#901 Flowing with Judy Joo

Bruce Lee Podcast

Shannon Lee

Bruce, Philosophy, Podcast, Lee, Tv & Film, Shannon, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2025

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

This week’s guest on this special edition Bruce Lee Foundation takeover of the Bruce Lee Podcast for AANHPI and Mental Health Awareness month is chef and entrepreneur Judy Joo!

Judy Joo is a Korean-American chef, author, and TV personality whose path to culinary success took a sharp left turn from Wall Street to the world’s finest kitchens. From an engineering degree at Columbia to becoming the only female Iron Chef UK, Judy has built a career rooted in bold decisions, fearless creativity, and a deep love for the flavors of her heritage.

Shannon kicks off this May season celebrating her friend Judy’s powerful story of reinvention and perseverance. Together they talk about the importance of work ethic, kindness, celebrating one’s culture, mentorship of the next generation, and following your heart as Judy prepares to launch her newest cookbook, K-Quick: Korean Food in 30 Minutes or Less (available May 6, 2025). And listen in as Shannon reveals a bucket list wish of her own around food!

Make sure to catch Judy doing her thing right now as a judge on the new Food Network show House of Knives or visit one of her wildly popular restaurants Seoul Bird to get down with some Korean fried chicken at several locations and stadiums around the world. Or maybe you need to follow Judy to discover what disco fries are! Whatever the case, sit back and enjoy this conversation with the inspiring Judy Joo as we celebrate the importance of representation and wellbeing this May on the Bruce Lee Podcast BLF edition!

Show notes and more episodes at Brucelee.com/Podcast

Connect with Judy….

Get Judy’s new book: K-Quick: Korean Food in 30 Minutes or Less – Available: May 6, 2025.

See Judy on Food Network's House of Knives

Website: https://www.judyjoo.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/judyjoochef/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JudyJooChef/

X: https://twitter.com/judyjoochef

Transcript

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0:00.0	It's the month of May, which means that it's time for the Bruce Lee Foundation to take over the
0:07.2	Bruce Lee podcast. I want to tell you a little bit before we get started with our episode
0:14.7	about the Bruceley Foundation and how it differs from Bruce Lee Enterprises.
0:25.3	A lot of people think that everything we do is through the foundation.
0:32.2	But Bruce Lee Enterprises is actually the business arm of all that we do,
0:35.9	where we do our licensing, where we do our TV and film production.
0:47.5	The Bruce Lee Foundation is a 501C3 public charity dedicated to empowering youth and their mental wellness through the practice of martial arts and mindfulness.
0:52.5	We have youth programming for young kids ages anywhere from five all the way up through
1:03.1	high school and even we've done some programming for college age kids.
1:07.7	And this programming is meant to help build confidence,
1:16.6	help build a connection between the mind, body, and spirit,
1:21.8	help build resilience, help build tools and spaciousness
1:27.3	within for young people to be able to navigate
1:31.9	life with a little bit more in their tank, a little bit more in their reserve, a little bit more
1:41.1	tools and skills at their disposal.
1:46.9	And we have a couple of programs.
1:48.4	We have Camp Bruce Lee, which is a summer day camp program for kids.
1:52.7	And we have Warrior Academy, which is an after school program for kids.
1:57.3	We have done partnerships with the Boys and Girls Club, Children Mending Hearts, Asian Arts Initiative, the Wing Luke Museum, just to name a few.
2:09.0	And we are a national and actually international organization. We also work in Hong Kong with the Hong Kong Heritage Museum to provide programming.
2:19.8	So when you are listening to these episodes, just know that it is the work of the Bruceley Foundation,
2:31.9	bringing you amazing AANHPI stories for the month of May, as well
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