Restaurant entrepreneur, social activist and acclaimed chef Roy Choi takes us on a journey exploring complex social issues through food.

Roy breaks bread with Chef Wolfgang Puck, Journalist Patricia Escárcega and restaurant owners who want to create a more equitable model for the future of restaurants after the pandemic caused an industry-wide meltdown of a broken system.

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Roy breaks bread with Chef Wolfgang Puck, Journalist Patricia Escárcega and restaurant owners who want to create a more equitable model for the future of restaurants.

The Future of Restaurants

Roy meets with legendary chef and activist Alice Waters, seed farmer Kristyn Leach and urban gardeners in Compton to discuss our right to grow, exchange, and consume crops that are in danger of disappearing.

Roy meets with chef and activist Alice Waters, seed farmer Kristyn Leach and urban gardeners to discuss our right to exchange and consume crops in danger of disappearing.

From Seed to Table

Roy discovers the buried history of Chavez Ravine where Dodger Stadium now stands, explores a tortillería in Boyle Heights and seeks out LA’s top tacos from chefs who are using food as a form of resistance.

Roy discovers the buried history of Chavez Ravine, explores a tortillería in Boyle Heights and seeks out LA’s top tacos from chefs using food as a form of resistance.

Food As Resistance

Roy’s restaurant Chego became the poster child for gentrification in Chinatown, spawning a run on real estate and a backlash from the community. He explores what he could’ve done differently as he retraces his steps through the neighborhood.

Roy’s restaurant Chego became the poster child for gentrification in Chinatown and spawned backlash from the community. He explores what he could have done differently.

Returning to Chinatown

Roy breaks bread in Leimert Park with legendary musician Chuck D., explores local businesses with artist Six Sev, and meets with elders to find out how a neighborhood so rich in food, art, music and culture can hold on.

Roy breaks bread in Leimert Park with musician Chuck D., explores local businesses with artist Six Sev, and meets with elders to discuss the neighborhood's rich culture.

Owning the Block

Roy explores Tijuana’s incredible variety of nightlife, street food, restaurants and cultural diversity, along one of the most misunderstood stretches of the U.S./Mexico border that’s often painted as a place of violence and poverty by the media.

Roy explores Tijuana’s incredible variety of nightlife, street food, restaurants and culture along one of the most misunderstood stretches of the U.S./Mexico border.