Chef Sang Kim
Currently over 127, 000+ participants since its inception in 2008, Sushi Making For The Soul is the most popular hands-on sushi workshop in North America. Founded and conducted by TV personality, award-winning writer and chef, Sang Kim, Sushi Making For The Soul is widely celebrated for the inspirational experience it brings to aspiring sushi lovers.
Your maestro, Chef Sang Kim, has been behind some of the best known modern Japanese and Korean restaurants in Toronto and was profiled in the New York Times #1 bestselling book, Better and Faster, for his innovative approach to food and storytelling. His TV show, SEARCHING WITH CHEF SANG, airs on TLN in Fall 2023. Season Two will air in Spring 2024.
He has been LCBO’s Featured Chef; CNE’s Celebrity Chef; winner of ‘Best Dish’ at the Chendgu International Food Competition in China; and served as Chef Ambassador for the USDA and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, South Korea. Show; Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea Chef Ambassador; recipient of the prestigious “Best Taste Award” at the International Culinary Masters Competition at the 15th Annual Chengdu Food Festival. He is also a regular food contributor on two national CTV shows, The Social and Your Morning.
He has given keynote addresses for a variety of organizations and platforms, including TEDx, IMPACT Entrepreneurship, ING Direct Talks, Historica/Passages Canada, SIPO Foundation and many more.
His third book, SEARCHING FOR (A VILLAGE CALLED) LOVE, a memoir about his food journey from a radish farm in South Korea to some of the top restaurants and hotels in Ontario, will be released in 2025 (Exile Editions). He is the recipient of the Gloria Vanderbilt Prize for Fiction (“When John Lennon Died“, 2013); shortlisted for the same prize (“Kimchi“, 2016); winner, Grain Magazine’s Short Story contest (“Spoiled Rice“, 2016); finalist for the CBC Short Story Prize (“Kraken“, 2017). His collection of literary short stories, EATING DOGS, will be released in the fall of 2025.
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