<K-Identity in Australia> Ryan Sung-ju Hong — Executive chef of Primus Hotel Sydney CBD

K-Identity explores the identity issues through an interview with a variety of second-generation Korean Australian professionals working in various fields of the Australian mainstream. Sung-ju Hong is executive chef at Primus Hotel Sydney CBD.

Hong Sung-ju at the Wilmot at Primus Hotel-1

Hong moved to Australia after his military service and completed his course in culinary arts and hospitality at Le Cordon Bleu. He started working at a start up hotel in Sydney CBD, Primus Hotel as an executive chef in September 2015.

 

Hong has been a chef for 12 years and said the most important thing that chefs should focus on is basics. He also said his competitiveness is working with a sense of ownership, and his goal is to become an executive chef at the world’s best hotels in ten years.