I am a restaurateur and writer.
I am the owner of YAKITORI BAR and SEOUL FOOD CO., and was behind some of the best known modern Japanese and Korean restaurant concepts in Canada.
I am the author of A DREAM CALLED LAUNDRY and BALLAD OF A KARAOKE COWBOY.
I am the recipient of the 2013 Gloria Vanderbilt-Exile Short Story Prize for my story, "When John Lennon Died", which is anthologized in Exile Quarterly's CVC Anthology, as well as THE STORIES THAT ARE GREAT WITHIN US.
My latest writing project, WOODY ALLEN ATE MY KIMCHI, is a candid and hilarious look (or so I think) behind-the-scenes at some of the top restaurants in Ontario.
I am co-organizer of REEL EATS, a monthly gastronomic, film, and storytelling event taking place at some of the top restaurant venues in the GTA on one gloriously delicious night.
I am also co-director of the SMALL PRESS OF TORONTO (SPoT), a bi-annual book fair in a variety of venues across the city of Toronto, celebrating small press writers and publishers from all over the country.
I am the creator/host of COOK/BOOK a photography and cookbook project that includes some of Canada’s most prominent and emerging writers preparing their favourite meals.
I run SUSHI MAKING FOR THE SOUL, Toronto's most popular sushi-making class, as well as a monthly kimchi-making class,
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