Chef Sungchul Shim has experienced the highs and lows of working in the restaurant industry. Over the last 20 years, Chef Shim has worked his way up the ranks and ultimately opened his first restaurant, Kochi (“skewer” in Korean) in 2019 in Manhattan. And he didn’t stop there: he went onto found four more Manhattan-based restaurants in the coming years, each of which drew on his Korean heritage: Mari, which opened in 2021; Don Don Korean BBQ and MariNe Handroll Bar, which both opened in 2023; and most recently Gui Steakhouse.
