David Chang
Chef and Momofuku founder David Chang shares food, conversation, and the occasional kitchen mishap through television, books, and The Dave Chang Show.
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Known for
- The Detour with David Chang2026 · Host and executive producer
CNN - Dinner Time Live with David Chang2024 · Host
Netflix - Ugly Delicious2018 · Creator and host
Netflix - Cooking at Home2021 · Co-author with Priya Krishna
Clarkson Potter - Eat a Peach2020 · Memoir with Gabe Ulla
Clarkson Potter - Momofuku2009 · Co-author with Peter Meehan
Clarkson Potter
Overview
- Known as
- Dave Chang
- Work
- Chef, restaurateur, author, and podcast and television host
- Started
- Momofuku Noodle Bar, New York City, 2004
- Breakout
- Ramen and pork buns in Manhattan’s East Village
- Media
- Founded Majordomo Media and launched The Dave Chang Show in 2018
Mini bio
Finding a path.
Chang grew up in Virginia and studied religious studies at Trinity College. Before committing to cooking, he taught English in Japan and worked in finance. He entered the French Culinary Institute in 2000 and trained in kitchens including Craft.
A small noodle bar.
In 2004, he opened Momofuku Noodle Bar in Manhattan’s East Village, serving ramen and pork buns. That modest restaurant became the starting point for Momofuku. His 2009 cookbook, written with Peter Meehan, shares the restaurants’ story and recipes.
Food opens the conversation.
In 2018, Chang founded Majordomo Media and launched The Dave Chang Show with The Ringer. He also collaborated with Morgan Neville on Ugly Delicious. Food became a way to explore culture on screen and to talk about creativity, failure, and identity on the podcast.
Letting fans into the kitchen.
His memoir Eat a Peach recounts his career, mistakes, and mental health struggles. Cooking at Home, written with Priya Krishna, encourages improvising in the kitchen. Dinner Time Live brings that openness to television, showing meals being made in real time.
Creditschronological, newest first
Television
- 2026The Detour with David ChangHost and executive producer
- 2025With Love, Meghan, season twoGuest, A Sweet and Savory Adventure
- 2024Dinner Time Live with David ChangHost
- 2018Ugly DeliciousCreator and host
Books
- 2021Cooking at HomeCo-author with Priya Krishna
- 2020Eat a PeachMemoir with Gabe Ulla
- 2009MomofukuCo-author with Peter Meehan
Podcasts
- 2018The Dave Chang ShowHost
Awards
Quotes
there’s no feeling like stumbling into something new and delicious where you least expected it.David Chang, CNN announcement of The Detour
On finding meals by exploring for yourself. August 12, 2026.
Trivia
- Momofuku means “lucky peach.”
- He competed in junior golf tournaments as a child.
- He studied religious studies before training as a chef.
- His Cooking at Home subtitle includes “And Love My Microwave.”
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