Jackie Ji Yoon Park
Jackie Ji Yoon Park is a food stylist and recipe developer at Food Network. Her experiences in working at restaurants have morphed her into a faster, more efficient and resourceful cook. Jackie is no stranger to nutritional knowledge, as she is a Registered Dietitian (RD). She has worked for Jean George Group and attended The International Culinary Center (formerly known as The French Culinary Institute), where she learned classic French techniques and developed a keen interest in fine dining food. She also worked for an upscale Chinese American restaurant and studied Korean Royal Palace Cuisine, under masters and instructors at Institute of Royal Cuisine in South Korea to further connect with her roots and understand Korean/Asian ingredients with traditional cooking techniques.
She has worked multiple seasons on Food Network’s Worst Cooks in America, The Kitchen, and Beat Bobby Flay — working closely with Bobby Flay during the seasons — and styled a wide variety of food for digital videos and photo contents, as well as for ive classes on Food Network App. When Jackie is not working on shows, she is recipe developing and testing for Food Network.
Through her versatile background as a food stylist and recipe developer, she is able to create content that is visually stunning and delicious.