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Manhattan Beach Library Speaker Series with Chef Roy Choi

Author Talk & Reception

Meet Roy Choi: Chef, Host, Food Truck Pioneer, and Author of the new book, "The Choi of Cooking"

Join LA County Librarian, Skye Patrick, Manhattan Beach Library, and the City of Manhattan Beach as we host our spring Speaker Series! On Saturday, May 17 at 11am, Skye will be sitting down with Chef Roy Choi to discuss his journey as a chef, entrepreneur, award winning host, cultural pioneer, and author. 

Food, culture, and community are deeply intertwined in Roy's work. Whether he's blending the flavors of South Korea and Southern California, uplifting the culinary magic of street chefs, exploring the role of gentrification in communities, or sharing his favorite recipes, Roy's voice and artistry reveal to us the ways that we are all connected and all capable of contributing something great (and delicious!) to our communities. 

Join us for a talk and Q&A with Roy, followed by a book signing and reception with his award-winning Kogi Korean BBQ truck. The first 500 attendees to check in on the day of the event will receive a free taco! A vegetarian option will be available.  

This event will be held at the Mira Costa High School Auditorium at 1401 Artesia Blvd, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266.

Books will be available for purchase as preorders and at the event from {pages} a bookstore. If you'd like to preorder and pick up your copy at the event on May 17, please make a note in the "Customer Comments" section when completing your purchase. 

The Manhattan Beach Library Speaker Series is made possible by the generous support of the City of Manhattan Beach. The Kogi Korean BBQ truck is generously supported by the Friends of Manhattan Beach Library.

Schedule:

Author Talk in Mira Costa High School Auditorium, 11 am 

Reception & Book Sale on Mira Costa High School Quad, 12 pm

Roy Choi was born in Seoul, Korea and raised in Los Angeles, California. Roy is known as one of the architects of the modern food truck movement through Kogi BBQ by merging food and social media with community and honoring 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 100 Most Influential People in the World. And in 2017, LocoL in Watts, received the first ever Los Angeles Times Restaurant of the Year award.

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.

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