![]() ![]() Lee is cooking for South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and first lady Kim Keon Hee to celebrate 70 years of alliance between the two nations.įor Lee, who is Korean-American, the dinner recognizing the partnership between South Korea and the United States has a personal meaning. ![]() “Then I thought, ‘Oh, my God, this is something big’.” “At first it didn't quite settle in and then I started telling my friends and my family and everyone was, you know, overreacting and panicking,” Lee said. Lee said he didn’t know he was on a short-list of chef’s to cook a state dinner, and it took a while for the moment to sink in. “It's a high-stakes dinner, probably the biggest thing that I've done in my career, because it's not just VIPs, it's minutes, there's diplomacy involved here,” Lee said. Foreign leaders and their spouses are invited to have dinner with President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden. State dinners at the White House are used to welcome and honor visiting international heads of government. ![]()
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