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On September 24David Chang answered the question:
What influenced David Chang to become a chef?
I didn’t necessarily fall into this profession. My father was in the restaurant business almost his entire life, and he tried his best to make sure I never worked in it. Because he knew how hard it was, he definitely sabotaged several attempts when I was younger to enter the culinary profession. I was supposed to be everything but a cook. I tried several jobs — I almost golfed; I played competitive golf when I was younger. In college, I wanted to drop out to go to culinary school, because college wasn’t doing it for me. I wanted to… I just had this bug in me. But until I had an opportunity to finally chase after it, I was pursuing everything but cooking.
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On September 24David Chang answered the question:
What influenced David Chang to become a chef?
I didn’t necessarily fall into this profession. My father was in the restaurant business almost his entire life, and he tried his best to make sure I never worked in it. Because he knew how hard it was, he definitely sabotaged several attempts when I was younger to enter the culinary profession. I was supposed to be everything but a cook. I tried several jobs — I almost golfed; I played competitive golf when I was younger. In college, I wanted to drop out to go to culinary school, because college wasn’t doing it for me. I wanted to… I just had this bug in me. But until I had an opportunity to finally chase after it, I was pursuing everything but cooking.
David Chang
Tastemaker
Chef
New York
David Chang is the chef and owner of the Momofuku restaurants, including Noodle Bar, Ssäm Bar, Ko, Má Pêche, Seiõbo and the Bakery Milk Bar. Prior to opening Noodle Bar in 2004, Chang worked in the kitchens of Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Daniel Boulud and Tom Colicchio. He has taken home three James Beard Awards. When he isn’t cooking, he’s writing about it; Chang’s first cookbook, Momofuku, came out in the fall of 2009 and he produces Lucky Peach, a quarterly print journal, with Peter Meehan and McSweeney’s.
