Hu Deok-juk

Hu Deok-juk is a South Korean chef. He is a chef of Haobin, a fine dining Chinese restaurant at the Ambassador-Pullman Hotel in Jung District, Seoul, South Korea. Haobin earned a Michelin star in 2024.
Hu was born in 1949 in Sogong-dong, Seoul, and he grew up in a Chinese-Korean household.
In 1977, Hu joined The Shilla Seoul’s Chinese restaurant, Palsun. There, Hu introduced Buddha Jumps Over the Wall to the Korean culinary world in 1987, which played a significant role in shifting the dominant style of Chinese cuisine consumed in South Korea from Sichuan cuisine to Cantonese cuisine.
In 2024, Hu received a Mentor Chef Award from the Michelin Guide.