020-02-18. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
  14. Judy Joo Columbia Univ 2018 SEAS Commencement Speaker Clip, retrieved 2023-06-13
  15. "List of Columbia University alumni and attendees", Wikipedia, 2023-06-03, retrieved 2023-06-13
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