This past weekend, the kings of the New York culinary scene came together for the Bon Appetit Awards.  Big guns like D-Biggity, Dave Chang, Drew Nieporent, Nate Appleman, Jose Andres, and Michael Laiskonis gathered in the Bon Appetit Supper Club restaurant on 57th and 6th Avenue to celebrate the magazine’s new top ten list of culinary taste makers.  Daniel Boulud, the famed chef made a funny crack at David Chang saying he wants to debut a new Korean sausage called Momofuckyou.  The final speech came from Korean-American Roy Choi from the Kogi Truck, who stole the show by delivering a moving speech about the grassroots and guerrilla mentality of his taco truck operation.  Can you say Korean?!

He spoke of delivering cheap, healthy, sustainable fast food to kids and adults in underprivileged neighborhoods who from birth to death eat nothing but fast food. (Later Choi explained to Eater that what they do would be the equivalent of an NYC truck going into the South Bronx or Bed Stuy at midnight). He spoke of starting with $1,500 and a family of co-workers and growing it into a 53 person company. He got a standing ovation. Ten minutes later, reps from both the Today show and the Food Network were scheduling spots with Kogi.

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