Son Jong-won
Affiliation
L'Amant Secret
Head chef of Michelin-starred L'Amant Secret and Eatanic Garden
i. Biography
Son Jong-won is the head chef of L'Amant Secret, a one-MICHELIN-starred contemporary restaurant on the 26th floor of L'Escape Hotel in Seoul's Myeongdong district, which opened in 2018 and serves Korean-style Western cuisine using seasonal local ingredients. He also runs Eatanic Garden, another Michelin-starred restaurant blending culinary and botanical elements with reinterpreted Korean classics like abalone and beef. Previously, he trained under Corey Lee at Benu, worked at Quince in San Francisco, and at Seroja in Singapore.
The Archive
Selected Works & Focus Areas
Focus 01
Head chef of Michelin-starred L'Amant Secret and Eatanic Garden
Focus 02
Korean-style Western cuisine with local seasonal ingredients
Focus 03
Signature evolving Egg and Caviar dish