{{Short description|Korean-American YouTuber (born 1957)}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox youtuber | name = Emily Kim | birth_name = Kim Kwang-sook | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1957}} | birth_place = Yeosu, South Korea | occupation = {{Hlist|YouTuber|author}} | spouse = {{Marriage|David Seguin|2009}}<ref name=":0">{{cite news |last=Moskin |first=Julia |date=June 2, 2015 |title=Maangchi: YouTube's Korean Julia Child |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/03/dining/maangchi-youtube-korean-julia-child.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=December 19, 2021}}</ref> | signature = | website = {{URL|https://maangchi.com}} | youtube_handle = Maangchi | youtube_display_name =
| youtube_years_active = 2007–present | youtube_genre = Cooking show | youtube_subscribers = 6.24 million<!-- PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE WITHOUT UPDATING stats_update BELOW --> | youtube_views = 703.6 million<!-- PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE WITHOUT UPDATING stats_update BELOW --> | stats_update = May 6, 2023{{nu|date=October 2025}} | module = {{Infobox Korean name/auto | child=yes
| | hangul = %김광숙 | othername1 = Online handle | hangul1 = %_망치 | lk1 = hammer }} }} '''Emily Kim''' (born 1957), born '''Kim Kwang-sook''' ({{Korean|hangul=김광숙}}) and known by her online handle '''Maangchi''' ({{Korean|hangul=망치|labels=no}}), is a South Korean-born American YouTuber and author. She is notable for producing cooking videos centered around Korean cuisine. She was described by ''The New York Times'' as "YouTube's Korean Julia Child".<ref name=":0">{{cite news |last=Moskin |first=Julia |date=June 2, 2015 |title=Maangchi: YouTube's Korean Julia Child |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/03/dining/maangchi-youtube-korean-julia-child.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=December 19, 2021}}</ref>
== Life == Kim was born in Yeosu, South Korea. Her family was involved in the seafood industry, and Kim learned how to cook from her female relatives.<ref name=":0" />
In 1992, Kim and her husband moved to Columbia, Missouri, where Kim worked as a teacher. In Missouri, she found the quality, variety, and availability of Korean food to be lacking, and so she often cooked for other members of the local Korean-American community.<ref name=":0" /> She immigrated to Toronto, Canada, in 2002.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ri |first1=Park Hye |last2=Jihae |first2=Lee |date=July 5, 2019 |title=Famous K-food vlogger seeks to spread easy-to-follow recipes |url=https://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/People/view?articleId=172583 |work=Korea.net |access-date=July 16, 2022}}</ref>
In 2003, she and her husband divorced, and with her two fully-grown children out of the house, Kim started playing MMO ''City of Heroes'' using the character name ''Maangchi'', meaning "Hammer" in Korean.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite news |last=Kierzek |first=Kristine M. |date=May 18, 2015 |title=Maangchi promotes Korean cuisine with her videos |url=https://archive.jsonline.com/features/food/maangchi-promotes-korean-cuisine-with-her-videos-b99498031z1-304152371.html |work=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |access-date=December 19, 2021}}</ref> After this and up until 2007, Kim worked as a family counselor for a nonprofit organization.<ref name="Daily News">{{cite news |last1=Bae |first1=Do Hoon |last2=Osterhout |first2=Jacob E. |date=March 17, 2011 |title=The rise of a Korean cooking sensation on Youtube |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90808263/the-rise-of-a-korean-cooking-sensation/ |work=New York Daily News |pages=44, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90808273/the-rise-of-a-korean-cooking-sensation/ 45] |access-date=December 19, 2021 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Je-hae |first=Do |date=March 29, 2017 |title=Enjoy Maangchi's yummy recipes |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1987682527/72D7584C06574491PQ |work=The Korea Times |access-date=December 19, 2021 |id={{ProQuest|1987682527}}}}</ref>
=== Culinary career === Kim was introduced to YouTube's online cooking scene in 2007, inspiring her to begin making videos about Korean food, using the channel name "Maangchi". Her channel quickly grew in popularity, attributed to her upbeat attitude and her strict adherence to traditional Korean recipes.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite news |last=Fang |first=Christine |date=July 23, 2018 |title=6 East Asian YouTube Chefs Who Will Have You Drooling On Your Laptop |url=https://studybreaks.com/tvfilm/east-asian-youtube-chefs/ |work=Study Breaks |access-date=December 19, 2021}}</ref> Along with her cooking videos on YouTube, Kim also runs a website at ''maangchi.com'' that includes a request section and discussion board for fans, along with additional photos and a podcast.<ref name="Daily News"/> In 2013, Kim worked together with ''Top Chef'' winner Kristen Kish on a PBS program called ''Lucky Chow'', where she gave Kish a cooking lesson in traditional Korean cuisine that focused on kimchi and ''japchae''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Park |first=Brian |date=October 4, 2020 |title=Maangchi Provides The Joy Of Cooking |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90808059/maangchi-provides-the-joy-of-cooking/ |work=The Los Angeles Times |access-date=December 19, 2021}}</ref>
