{"id":66507,"date":"2026-07-06T13:00:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T05:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=66507"},"modified":"2026-07-06T13:00:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T05:00:58","slug":"dont-become-a-chef-culinary-class-wars-napoli-matfia-on-hong-kong-time-off-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=66507","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Don\u2019t become a chef\u2019: Culinary Class Wars\u2019 Napoli Matfia on Hong Kong, time off and more"},"content":{"rendered":"


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In June, chef Kwon Sung-jun \u2013 better known as Napoli Matfia, winner of the first season of Netflix\u2019s hit show Culinary Class Wars<\/em><\/span> \u2013 closed Via Toledo Pasta Bar, his famously intimate six-seat restaurant in Seoul.<\/div>\n

There was no massive party, no cakes or balloons to celebrate the end of an era after five years of being booked solid with a waiting list that stretched for months \u2013 and included celebrities from all over the world \u2013 but he did bring a piece of his first restaurant home with him.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was this stray cat at Via Toledo<\/span> that I had been feeding for years,\u201d says the 31-year-old chef. \u201cOn the last night after the last shift ever, I brought her to my house.<\/div>\n

\u201cShe is the only legacy of the restaurant,\u201d he laughs.<\/p>\n

That statement is far from the truth. In the coming weeks, he will be setting up his new 3.3 billion won (US$2.1 million) property, also in Seoul, expanding his passion project into a five-storey culinary destination.<\/p>\n

The ground floor, he shares, will be a cafeteria for coffee and bites such as desserts and focaccia sandwiches. A public restaurant will occupy the second floor, with a private dining space above that and a YouTube studio on the remaining levels.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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