Hallyu – the Korean Wave – is taking over. With dramas and films like Squid Game and K-Pop Demon Hunters topping the Netflix charts, K-beauty products filling TikTok feeds and chemist shop shelves, and the global tour of the biggest K-Pop band in the world, BTS, about to begin, there’s no getting away from its … [Read More]
Author: Judy Joo
Selected publications by Judy Joo
- Mukja: Let’s Eat!: Fan-Favorite Recipes from K-Pop, K-Dramas & More, Countryman Press 2026
- K-Quick: Korean Food in 30 Minutes or Less, White Lion Publishing 2025
- Judy Joo’s Korean Soul Food: Authentic dishes and modern twists, White Lion Publishing 2019
- Korean Food Made Simple: Easy and Delicious Korean Recipes to Prepare at Home, Jacqui Small 2016
K-Book Festival: Cookery Lecture with Judy Joo
The acclaimed chef and writer behind Korean Soul Food gives a talk (with samples to taste!) in the Cookery Department at Foyles about K-Quick, her latest acclaimed cookbook. Judy Joo is the chef behind TV shows Judy Joo’s Return to Korea and Korean Food Made Simple and cookbooks Korean Soul Food and K-Quick: Korean Food … [Read More]
Korean food at the Taste of London 2025
As part of the Taste of London food festival in Regents Park, aT – the Korea Agro-fisheries and Food Trade Corporation – together with the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, are sponsoring a K-Food Fair where you can enjoy street food, try your hand at Korean traditional games such as ttakji (paper slap … [Read More]
Korean Wave or Korean Tsunami? The Next-Gen Late Night at the Korean Cultural Centre
On Friday 31st May, the Korean Cultural Centre UK hosted its inaugural networking event for young professionals and opinion leaders titled ‘Next Gen Late Night.’ The evening was aimed at bringing people together to discuss not only the explosion of global interest in Korean culture (known as Hallyu) but crucially, as the target audience of … [Read More]
Judy Joo, Maree Kinder, Euny Hong and Rosalie Kim in conversation at Fortnums
We are thrilled to welcome to Fortnum’s a quartet of special guests – Judy Joo, TV personality and the leading expert of Korean cooking in the West, Maree Kinder, Korean British Adoptee and Founder of Beauty & Seoul, Euny Hong, Korean culture expert and author of “The Birth of Korean Cool” and “Nunchi”, and Rosalie … [Read More]
Has there ever been a better time for Korean food in London?
The last few years have been an exciting time for Korean food in London, seeing a real expansion in the depth and choice of dining and shopping experiences available. Despite the lockdown, the opportunities to try traditional and experimental Korean flavours in London have never been better. Lockdown has encouraged the main food retailers such … [Read More]
Jinjuu Mayfair opens
Marking the opening of Jinjuu Mayfair at 39 Albemarle Street W1S 4JQ there’s an interview with Judy Joo in Food Republic. There’s a nice quote about how she came to open her first restaurant at the beginning of last year: I got a random phone call. My business partner just cold-called me. He said “I’ve … [Read More]
Event report: the 2015 Trafalgar Square Korean Festival
Trafalgar Square is one of London’s premier venues for free open-air events, and Korea is ideally situated to take advantage of the space to showcase its culture, given that the Cultural Centre is a stone’s throw away. The square had already hosted two Korean festivals in the summer of 2007 and 2008, presenting a mixture of … [Read More]
London Korean Festival 2015 – a celebration of Korean culture in Trafalgar Square, 9 August
It’s been a while since there was a big Korea-related event in Trafalgar Square – 7 years to be exact. Let’s hope the Korean food stalls clean up after themselves this time and so it won’t be another 7 years before the next big event. There’s something for everyone in the line-up for 9 August. … [Read More]
Judy Joo’s Jinjuu opens on 13 Jan, with her new TV show screening from 26 Jan
Already billed by the Evening Standard as one of the “best new London restaurants opening in 2015“, Judy Joo’s new restaurant, Jinjuu, has its official opening next week (13 January) at 15 Kingly Street London W1B 5PS (though it has a “soft launch” at the end of this week). The Daily Telegraph and the Londonist … [Read More]
Judy Joo feature is now in Telegraph’s online version
The feature on Judy Joo in last weekend’s Telegraph is now online here. Fiona Sims’s article also mentions Kimchi Cult, Busan BBQ and Galbi Bros (“Some of the UK’s most coveted gourmet street food vendors”). But the best news is right up front: she’s opening a restaurant, Jinjuu, at 16 Kingly Street, in November. Certainly … [Read More]
Judy Joo opens at the Playboy Club
London’s new Playboy club opens this weekend with executive chef Judy Joo overseeing the restaurant. @JudyJooIronChef I'm really looking forward to sampling some of your food. But they didn't invite me to the opening night ^_^ # [Read More]
Iron Chef takes on the Playboy
Congratulations to Iron Chef Judy Joo on her new position as Executive Chef for London’s new Playboy Club when it opens this summer: looking forward to her modern Korean cuisine. http://bit.ly/enriZ2 # [Read More]
LKL meets Iron Chef, Judy Joo
As you might expect from an Iron Chef, Judy Joo’s handshake is firm. Not bone-crushing; just confident and strong. We are meeting in one of my favourite pubs, in Marylebone Lane, just around the corner from Joo’s London home. I’m always impressed when someone who isn’t an Englishman goes for traditional bitter, and Joo duly … [Read More]