JAE LEE

Jae Lee is the chef and founder of Nowon, the Korean-American gastropub redefining comfort food in New York City.

Raised on Korean flavors and shaped by NYC kitchens, Jae built Nowon from the ground up — from a cramped East Village start to a wood-fired expansion in Bushwick and a licensed location in Boston’s Seaport.

His cooking reflects his story: unapologetically Korean-American, playful yet precise, rooted in family and faith, driven by discipline, and built for the energy of the city..