OT: Rutgers mention on Netflix Iron Chef

[MrsScrew]

A friend of mine alerted me last night to a new Netflix series, Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend. The 2nd episode features chef Esther Choi in a tailgating episode vs iron Chef Marcus Samuelsson. Towards the end of the episode she says that she went to Rutgers and watched a lot of great football and tailgated a bunch. Her food looked amazing.

Where is Iron Chef's Esther Choi Now?

‘Iron Chef: Quest For an Iron Legend‘ is an exciting competitive cooking show that pits five stalwarts of the food industry or the Iron Chefs against promising talents who have just started making their mark. While each episode features a challenger taking on an Iron chef in a specific type of...

thecinemaholic.com

 

[RutgersRaRa]

I watched Adam Sander's movie "Hustle" a couple of nights ago and there was a mention of Rutgers in it, too. Flick was better than I expected.

 

[AntiG]

ha Esther is good friends with a lot of my circle of friends back in college, amazing she became so famous now

 

[rutgersdave]

Sounds like an enterprising individual with three locations in NY and wanting to open one in New Jersey.

 

[MrsScrew]

ha Esther is good friends with a lot of my circle of friends back in college, amazing she became so famous now

her stuff looks fantastic. She totally understood the challenge of tailgate cooking. It's funny, while she said she went to RU on the show it doesn't show up in any of her online bios.

 

[AntiG]

her stuff looks fantastic. She totally understood the challenge of tailgate cooking. It's funny, while she said she went to RU on the show it doesn't show up in any of her online bios.

easy on the eyes too. I can understand why she blew up on the internet

I do need to try her food sometime lol

 

[Section124]

I am sure #’s is a fan.

 

[DennisHajekRC84]

I am sure #’s is a fan.

O..M..G..
L..o...l...

 

[RUPete]

I am sure #’s is a fan.

Ah geez, you went there 124, you went there…😂

 

[Section124]

Ah geez, you went there 124, you went there…😂

You know me too well there Pete 😃

 

[RUPete]

Getting back to our regularly scheduled programming: what era do you think she went to Rutgers if she says she had great tailgates and watched great football? Wild guess that it wasn’t Ash or Shea.

 

[MrsScrew]

Getting back to our regularly scheduled programming: what era do you think she went to Rutgers if she says she had great tailgates and watched great football? Wild guess that it wasn’t Ash or Shea.

The internet says she's 36...so she was here for Schiano 1.0 if she went to Rutgers straight from HS

 

[RUPete]

The internet says she's 36...so she was here for Schiano 1.0 if she went to Rutgers straight from HS

Okay makes sense. And we did have some kick ass tailgates during that era!

 

[MrsScrew]

Okay makes sense. And we did have some kick ass tailgates during that era!

I don't know about you but I still have a kick ass tailgate!

 

[RUPete]

I don't know about you but I still have a kick ass tailgate!

Oh yes, still do. Remarkably, the weather was so good during the Ash era that the tailgates were the only things keeping me coming back.

 

[e5fdny]

her stuff looks fantastic. She totally understood the challenge of tailgate cooking. It's funny, while she said she went to RU on the show it doesn't show up in any of her online bios.

I wonder why?

 

[RU Golfer]

The internet says she's 36...so she was here for Schiano 1.0 if she went to Rutgers straight from HS

Okay makes sense. And we did have some kick ass tailgates during that era!

She went to Rutgers from 2004-2008

https://www.jamesbeard.org/blog/one-chefs-lifelong-road-to-entrepreneurship

https://www.linkedin.com/in/esther-choi-2336486

 

[MrsScrew]

I wonder why?

No idea but she shouted it out on Netflix and that's all that really matters.
I just googled "Esther Choi Rutgers". Apparently she attended 2004-2008, started as a pharmacy major then switched to psych then started working for the Food Network before heading to the CIA.
I'm guessing it's all discussed in this podcast

‎Weekly Welcome: Esther Choi with Mokbar & Ms. Yoo on Apple Podcasts

‎Show Weekly Welcome, Ep Esther Choi with Mokbar & Ms. Yoo - Jan 22, 2020

podcasts.apple.com

 

[rutcor]

I watched Adam Sander's movie "Hustle" a couple of nights ago and there was a mention of Rutgers in it, too. Flick was better than I expected.

*Rucker

 

[hoquat63]

Rutgers also got a mention (sort of) in today’s comics. Cat in Get Fuzzy is asked if he is going to Ratgers.

 

[Zak57]

I know nj.com but good article on Esther Choi.

N.J.’s Esther Choi battled ‘Iron Chef’ titans. Now she’s bringing her Korean ramen (and kimchi fries) home.

The celebrity chef and restaurateur is opening a Jersey location of her ramen chain.

www.nj.com

 

[RUinsane]

*Rucker

However, my fraternity brother from RU was an extra (one of the scouts in the stands) and got a close up!!