Dishing with Top Chef Winner Kristen Kish

Jongga

Season 10 Top Chef Winner Kristen Kish is teaming up with Jongga, the starring shaper of kimchi successful Korea and the starring imported Korean kimchi marque successful the United States, to enactment the brand’s caller Generation Preservation campaign. We caught up with the co-host of Netflix’s Iron Chef to chat astir the campaign, kimchi, and her upcoming projects.

JL: How did you extremity up teaming with Jongga Kimchi? 

KK: Kimchi is 1 of my favourite dishes and is simply a staple successful my pantry, truthful partnering Jongga – the fig 1 kimchi marque worldwide - felt authentic to maine and my Korean heritage. When Jongga approached maine astir their Generation Preservation run – which is raising consciousness astir works biodiversity and preserving plant-forward foods, I knew I was funny successful teaming up with them. As a chef, nutrient preservation has ever been important to me, and I’m thrilled to assistance Jongga dispersed the connection astir this important issue. 

JL: What are immoderate of your favourite recipes utilizing kimchi? 

 KK: Where bash I adjacent start? You tin usage kimchi successful beauteous overmuch immoderate recipe. Some of my favorites are Jongga Kimchi and Ham Puff Pastry Rolls, which are the cleanable appetizer for your upcoming vacation parties. They’re similar piggies successful a blanket, but with deeper flavors & spices and an other crunch! I besides emotion making Jongga Kimchi Creamed Corn Croquettes, which is different delicious, comforting look you tin bask arsenic a broadside crockery oregon a snack. The operation of brushed potatoes and crunchy kimchi is truthful satisfying! 

JL: Why is it important for preserving works biodiversity? 

KK: Jongga saw studies showing that 75% of each works diverseness – and specifically 95% of each cabbage varieties that existed a period ago, are present gone. This alarming statistic led Jongga to ideate a satellite without each the delicious ingredients that Jongga Kimchi is made of, arsenic good arsenic different fruits and vegetables we instrumentality for granted. Seeing that cabbage is 1 of the starring ingredients successful Jongga Kimchi – which is simply a fermented food, the marque knew they needed to rise consciousness astir the value of preserving works biodiversity truthful that generations to travel don’t request to interest astir losing their favourite vegetables.

JL: What was the Top Chef acquisition similar for you? 

KK: It was unexpected! It wasn’t thing I peculiarly wanted to bash but it truly worked successful my favor. I took the full acquisition 1 time astatine a clip and had the mindset of “let’s conscionable get done a situation astatine a time.” Being connected the amusement has fixed maine the accidental to person a level to speech astir things that are important and breathtaking to me. It besides reminded maine that I americium bully enough!

JL: What are immoderate projects that you are moving connected present that we tin look guardant to seeing successful the adjacent fewer months?  

KK: My National Geographic amusement “Restaurants At The End Of The World” volition beryllium coming retired successful 2023 connected Disney+ which I’m precise excited for. I besides person a enactment of Soju alcoholic beverages that are expected to beryllium disposable to acquisition by the extremity of the year. If you are successful Austin, we besides volition beryllium bringing backmost the yurts astatine my edifice Arlo Grey from November to March for patrons to enjoy.

JL: When volition your cookbook travel retired and however tin we acquisition it? 

KK: My cookbook is retired present and is disposable wherever books are sold.

Get recipes and find retired much astir Jongga astatine www.JonggaGlobal.com.