Chef ‘Triple Star’ of Culinary Class Wars gives Hong Kong a taste of Korea

Name: Scott Kang, Chef ‘Triple Star’ of Culinary Class Wars, recalls experience with the hit show and his culinary philosophy
Uploaded: 2026-01-06T08:15:12.000Z
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Description: Scott Kang, Chef ‘Triple Star’ of Culinary Class Wars, recalls experience with the hit show and his culinary philosophy

In Hong Kong recently for a four-hands dinner, Scott Kang opens up on his Culinary Class Wars experience and redefining Korean cuisine

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Chef Scott Kang of Trid in Seoul, South Korea, who found fame on Netflix’s Culinary Class Wars, was in Hong Kong recently for a four-hands dinner with Bruno Jeong Jin-hwan, head chef of Mosu Hong Kong. Photo: Mosu Hong Kong

Lisa Cam

Published: 4:15pm, 6 Jan 2026Updated: 6:49pm, 6 Jan 2026

Fans of Netflix’s Culinary Class Wars are certain to remember Scott Kang, one of the stand-outs of the show whose first season dropped in 2024.

The chef, better known on the South Korean reality cooking competition as “Triple Star” – a nickname he chose to reflect his experience cooking at three-Michelin-star restaurants such as Mosu in Seoul and Benu in San Francisco – won the hearts of audiences around the world with his boyish charm and quiet confidence.

In Hong Kong recently for a one-night-only four-hands dinner with Bruno Jeong Jin-hwan, head chef of Mosu Hong Kong, Kang spoke to the Post about his experience with the Netflix hit – in which he came second runner-up – and what life has been like since then.

Culinary Class Wars, now in its second season, is a high-stakes cooking competition featuring 100 chefs split into elite “White Spoons” and rising “Black Spoons”, battling through intense challenges for 300 million won (US$208,000).

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Scott Kang, Chef ‘Triple Star’ of Culinary Class Wars, recalls experience with the hit show and his culinary philosophy

Despite his pedigree – his own restaurant, Trid in Seoul, has maintained its one-Michelin-star status for three consecutive years – Kang was classed as a Black Spoon. The White Spoon category included icons such as Korean-American chef Edward Lee and MasterChef Korea winner Choi Kang-rok.

Chef ‘Triple Star’ of Culinary Class Wars gives Hong Kong a taste of Korea

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In Hong Kong recently for a four-hands dinner, Scott Kang opens up on his Culinary Class Wars experience and redefining Korean cuisine