Acting

Judy Joo

Born

1974-12-09 (51)

Place of birth

Summit, New Jersey, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

7 titles

Judy Joo is a chef and television personality. She is best known as being the host of Food Network's "Korean Food Made Simple" and an Iron Chef UK and her restaurant Seoul Bird in London. Joo splits her time between New York City, London, and Asia.

Known for

Top Chef poster
6.9

An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs and other notables from the food and wine industry with one or more contestants eliminated in each episode.

Top Chef

2006

Iron Chef America poster
6.7

American cooking show based on Fuji Television's Iron Chef, and is the second American adaptation of the series, following the failed Iron Chef USA. Like the original Japanese program, the program is a culinary game show. In each episode, a new challenger chef competes against one of the resident "Iron Chefs" in a one-hour cooking competition based on a secret ingredient or ingredients, and sometimes theme.

Iron Chef America

2005

The Next Iron Chef poster
8.3

The world's greatest culinary artists come together to compete for the prestigious title of Iron Chef America in this Alton Brown-hosted series. Catch all the yummy intensity on the Food Network.

The Next Iron Chef

2007

24 in 24: Last Chef Standing poster
8.0

Food Network's most ambitious and grueling culinary competition to date. Featuring 24 talented and fearless chefs who take on 24 food challenges in 24 consecutive, non-stop hours, the 24-hour competition takes the chefs to the extreme, demanding they display the skills, creativity and stamina needed to be an elite chef. At the end of the 24 hours, there can be only one true master left standing.

24 in 24: Last Chef Standing

2024

House of Knives poster
9.0

Chefs battle with cooking, strategy, and survival skills for the throne. Weekly rulers emerge through cultural challenges, while eliminations and new entries keep six players in play. The winner takes home $100K.

House of Knives

2025

Iron Chef Gauntlet poster
6.3

Seven chefs from across America face each other in culinary battles each week until only one is left standing. This chef will battle the three iron chefs: Bobby Flay, Masaharu Morimoto and Michael Symon.

Iron Chef Gauntlet

2017

Series credits

Top Chef poster
6.9

An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs and other notables from the food and wine industry with one or more contestants eliminated in each episode.

Top Chef

2006

Iron Chef America poster
6.7

American cooking show based on Fuji Television's Iron Chef, and is the second American adaptation of the series, following the failed Iron Chef USA. Like the original Japanese program, the program is a culinary game show. In each episode, a new challenger chef competes against one of the resident "Iron Chefs" in a one-hour cooking competition based on a secret ingredient or ingredients, and sometimes theme.

Iron Chef America

2005

The Next Iron Chef poster
8.3

The world's greatest culinary artists come together to compete for the prestigious title of Iron Chef America in this Alton Brown-hosted series. Catch all the yummy intensity on the Food Network.

The Next Iron Chef

2007

24 in 24: Last Chef Standing poster
8.0

Food Network's most ambitious and grueling culinary competition to date. Featuring 24 talented and fearless chefs who take on 24 food challenges in 24 consecutive, non-stop hours, the 24-hour competition takes the chefs to the extreme, demanding they display the skills, creativity and stamina needed to be an elite chef. At the end of the 24 hours, there can be only one true master left standing.

24 in 24: Last Chef Standing

2024

House of Knives poster
9.0

Chefs battle with cooking, strategy, and survival skills for the throne. Weekly rulers emerge through cultural challenges, while eliminations and new entries keep six players in play. The winner takes home $100K.

House of Knives

2025

Iron Chef Gauntlet poster
6.3

Seven chefs from across America face each other in culinary battles each week until only one is left standing. This chef will battle the three iron chefs: Bobby Flay, Masaharu Morimoto and Michael Symon.

Iron Chef Gauntlet

2017

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NR

This series is a fascinating introduction to simple, delicious, healthy Korean food, quick and easy to cook. Executive chef and food writer Judy Joo travels back to South Korea and sets off on an incredible culinary journey to visit some of the amazing people and places inspiring her Korean cooking and shares with us her passion for authentic traditional and modern Korean dishes. Back in her kitchen, she shares with us her super-simple recipes, inspiring everyone to try out Korean flavors and ingredients for family and friends.

Korean Food Made Simple

2014