1. David Chang is an American celebrity chef, restaurateur, author, podcaster, and television personality.
29 Facts About David Chang
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David Chang is the founder of the Momofuku restaurant group.
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Chang was born in Arlington, Virginia to Woo Chung Hi "Sherri", born in Kaesong, and Chang Jin Pil, later Joseph P Chang, born in Pyongyang.
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David Chang grew up in Vienna, Virginia, with two older brothers and one sister.
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David Chang attended Georgetown Preparatory School and then Trinity College, where he majored in religious studies.
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David Chang stayed at Craft for two years and then moved to Japan to work at a small soba shop, followed by a restaurant in Tokyo's Park Hyatt Hotel.
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In 2004, David Chang opened his first restaurant, Momofuku Noodle Bar in the East Village.
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Later that year, David Chang expanded Momofuku Ssam Bar into an adjacent space with his colleague Christina Tosi, whom he had hired to run Momofuku's pastry program.
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In May 2010, David Chang opened Ma Peche in midtown Manhattan.
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In November 2010, David Chang announced the opening of his first restaurant outside the US in Sydney, Australia.
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In March 2011, David Chang announced that he would be bringing Momofuku to Toronto, and opened it in late 2012.
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David Chang launched Fuku, a chain of fast food restaurants specializing in fried chicken sandwiches, in June 2015.
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In 2016, David Chang launched his first digital-only restaurant, which offers a menu only for delivery in Midtown East and takes orders taken via an app named Ando.
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Later in 2016, David Chang participated in a project hosted by a Silicon Valley startup named Impossible Foods.
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David Chang prepared food that was later added on the menu of one of his restaurants, Momofuku Nishi, as a partnership between Impossible Foods and David Chang.
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In July 2017, David Chang announced the opening of his first West Coast restaurant in Los Angeles.
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In May 2017, David Chang announced the opening of a new restaurant at the Hudson Yards development in New York.
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David Chang's two-Michelin starred restaurant Momofuku Ko, located in New York, New York, closed on November 4,2023.
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David Chang has served as a guest judge on the reality show Top Chef: All Stars.
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David Chang hosted the first season of the PBS food series The Mind of a Chef, which was executive produced by Anthony Bourdain and premiered in the fall of 2012.
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In September 2013, David Chang appeared on a skit on the Deltron 3030 album, Event 2.
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In 2018, David Chang created, produced, and starred in a Netflix original series, Ugly Delicious.
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David Chang appeared in another Netflix series The Chef Show, produced by his friends Roy Choi and Jon Favreau.
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David Chang hosted the documentary film series The Next Thing You Eat.
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David Chang appeared as a fictionalized version of himself in the Apple TV+ original series Loot.
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In summer 2011, David Chang released the first issue of his Lucky Peach food magazine, a quarterly publication created with Peter Meehan and published by McSweeney's.
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Epicurious described David Chang as having a "bad-boy attitude" for having no reservations or vegetarian options.
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David Chang serves on the Food Council at City Harvest and the Culinary Council at Food Bank for New York City, two hunger-relief organizations.
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David Chang is a member of the board of trustees at MOFAD, the Museum of Food and Drink in New York City.