Da-Hae West is a Korean cookery teacher, consultant and author. Born in Busan, South Korea, Da-Hae moved to England when she was three. Watching her mother in the kitchen inspired a love of Korean food and in 2012, she opened Busan BBQ with her husband – a street food truck selling modern Korean food at pop up restaurants and markets across London. In 2016, Octopus Publishing published her first cookbook ‘K-Food,’ (later republished in paperback as ‘Eat Korean,’) – a mixture of the traditional dishes she grew up with, along with ways to use Korean ingredients in a more modern way.

Da-Hae has a wealth of experience promoting Korean food, working closely with the Korean Cultural Centre and Korean Tourism Organisation, and has used her expertise on TV productions, including: Gizzi Erskine’s Seoul Food, John Torode’s Korean Food Tour and the BBC’s One Show.