Pastry Special Awards 2024Pastry chefInternational selection

Justin Lee

Jl Dessert Bar

Seoul, South Korea

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Pastry Talent of the Year Award

Most promising pastry chefs of the year (across bakeries, tea rooms, and dessert restaurants)

Justin Lee is one of Korea’s very best pastry chefs and an outstanding talent known for his dedication and vision. His famous JL Dessert Bar, opened in 2016, serves exquisite dessert tasting menus that display his eye for innovation and clever flavor pairings such as his signature Tomato, Yoghurt, Basil, Parmigiano, and Olive dish, along with Bacon, Parmigiano, Onion, Apple, and Cider. There’s also Blue cheese, Kumquat, Camomile, Hazelnut. Lee began his kitchen career at home in South Korea in 2003, before discovering pastry a decade later while working in New Zealand, at Clooney in Auckland. He has worked with many luxury brands including Bernardaud, Jimmy Choo, and Baccarat, and last year expanded his business with the opening of Hugely, an artisan ice cream shop on Jeju island full of whimsical frozen desserts, cakes, and jellies.