Seakyeong Kim graduated from the Culinary Institute of America (CIA) in New York in 2005, before working for various Michelin-starred restaurants in the United States and Europe, including Aureole (New York), The Ledbury (London), and Clerkenwell (London), to name a few. More recently, he is working as the casting director and advisor on Taste of Korea: Global Masters, a popular TV show on traditional Korean cuisine airing on Olive TV.