Chef Edward Lee showcased sustainability-driven ingredients at a State Dinner for President Yoon Suk Yeol, highlighting how food can forge connections and tell stories. Culinary diplomacy is regarded as an important tool in diplomacy, fostering understanding and peace. Lauren Bernstein, a pioneer in this initiative, emphasizes food's power in diplomacy, stating that it opens minds. Despite changes in administration that sometimes deprioritize such programs, chefs remain committed to using their craft for cultural exchange and diplomatic efforts.
"Food has a power for dialogue," Lee says. "Chefs spend our careers not only making good food, but trying to tell stories [and] the best chefs can connect people together, that's something I'm always aspiring towards."
"Food is such a powerful connector," she says and food really is that vehicle that allows people to open their minds."
"With any change in administration, programs just sort of die on the vine. I think it's just not a priority of this administration."
"I wouldn't take it as this administration is targeting culinary diplomacy. I don't really think that it is."
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