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Chef Park Eun-yeong cooks at Nuwa, a Chinese restaurant in Gangnam District, southern Seoul, on March 20. [JUN MIN-KYU]

What's the 'secret sauce' to widening K-food's appeal? Exporting flavors and teaching more foreign chefs.

In the kitchen of Nuwa, a Chinese restaurant in Sinsa-dong, Gangnam District, southern Seoul, on March 20, chef Park Eun-yeong, known as the “goddess of Chinese food,” was cooking with Lee Kum Kee oyster sauce.

2026.4.2

Vivid Kitchen sauces are showcased by Dongwon Home Food at the Natural Products Expo West in Anaheim, California, last March. [DONGWON HOME FOOD]

K-food giants aim to spice up global markets with sauces

Companies like Samyang Foods, CJ CheilJedang and Theborn Korea are looking to capitalize on the global K-food craze with new sauce lineups, from kimchi salsa to spicy seasoning.

2025.9.4

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CJ CheilJedang to export all-purpose kimchi cooking sauce for B2B

CJ CheilJedang will begin exporting a kimchi-based all-purpose cooking sauce for business-to-business food service market in 12 countries, including several in Europe.

2025.8.28

Korea food grand master Ki Soon-do and chefs make jang, or Korean fermented sauce. [SOUTH JEOLLA]

Michelin-starred chefs learn the joys of Korean fermented sauce at South Jeolla event

South Jeolla hosted a culinary event bringing together Michelin-starred chefs and Korea’s traditional fermentation masters to explore the art of jang — Korea's fermented sauce that was recognized by Uneseco as a cultural heritage.

2025.5.28

Farmer Lim Cheon-seob, right, has supplied red chili peppers to chicken franchise Kyochon through a contract agreement since 2022, according to Kyochon BHN Bio. [KYOCHON F&B]

Chicken franchise Kyochon takes K-flavors global with bottled sauce push

The smell of Korean red hot peppers, perhaps familiar to a global audience for the smoky, rich spiciness they give red chili paste, or gochujang, filled the air as the produce was unloaded from trucks at Kyochon BHN Bio’s factory.

2024.9.29

Attendees prepare food during a vegetarian cooking class held by Sempio Foods Company at the company's headquarters in Jung District, central Seoul, on Thursday. [SEMPIO FOODS COMPANY]

Cooking flavorful vegetarian dishes like a pro

A cooking class in Seoul hosted by Sempio Foods Company aimed to make veganism more appealing to picky eaters, focusing on enjoyable vegetarian dishes.

2023.10.7

Jaume Biarnés, director of the Yondu Culinary Studio in New York [SEMPIO FOODS COMPANY]

[K-FOOD GOES GLOBAL] Spanish chef believes Korean jang will one day be essential in Western cuisine

In the wake of the surging popularity of plant-based diets and vegetarianism, a Spanish chef suggests that Korean cuisine has a considerable opportunity to make its mark in the world of plant-based cooking with its exceptional vegetarian dishes.

2023.7.21