David Chang is the chef and founder of Momofuku, which includes restaurants in New York City, Washington DC,
Sydney, Toronto, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles, a casual chicken concept (Fuku), and a bakery (Milk Bar) established
by award-winning pastry chef Christina Tosi with multiple locations.
Since opening Noodle Bar in 2004, David has been honored with five James Beard Foundation Awards (Rising Star
Chef of the Year, Best Chef New York City, Best New Restaurant – Momofuku Ko, Outstanding Chef, Who’s Who of
Food and Beverage). Momofuku Ko has two Michelin stars which it has retained since 2009, and the restaurant is
featured on the S.Pellegrino World’s Best Restaurants list.
David has been featured on the covers of Forbes Life and New York Magazine and recognized as one of Time
Magazine’s 100, Fortune’s “40 Under 40”, Fast Company’s “1000 most creative people in business”, and Esquire’s
“most influential people of the 21st century”. He was also named a GQ man of the year and is now a regular
contributor to the magazine. David’s cookbook, Momofuku, is a New York Times best seller. David has collaborated
with Academy Award-winning Director, Morgan Neville, on a Netflix original documentary series, called Ugly
Delicious which debuted in February of 2018.