Name: Chris Ahn

Age:18           Nationality: Canadian Korean

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About Me: I am an 18 year old culinary student who is attending George Brown College. The reason that I want to become a chef is to bring Korean food into a higher fine-dining experience. Korean food is mostly portrayed as a casual dine in or take out food for most people. My goal is to use fine dining and french techniques to create Korean food on a higher level and elevate customer’s perspective on my country’s culinary history. Ever since I was young, I grew up around Korean food everyday. The profound flavor and taste of variety of Korean food was always exciting to me.

After being introduced into the idea and importance of fine-dining through the internet, I realized that this was something I wanted to do in the future. The amount of concentration and passion they put into making a dish really inspired me to become a chef. Many fine-dining chefs presents their culture’s food at a high level, the foods that they grew up on. Famous chefs like David Chang, Alex Atala and Gaggan Anand inspired me to chase my dreams of becoming a fine-dining chef who brings Korean food to a higher level of dining.

Personal Philosophy for Cooking: I believe that cooking should be all about showing your experiences as a chef but also as a person. Being able to transfer the memory of taste and experience I get during my lifetime and sharing it with others on a plate I created myself  is something very special and fulfilling. I want people to experience the highest moments I’ve had with food, especially food cooked and eaten with family and friends. I also believe that cooking is about happiness. Like what most people say, food brings everyone together and I really believe it does. Having dinner with friends and family, eating off the same table, talking and having a great time is something that I consider important.

Food Blogs: From this blogging experience, I hope I can interact with others about what dishes they have created and get inspired from other students cooking. Being able to learn a variety of different food from different cultures seems fun and exciting. This is also my first time blogging and I hope I will be able to show others my experience and idea with food through this website by taking advice from others on how to improve my cooking and plating skills.

 

Inspiring Quote: ” When you acknowledge, as you must, that there is no such thing as perfect food, only the idea of it, then the real purpose of striving toward perfection becomes clear: to make people happy, that is what cooking is all about”

– Thomas Keller