About this Event
The Davidson Distinguished Lecture Series presents Roy Choi, social activist, chef and co-founder of The Kogi Truck. The event is FREE; tickets are not required for General Admission seating.Preferred seating is available for Midland College Distinguished Donors and Friends of the Series. Contact the Midland College Foundation, [email protected], (432) 686-4846, for more information about preferred seating opportunities.
ABOUT ROY CHOI
Roy Choi was born in Seoul, Korea and raised in Los Angeles, California. He is known as one of the architects of the modern food truck movement through Kogi BBQ. Choi merges food and social media with community and honors the street food culture that laid the path before him. He is the host of the civic-minded Emmy Award winning series BROKEN BREAD on KCET/Tastemade, which in 2020 won him a James Beard Foundation Award for Outstanding Host in a television series. On a global scale, Roy is co-host in the full-blown Netflix cooking series THE CHEF SHOW with Jon Favreau. He is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America. In 2010, Food and Wine magazine named him Best New Chef. His cookbook/memoir L.A. Son was a NY Times Bestseller in 2013. In 2016 he was named TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World. Roy resides in Los Angeles where he is a voice and advocate for street food culture past, present and future, and the co-owner, co-founder and chef of Kogi BBQ, Chego!, Best Friend and The Chef Truck at Park MGM Las Vegas.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Al G Langford Chaparral Center, 3, Midland, United States
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