Paik Jong-won
South Korean chef, television personality and businessman · South Korea · On the map · Chefs · Born 1966 · age 60
He turned restaurant expertise into must-watch TV across South Korea, then judged the cooks of Culinary Class Wars for Netflix - the businessman who made knowing how to fix a failing kitchen into appointment viewing.
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Paik Jong-won was born September 4, 1966, and built his name first in business, then carried that authority to the screen. Starting in 2015 he hosted Baek Jong-won's Top 3 Chef King, then Baek Jong-won's Food Truck in 2017, then Baek Jong-won's Alley Restaurant from 2018 to 2021 - a run of cooking shows that made him a household presence in South Korea. In 2024 he stepped into one of two main judging chairs on Netflix's Culinary Class Wars, bringing the same no-nonsense kitchen sense to a competition format that traveled beyond his home audience.
