"I know all about Orange County." — Roy Choi

My parents worked and sold and hustled; they were gone from the morning, and I pretty much took care of myself. But in a Korean household, you're always eating with your family no matter what, and you're always cooking. And our food is not one you can just open a package and eat right away; a lot of our food takes time to develop.

I'm a little old-school in that I think there's some value in the classics and the steps of achieving a certain profession. If we start slanging the word 'chef' on anybody and everybody who cooks, it takes away a lot.

What was important for 'Broken Bread' to do was show real life.

Kogi changed what a generation eats, introducing people to fermentation and different vegetables and flavors.

I'm not a get-off-my-lawn guy. I embrace the new generation.

I go by 'Papi' on the streets.

At my lowest point, I found cooking.

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I know all about Orange County.