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- Forbes
Chef Esther Choi Beats The Heat In More Ways Than One
Chef Esther Choi recently partnered with Listerine to promote its new sensitive teeth product line. Chef Esther Choi is used to heat. Whether it comes from her own Korean cooking, the heat of competition, the level of spice she ordains on the successful television shows she hosts, or this week's heat in New York, she's a pro at dealing with the sting of it; she even welcomes it. Some of that heat comes with celebration. As we speak, she is in the midst of celebrating season two of the wildly popular 24 in 24: Last Chef Standing show on the Food Network, season five of Heat Eaters with First We Feast, a year into motherhood, and ten years of her restaurant Mŏkbar . And to top it all off, she has a milestone birthday around the corner. That's a lot for one chef's plate, but the heat and weight of all that is just another day in the life of this successful New York chef. Choi is one of a few major U.S. based Korean chefs, who, over the last decade, have brought Korean food into the mainstream and has made it one of our most craveable, can't-get-enough-of-it cuisines. One visit to Mŏkbar and you'll agree it is impossible to leave without slurping the classic ramen with abandon, relishing the juiciness of the halmoni dumplings, wanting to jar all three of the kimchis, or taking home the K-town fries for a late night, shouldn't-but-have-ta, snack. Layers upon layers of flavor. And heat. Choi and her team have pretty much slayed our addictions. Which is why her recent partnership with Listerine actually makes sense. On the surface, it might not seem like the most likely collaboration--like repping a packaged food-- but as Choi explains, given the extremes of food temperature in Korean cuisine in particular, promoting a brand she grew up with and its new sensitive teeth product was a logical step. In Korean food, for example, 'The cold noodles are so cold they often have ice floating in it and the hot food comes to your table in a cauldron that's boiling hot, so….,'Choi stated coupled by a shrug of see what I mean. From a boiling hot slurp of ramen, Chef Choi promotes Listerine's new product that will help sooth ... More the extremes of cold and hot foods. Hot & Cold To kick off the partnership, Choi created a menu that amplified the extremes of her cuisine, so people could not only enjoy the food, but go home and try the product to see if it lessened what those extreme temperatures can do to your teeth. It is not a miracle of course, but apparently over time, it is said to create a barrier that protects teeth from those extra cold or extra hot temperatures. The menu also included other toothy sensations from ultra sticky and tangy to impossibly sour, spicy or crunchy. Ginger Maesil Slush–Soju, maesil (korean plum), fresh ginger, crushed iceoGinger maesil slush; Pomegranate Smash–pomegranate juice, fresh limejuice, simple syrup, club soda Hamachi Crudo–Yellowtail sashimi, gochujang granita; Garden Goddess Kimbap: pickled purple cabbage, lettuce, asparagus, carrot, cucumber, green goddess sauce; Japchae Dumplings: shiitake, tofu, cabbage, garlic chives, glass noodles with a soy chili K-Pop Chicken–extra crispy battered chicken in a sizzling hot soy caramel sauce or spicy gochujang glaze served in a salted blue waffle cone Toppings: chopped pistachios, sesame seeds, bacon bits, puffed rice, scallions; Classic Ramen–hot ramen with a gochujang pork broth, braised pulled pork, fresh noodles; Vegan Miso Ramen–Kombu doenjang broth with tofu and fresh noodles; Toppings: spinach, beansprouts, pickled mushroom, soy marinated soft boiled egg, nori, crispy potato, scallion Ice Cream–toasted sesame, calamansi or fior (plain milk ice cream); Toppings include gochujang caramel, soy caramel, puffed rice, honeycomb, nata jelly, popping rocks, mochi rock candy. PEBBLE BEACH, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 12: Chef Esther Choi attends the Saturday Tasting Pavilion at the ... More Pebble Beach Food & Wine Festival on April 12, 2025 in Pebble Beach, California. (Photo by Amber) When talking about her contribution in raising our collective desire for Korean food in the U.S., she is certainly proud. In addition to opening Mŏkbar in 2014--now with three locations--she has since added the chic gastropub Ms. Yoo in NYC's Lower East Side, and Gahm by Mŏkbar , a more intimate, personal spot, in Brooklyn. 'Korean food is definitely making its strides and doing incredibly well," she said. 'There's something very special about that. It is addictive and uses fermentation and old world techniques that make it so damn delicious. But of course it is also driven by the passion of many chefs and restaurateurs,' she added. Outside of her work in restaurants, Choi has been a force on television, lending not only expertise in the realm of Korean cuisine but expanding screen representation for women in the culinary industry, women of color, and women overall. 'Growing up, I didn't have a figure to look up to or want to become. Having that type of inspiration matters for me," she said. Which is why she does as much as she can to be that face of possibility, and that drive for others coming up behind her. Choi, who has worked in restaurants she was 14, has also been very open about how much her inspiration comes from her grandmother. Having moved to the U.S. as a young girl with both parents working full-time, she and her siblings were raised in large part by her grandparents. In the 2021 documentary Her Name Is Chef, Choi talked about deviating from the path of lawyer or doctor as many Korean parents hope for, she said, and instead drawing passion from watching her grandmother serve and nurture in the name of food. Chef Esther Choi is now hosting the fifth season of Heat Eaters, the on-the-road off shoot to the ... More popular Hot Ones series. 'My grandmother is a phenomenal cook. She grew all her own produce," she noted. "It was one of my favorite things. Watering the garden, picking the produce, then using it to cook whatever she was going to cook. She made everything from scratch,' Choi recalls in the documentary. Today, as a new mom, Choi is enjoying a new perspective on cooking, cooking for others, and a newfound pride in her heritage. 'Being a mom, changes a you,' she said. 'You do look at cooking differently. And it has made me into an obsessive psycho,' she laughed. Although many chefs admit they don't cook when they are off the clock, so to speak, Choi says it is the opposite for her. She is still very much an avid cook, and now with her son in tow, she has been challenging her self to learn and re-learn techniques, while taking a closer look at ingredients. Choi is a New Yorker, a Korean-American, a television host, a mom, and underneath it all, a passionate cook, who just wants to share with the world, what her grandmother first shared with her, the beauty of food and culture and how it nurtures a fierce sense of pride. The Mŏkbar team.
