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Paik Jong-won (Korean: 백종원; born September 4, 1966), sometimes spelled Baek Jong-won, is a South Korean chef. He is the main host of the SBS' cooking television series Baek Jong-won's Top 3 Chef King, Baek Jong-won's Food Truck, and Baek Jong-won's Alley Restaurant.
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Occupation(s) | Restaurateur, entrepreneur |
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Children | 3 |
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Current restaurant(s)
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Website | www |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 백종원 |
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Revised Romanization | Baek Jongwon |
McCune–Reischauer | Paek Chongwŏn |
Baek Jong-won was born on September 4, 1966, in Yesan, Chungnam, South Korea.[1] He was interested in food since he was a child.[2] When he was an elementary school student, he was given some biscuits, but he had to fry them with butter and sprinkle them with sugar. He said his father was also a picky eater, which made him more interested in cooking. When he was a student, his father would buy ten hamburgers at a time on his way home after a business trip. Baek Jong-won would try different recipes to make the hamburgers taste better. It was from then that he started to cook.[3]
Baek married actress So Yoo-jin on January 19, 2013.[4][5] Their first child, a son, was born on April 9, 2014.[6] Their second child, a daughter, was born on September 21, 2015.[7] Their third child, a daughter, was born on February 8, 2018.[8][9]
Baek has hosted a number of cooking television shows, including Baek Jong-won's Top 3 Chef King, Baek Jong-won's Food Truck, and Baek Jong-won's Alley Restaurant. In 2021, he produced his own original series Baek Spirit, with Netflix.[10]
He is also the CEO of Theborn Korea Inc, 26 restaurant franchises with 1,299 branches across the country including Saemaul Sikdang,[11] Baek's Coffee,[12] and Baek's Bibim.[13]
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2024 | Flex X Cop | himself | Cameo (episode 1) | [14] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2010 | VJ Commando | |||
2013 | Veranda Show | The World of Army Food | ||
Real Men | Judge | Cooking show segment | [15] | |
2014 | Happy Together | Christmas Special | ||
World opinion ATLAS | ||||
K Chef Battlefield S2 | ||||
2015–2017 | Baek Jong-won's Top 3 Chef King | Main host | ||
2015 | My Little Television | [16] | ||
Yunyega Junggye | ||||
2015–2017 | Home Food Rescue | [17] | ||
2015 | K Chef Battlefield S3 | |||
2016 | Go Go with Mr. Paik | [18] | ||
2017 | Baek Jong-won's Food Truck | Main host | [19] | |
2018–2019 | Street Food Fighter | |||
2018–2021 | Baek Jong-won's Alley Restaurant | [20] | ||
2019 | Paik's Mysterious Kitchen | [21] | ||
High School Lunch Cook-off | ||||
Manners of Taste | ||||
2019–2021 | Delicious Rendezvous | [22] | ||
2020–present | The Paikfather | [23] | ||
2021 | Korean Pork Belly Rhapsody | |||
Baek Jong-won Class | with Sung Si-kyung | [24] | ||
Baek Jong-won's Four Seasons | [25][26] | |||
Paik's Spirit | [27][28] | |||
2022 | The Backpacker Chef | with Dindin, Ahn Bo-hyun and Oh Dae-hwan | [29] | |
2023-2024 | The Genius Paik | Cast member | with Kwon Yu-ri, Lee Jang-woo, BamBam and John Park | [30] |
The Genius Paik 2 | with Lee Jang-woo, Kwon Yu-ri, John Park, Lee Kyu-hyung, Hyoyeon, Fabrizio Ferrari and Eric | [31] |
He has published many books, usually on cooking or restaurant management.
Award ceremony | Year | Category | Nominee / Work | Result | Ref. |
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Blue Dragon Series Awards | 2022 | Best Male Entertainer | Baek Jong-won's Four Seasons | Nominated | [33] |
The Tourism & Sciences Society of Korea | 2015 | Grand Prize | Baek Jong-won | Won | [citation needed] |
tvN10 Awards | 2016 | Best Content Award, Variety | Go Go with Mr. Paik | Nominated | [34] |
SBS Entertainment Awards | 2016 | Special Prize | Baek Jong-won's Top 3 Chef King | Won | [35] |
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