Eunjo Park | K-Pod | Ep. 12 - a podcast by Juliana Sohn, KoreanAmericanStory.org, Catherine Hong

Eunjo “Jo” Park is the executive chef at K?wi, the fine-dining Korean restaurant opened by David Chang’s Momofuku restaurant group in New York City. Jo is at the forefront of a growing group of chefs putting modern Korean food on the map. After culinary school at CIA she climbed the ranks in some of the best kitchens in the country, including Daniel, Per Se and Momofuku Ko. She tells Catherine and Juliana about her childhood in rural Korea, learning to cook for herself while her parents ran a dry cleaners, a devastating injury early on in her career, and the challenges lying ahead.

Follow Jo Park on Instagram @eunjoful
Hosts: Juliana Sohn @juliana_sohn Catherine Hong @catherinehong100
Editor: AJ Valente
Producer: Jessica Park
Executive Producer: HJ Lee

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