So Young Kim is a professionally-trained cook and recipe developer, who has catered, worked as a private chef, and designed cakes for clients in the Los Angeles area. So Young graduated with high-honors from the Kitchen Academy in 2007 and currently resides in the San Gabriel Valley, just east of Los Angeles. She created the So Food LA blog to share her recipes with the world and hopefully inspire people to cook more, and her recipes use fresh, locally-sourced, and organic ingredients whenever possible. Her love of cooking may only be surpassed by her love of eating (and of course her love for her two sons).