Simplifying Life | Albert Cho | TEDXYouth@StCuthbert'sCollege

Albert Cho is a food writer based in Auckland, New Zealand. A former model, in 2018 he launched the Instagram account @eatlitfood which quickly exploded from a friends-only audience to international prominence with over 75K followers. Albert has delighted readers everywhere with his hilarious, bitingly honest reviews and mouth-watering food photos, his culinary tours of Japan, Korea and China under the ELF banner on YouTube and, more recently, his yummy home-cooked lockdown recipes. Albert’s voice is reminiscent of the best of those late, great food critics AA Gill, Jonathan Gold and Anthony Bourdain – that is, if any of them was more Korean, less straight and from Aotearoa. Yet like them, Albert has experienced his share of highs and lows in this life, including sexual abuse, drug addiction and disordered eating. Biting, pungent, salty and – yes – sweet, too, I Love My Stupid Life is his story. TEDxYouth@StCuthbert'sCollege was a 2023 TedX event based around the topic of 'Paradigm Shift' and explores an important change that occurs when the usual perspective/balance is disturbed and replaced with a different perspective. The audience enjoyed an afternoon of fascinating ideas and inspirational speakers which sparked interesting conversations, and inspiration within different fields of studies as well as offered an opportunity for new participants interested in the event. Organisation based in Auckland, New Zealand. This independent TED Event was hosted by International Baccalaureate Students, led by Alisa Rao.