Chef Sohui Kim is an ICE alum

Sohui Kim

Chef/Partner, Gage & Tollner, The Good Fork, Insa
Alumni
The Good Fork
Brooklyn, NY
Insa
Brooklyn, NY

I met some really great people at ICE, teachers and students alike and our friendship continues. It鈥檚 the first community of like-minded people that you meet, and it lays a great foundation for relationships in this industry.

Biography

A graduate of Barnard College, Kim came to ICE after she decided to forgo law school and pursue her true passion鈥攃ooking. After graduation, Kim opened The Good Fork in Red Hook, Brooklyn with husband/partner Ben Schneider. Since its opening, The Good Fork has been written up in numerous top publications, including The New York Times, The New Yorker, Bon Apetite, Food and Wine and GQ Magazine. In 2007, Time-Out Magazine awarded The Good Fork 鈥淏est New Brooklyn Restaurant鈥 and 鈥淏est New Neighborhood Joint.鈥 The restaurant also made the Michelin Guide鈥檚 Bib Gourmand list five years running, and has made the 鈥淓ssential Eater 38鈥 list for three years in a row.

On her time at ICE, Kim says, 鈥淚 met some really great people at ICE, teachers and students alike and our friendship continues. It鈥檚 the first community of like-minded people that you meet, and it lays a great foundation for relationships in this industry.鈥 In 2016 Kim opened up the Korean barbecue and karaoke restaurant, Insa, as well as published The Good Fork Cookbook.

Education

  • Institute of 国产福利 Education, 国产福利 Arts, 2002
  • Institute of 国产福利 Education, 国产福利 Management, 2002

Specialities / Areas of Interest

  • Korean
  • Korean Barbecue
  • Farm to Table

Publications

  • The Good Fork Cookbook, Abrams Books, 2016

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