Paik Jong-won

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Paik Jong-won
Born	(1966-09-04) September 4, 1966 (age 58) Yesan County, South Korea
Education	Seoul High School Yonsei University (Dept. of Social Welfare)
Occupation(s)	Restaurateur, entrepreneur
Spouse	So Yoo-jin ​ (m. 2013)​
Children	3
Culinary career
Cooking style	Korean Korean Chinese
Current restaurant(s) Bornga Baek's Coffee Baek's Bibim Baek's Pan Saemaul Sikdang
Website	www.theborn.co.kr
Korean name
Hangul	백종원
Hanja	白種元
Revised Romanization	Baek Jongwon
McCune–Reischauer	Paek Chongwŏn

Paik Jong-won (Korean: 백종원; born September 4, 1966), sometimes spelled Baek Jong-won, is a South Korean chef. In television, he is known as the main host of the cooking television series Baek Jong-won's Top 3 Chef King (2015–2017), Baek Jong-won's Food Truck (2017), Baek Jong-won's Alley Restaurant (2018–2021), and one of two main judges in the cooking competition Netflix series Culinary Class Wars (2024).