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, Chang 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. Chang 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.

He was the first chef to be featured on the Emmy-award winning PBS television show, The Mind of a Chef. Chang’s cookbook, "Momofuku," is a New York Times best seller. Chang has collaborated with Academy Award-winning Director, Morgan Neville, on a Netflix original documentary series, called "Ugly Delicious" which debuted in February of 2018.

Chang has hosted the award-winning podcast, "The Dave Chang Show" since January 2018. In 2019, Chang's company, Majordomo Media partnered with Chrissy Teigen to create a slate of original food-related television programming for Hulu.

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