Self-taught as a chef, Kim studied political science at the University of Ottawa and worked at Health Canada before becoming a chef and restaurant-owner more than 15 years ago. In 2009, she opened the restaurant Cafe My House on Bank Street, which later moved to Hintonburg. After closing Cafe My House, Kim opened the fancier restaurant Alice in 2019 in Little Italy. An innovative, plant-based, fermentation-forward restaurant, Alice was ranked 31st on the 2023 Canada’s 100 Best Restaurants list. That year, Kim won the Canadian Culinary Championship. She closed Alice in February 2024 to work toward opening Antheia, which she sees as the fullest expression of her culinary vision.