Business Insider
14 minutes ago
- Business Insider
Scale AI locked down Big Tech client documents after BI revealed security holes
Scale AI has now locked down project materials for clients like Meta and xAI following a Business Insider report that thousands of sensitive files were stored as Google Docs that were publicly accessible with links. The company — which uses human gig workers to improve Big Tech's latest AI models and is receiving a $14 billion investment from Meta — scrambled to secure its files this week, according to four Scale contractors who asked to remain anonymous because of the sensitivity of the matter. That left teams of workers temporarily unable to open training documents. Thousands of Scale AI files previously reviewed by BI that had been public are now private. "What is happening is a knee-jerk reaction to being in the headlines," Stephanie Kurtz, a regional director with cybersecurity firm Trace3, told BI. She said that locking down the documents and inviting the correct users "should have been done in the first place." By Wednesday, teams had resolved many of the document access issues, one worker said. Another said contributors were now being granted individual access to documents. BI first flagged the public Google Docs to Scale AI for a June 13 article about how they showed Google using ChatGPT to improve its AI chatbot. BI also encountered public Scale AI documents during prior reports about how xAI and Meta were training their latest AI models. At least 85 individual Google Docs containing thousands of pages remained up and fully accessible until BI published an article on Tuesday that focused on the security issue this practice created. BI reported that Scale AI had left open thousands of project documents tied to its work with clients, including Google and Meta, allowing anyone with a link to access them. Several documents also contained contact information for numerous Scale AI workers, some of whom were surprised to discover their details were accessible when BI contacted them. Scale AI has routinely used public Google Docs to track work for high-profile customers, as it's an efficient way to share information with its more than 240,000 contractors. BI found that those documents often contain sensitive information about how workers train AI models for Big Tech clients. Multiple AI training documents reviewed by BI were labeled "confidential" and accessible to anyone with the link. After Scale AI's lockdown, one contractor described a "site-wide" problem accessing project materials on Tuesday. Another said that many teams' work had ground to a halt due to the new restrictions, with one even losing access in the middle of a critical presentation. "We are basically chilling out here," the contractor said. Scale AI told BI on Monday that it was conducting a thorough investigation and had disabled any user's ability to publicly share documents from Scale's systems. It reiterated that statement for this article and did not comment further on specific changes it has made to Scale AI's document security. "We take data security seriously," a Scale AI spokesperson said. "We remain committed to robust technical and policy safeguards to protect confidential information and are always working to strengthen our practices." There's no indication that Scale AI had suffered a data breach. Cybersecurity experts told BI that the practice could leave the company vulnerable to hacking. The document lockout was another bit of whiplash for Scale AI contractors, who were affected by Meta's mega-investment and its decision to hire CEO Alexandr Wang, for its new AI superintelligence group. After the deal announcement, Google halted several of its projects with Scale AI. OpenAI and Elon Musk's xAI have also paused projects with Scale, BI previously reported, and one smaller investor said they were selling their remaining stake in the startup. Many contractors discovered that some of their projects had been paused. While Scale AI sent its contractors a memo announcing the Meta investment, many workers said they were left in the dark about clients pausing projects, mostly without prior warning. Meta declined to comment.
New York Times
14 minutes ago
- New York Times
What to Know About the Antigovernment Protests in Kenya
Thousands of people took part in protests against police brutality and government corruption in cities across Kenya on Wednesday. The protests, expressing disenchantment with President William Ruto, were marked by clashes with security forces that left at least eight dead and hundreds injured. The demonstrations were held to mark the first anniversary of mass anti-tax protests during which 60 died and dozens were abducted by Kenyan police. While it is not clear whether the current protests will be as big as last year's, some experts say the pressure on the Kenyan government has led to some changes. Here is what to know about the protests in Kenya. Where are the protests taking place? Demonstrations broke out in various Kenyan cities, but the largest groups were in the capital, Nairobi. Businesses and banks in the city center were closed as the police fired tear gas at protesters waving Kenyan flags. Security forces barricaded the president's office and Parliament with razor wire and closed off major routes to the buildings. Last year, protesters briefly set the entrance of the legislature on fire. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
