Chef Yoon Nam-no Reveals Past Trauma from Kitchen Bullying in Australia

By Yoona, Jeong

Apr 13, 2025

Chef Yoon Nam-no Reveals Past Trauma from Kitchen Bullying in Australia



Chef Yoon Nam-no confessed that he had been severely bullied in Australia.

The MBC entertainment program 『Omniscient Interfere』 aired on the 12th depicts the daily life of Chef Yoon Nam-no.

On the show, Yoon Nam-no congratulated a junior employee on his upcoming working holiday to Australia.




Chef Yoon Nam-no Reveals Past Trauma from Kitchen Bullying in Australia
At the same time, I recalled my hard life in Australia. Yoon Nam-no said "I took 300,000 won when I went to Australia. So as soon as I arrived in Australia, I went to the lettuce farm to make money. I made money for a month and went to Sydney. As soon as I went to Sydney for the first time, I visited all the restaurants. They're asking me to use it because it's okay to wash the dishes. But he didn't accept it.", he recalled his experience.

Yoon Nam-no then said, `I ended up joining a pretty famous restaurant.' `But I had a lot of hard work. I'm still getting emotional. I'm preparing the ingredients, but I'm hitting it from the side. I'm making fun of you. I have to use the knife delicately, but that alone makes me sensitive, but I have to keep looking behind me. Hit him from behind and stab him in the hand with my knife."

Chef Yoon Nam-no Reveals Past Trauma from Kitchen Bullying in Australia
He "And then when I say something to him, he says he didn't. I cried every day under the restaurant"But most importantly, I thought it was more embarrassing to run away.", he shared his experience and cheered for the new future of his employees.




Meanwhile, Yoon Nam-no made his name by participating in the Netflix series 'Black and White Cook: The War of the Cooking Classes' as the black spoon chef 'Cooking Dol-Ai' which aired last year.



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