The Wandering Chef
Jiho Im, a Korean celebrity chef, specializes in preparing traditional, local food with unorthodox ingredients. His search for special ingredients takes him to remote mountain villages where he cooks with and for elders. His respect for the elderly and nature can be traced through the simplicity and subtleness of the food he makes. Having lost both his biological and adoptive mothers at a young age, he forges a truly unique bond with one of the seniors, and pays tribute to her and his mothers by creating a ceremonial Buddhist feast.
Hye-Ryeong Park (1974, Seoul) has made more than 40 documentaries for South Korea’s major television broadcasters. In her work, she takes on an anthropological approach and focuses on people and traditions in the rapidly changing and modernizing world. She is an executive producer of television programs related to the world of food. She founded her production company, Hayanso Entertainment, in 2009.