Baek Jong-won (born September 4, 1966), sometimes spelled Paik 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 ''The Nations' Big Three'' () is a South Korean cooking-variety program which has been broadcast since August 28, 2015. From July 21, 2017, the program was spun off to '' Paik Jong-won's Food Truck'' (). Since January 5, 2018, it was again spun ...

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Baek Jong-won's Food Truck ''Paik Jong-won's Food Truck'' () is a South Korean cooking-variety program which was broadcast from July 21, 2017 to December 29, 2017. It is a spin-off of the cooking-variety program ''Baek Jong-won's Top 3 Chef King, Paik Jong-won's Top 3 Chef ...

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Baek Jong-won's Alley Restaurant ''Baek Jong-won's Alley Restaurant'' () is a South Korean cooking-variety program that has been broadcast since January 5, 2018. It is a spin-off of cooking-variety program ''Baek Jong-won's Top 3 Chef King''. It is currently hosted by Baek Jong ...

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Personal life

Baek Jong-won was born on September 4, 1966, in

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. He was interested in food since he was a child. 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 claims 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. Baek married actress

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on January 19, 2013. Their first child, a son, was born on April 9, 2014. Their second child, a daughter, was born on September 21, 2015. Their third child, a daughter, was born on February 8, 2018.

Career

Baek has hosted a number of cooking television shows, including ''

'', ''

,'' and ''

.'' In 2021, he produced his own original series, titled ''Baek Spirit,'' with

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. He is also the CEO of Theborn Korea Inc, 26 restaurant

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s with 1,299 branches across the country including Saemaul Sikdang, Baek's Coffee and Baek's Bibim.

Filmography

Television shows

Books

He has published many books, usually on cooking or restaurant management. * 2004 ''There is a Restaurant Secret to Earning Money (돈 버는 식당 비법은 있다)'', * 2009 ''Baek Jong-won's Secret Cooking Recipes (백종원의 식당 조리비책)'', * 2010 ''Professional Restaurant Managing for Beginners (초짜도 대박나는 전문식당)'', * 2010 ''A Restaurant that Always Succeeds (무조건 성공하는 작은식당)'', * 2010 ''Founded Recipes by the Eat-Out Management Professional Baek Jong-Won (외식경영 전문가 백종원의 창업레시피 세트)'', * 2013 ''Beak Jong-won's Meat (백종원의 육)'', * 2014 ''52 Home-cooked Food Recipes Recommended by Baek Jong-won (백종원이 추천하는 집밥 메뉴 52)'', * 2016 ''54 Home-cooked Food Recipes Recommended by Baek Jong-won (백종원이 추천하는 집밥 메뉴 54)'', * 2016 ''Baek Jong-won's Managing Story (백종원의 장사 이야기)'', * 2017 ''55 Home-cooked Food Recipes Recommended by Baek Jong-won (백종원이 추천하는 집밥 메뉴 55)'',

Awards and nominations

Listicles

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Baek, Jong-won 1966 births Living people South Korean television chefs South Korean chief executives Businesspeople in the food industry People from Yesan County Seoul High School alumni Yonsei University alumni Suwon Baek clan South Korean chefs