Baek Jong-won is a South Korean chef and TV personality who was born on September 4, 1966, in Yesan County, South Korea. He attended Yonsei University, where he studied Social Welfare, but soon transitioned into professional cooking. He began appearing on television reality and variety shows in the early 2010s, featuring in titles such as “My Little Television” (2015), “Home Food Rescue” (2015-2017), “High School Lunch Cook-off” (2019), and “Delicious Rendezvous” (2019).