Living Local Logic
A hands-on 3-day journey into the food Koreans have cooked for celebrations for centuries — guided personally by Chef Lee Tak in South Korea.
No experience required. Just curiosity and a love for real food.
The Logic
Korean feast food didn't appear by accident. We start with the history — how royal court cuisine became an everyday tradition, what the five colors and five flavors actually mean, and why a proper Korean table is set the way it is. A tasting session, a good conversation, and the foundation for everything that follows.
Before you cook, you source. We visit a working garden, learn the basics of Korean seasonal farming, and harvest with your hands. Then we move to a local market — reading the produce, talking to vendors, and selecting what you'll cook the following day. Galbi, namul, seasonal greens — whatever the market offers that day. Your choices. Your table.
On the final day, you cook. Teams split up, the dishes take shape based on what you sourced the day before, and we set the table together, the Korean way. Then everyone sits down and eats what they accomplished together. You leave with an LLL certificate and an English recipe booklet. The meal stays with you longer.
Two years cooking for the Korean military. Then three restaurants of his own, built from the ground up. But the food that stayed with him was never from a restaurant — it was his mother's kitchen. Seasonal vegetables, kimchi, the kind of food that gets made when there's something worth celebrating.
01. The Military Foundation: Discipline, consistency, feeding people at scale.
02. The Restaurant Years: Three self-run concepts, built from the ground up.
03. The Real Education: Watching his mother cook — seasonally, traditionally, the way it's always been done.
See It For Yourself
A glimpse into the food, the people, and the experience.
A Royal Feast: Premium Korean Flavors
The certificate program focuses on Korean premium royal food — a traditional feast experience rooted in centuries of celebration culture.
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Premium 3-Day Package
Korean Kitchen Basics · Farm & Market Visit · Cooking Workshop · LLL Certification
$400
per person
* All prices in USD. Workshop held in English or Korean.
* Price includes: ingredients, traditional tableware, professional guidance, transportation to/from farm and market to the closest subway station in the Yangsan area, professional certificate, and English recipe booklet.
* Maximum 6 participants per cohort. Next cohort: July 2026.
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Next cohort: July 2026 · Max 6 participants.
🎓 All participants receive a Certificate of Korean Culinary Mastery upon completion.