Prompted by her YouTube channel's success, Kim published her first cookbook in 2015,<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |date=May 21, 2015 |title=YouTube Sensation Publishes Her First Cookbook |url=https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2015/05/21/maangchi-youtube-korean-cooking |work=WBUR-FM |access-date=December 19, 2021}}</ref> titled ''Maangchi's Real Korean Cooking''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Daley |first=Bill |date=August 12, 2015 |title=Make the Korean bibimbap at home |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90807827/make-the-korean-bibimbap-at-home/ |work=The Wichita Eagle |access-date=December 19, 2021 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Her second cookbook named ''Maangchi's Big Book of Korean Cooking'' was made with co-author Martha Rose Shulman and published by Rux Martin in 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last=Josephson |first=Mark |date=October 30, 2019 |title='Maangchi's Big Book Of Korean Cooking: From Everyday Meals To Celebration Cuisine' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90808693/maangchis-big-book-of-korean-cooking/ |work=The State |access-date=December 19, 2021 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> The book discusses recipes alongside how to use certain cooking utensils and a picture guide to Korean ingredients.<ref>{{cite news |last=Peterson |first=Angela |date=December 15, 2019 |title=Gift Guide: 2019 Cookbooks and Other Goodies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90808805/maangchis-big-book-of-korean-cooking/ |work=The Oshkosh Northwestern |access-date=December 19, 2021 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |date=December 11, 2019 |title=Gifts that keep on cookin' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90808981/maangchis-big-book-of-korean-cooking/ |work=Honolulu Star-Advertiser |access-date=December 19, 2021 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> In March 2018, the South Korean Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs announced it would be collaborating with Kim and her brand to better showcase Korean foods to North American consumers.<ref>{{cite news |last=Song |first=Ashley |date=May 28, 2018 |title=Famous YouTuber to Showcase Korean Food Ingredients |url=http://koreabizwire.com/famous-youtuber-to-showcase-korean-food-ingredients/119228 |work=The Korea Bizwire |access-date=December 19, 2021}}</ref>
{{As of|2023|5}}, Kim's YouTube channel has 6.2 million subscribers.<ref name="YouTubeStatsMaangchi" />
==Bibliography== * {{cite book |last1=Maangchi |last2=Shulman |first2=Martha Rose |author-link2=Martha Rose Shulman |author-mask=1 |date=2019 |title=Maangchi's Big Book of Korean Cooking: From Everyday Meals to Celebration Cuisine |publisher=Rux Martin |isbn=9781328988126}}<ref>Reviews for ''Maangchi's Big Book of Korean Cooking'': * {{cite journal |last1=Heidermann |first1=Anne |date=September 2019 |title=Maangchi's Big Book of Korean Cooking: From Everyday Meals to Celebration Cuisine |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2285051377/46F3242713A54887PQ |journal=The Booklist |volume=116 |issue=1 |pages=20, 22 |id={{ProQuest|2285051377}}}} * {{cite journal |last1=Thomas |first1=Devon |date=October 2019 |title=Home Economics: Maangchi's Big Book of Korean Cooking: From Everyday Meals to Celebration Cuisine |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2299178705/46F3242713A54887PQ |journal=Library Journal |volume=144 |issue=9 |pages=117 |id={{ProQuest|2299178705}}}} * {{cite news |last=Muhlke |first=Christine |date=December 8, 2019 |title=Cooking: Maangchi's Big Book of Korean Cooking |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2322339108/46F3242713A54887PQ |work=The New York Times Book Review |pages=40–41 |id={{ProQuest|2322339108}}}} * {{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=July 1, 2019 |title=Lifestyle Reviews: Maangchi's Big Book of Korean Cooking |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2247781230/46F3242713A54887PQ |journal=Publishers Weekly |volume=266 |issue=26 |id={{ProQuest|2247781230}}}} * {{cite news |last=Vickery |first=Martha |date=Fall 2019 |title=Maangchi's big achievement |url=https://www.koreanquarterly.org/books/maangchis-big-achievement/ |work=Korean Quarterly |access-date=July 16, 2022}} * {{cite news |last=Inamine |first=Elyse |date=December 2, 2019 |title=I Want to Be Like Maangchi and Her New Cookbook Taught Me How |url=https://www.bonappetit.com/story/maangchi-big-book-korean-cooking |work=Bon Appétit |access-date=July 16, 2022}} * {{cite news |last=Park |first=James |date=September 3, 2019 |title=The Best Cookbooks of Fall 2019 |url=https://www.eater.com/2019/9/3/20805413/best-cookbooks-2019-fall-new-books-recipes |work=Eater |access-date=July 16, 2022}}</ref> * {{cite book |last1=Maangchi |last2=Chattman |first2=Lauren |author-mask=1 |date=2015 |title=Maangchi's Real Korean Cooking: Authentic Dishes for the Home Cook |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |isbn=9780544129894}}<ref>Reviews for ''Maangchi's Real Korean Cooking'': * {{cite journal |last1=Knoblauch |first1=Mark |date=June 2015 |title=Maangchi's Real Korean Cooking: Authentic Dishes for the Home Cook |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1688189952/46F3242713A54887PQ |journal=The Booklist |volume=111 |issue=19/20 |pages=20 |id={{ProQuest|1688189952}}}} * {{cite journal |last1=Campbell |first1=Lisa |date=March 2015 |title=Cooking: Maangchi's Real Korean Cooking |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1661796682/46F3242713A54887PQ |journal=Library Journal |volume=140 |issue=5 |pages=126 |id={{ProQuest|1661796682}}}} * {{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=March 2, 2015 |title=Nonfiction Reviews: Maangchi's Real Korean Cooking |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1661307782/46F3242713A54887PQ |journal=Publishers Weekly |volume=262 |issue=9 |id={{ProQuest|1661307782}}}}</ref>
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