About Yoon Sook-ja
Born 1948. Yoon Sook-ja is a South Korean academic and chef.
Yoon Sook-ja (; born June 6, 1948) is a South Korean cooking researcher and professor.
Education and career She got her master's degree in Food and Nutrition at Sookmyung Women's University, and took her doctoral course in Food and Nutrition at Dankook University. She was the associate professor of Traditional Cookery at Baewha Women's University, and now she is the head of the Institute of Traditional Korean Food, where she is also a professor in the Department of Food and Cooking. Additionally, she is the head of the Tteok Museum. She has given presentations on Korean food in London.
She was one of the people in charge of South Korea's return banquet at the 2007 Inter-Korean summit.
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Who is Yoon Sook-ja?
Professor of food and nutrition
When was Yoon Sook-ja born?
Yoon Sook-ja was born on 6 June 1948.
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Yoon Sook-ja is an academic and chef.
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Yoon Sook-ja is South Korean.
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