Hong moved to Australia after his military service and completed his course in culinary arts and hospitality at Le Cordon Bleu. He started working at a start up hotel in Sydney CBD, Primus Hotel as an executive chef in September 2015.
Hong has been a chef for 12 years and said the most important thing that chefs should focus on is basics. He also said his competitiveness is working with a sense of ownership, and his goal is to become an executive chef at the world’s best hotels in ten years.