GabieKook
Personal information
Born
Gabriela Kook

1988 (age 35–36)[1]
Buenos Aires, Argentina
NationalityKorean
Occupation(s)Vlogger, Chef
YouTube information
Genres
100,000 subscribers
1,000,000 subscribers

Gabriela "Gabie" Kook (born 1988) is a Korean YouTuber with an international audience. Her YouTube channel covers an array of topics, but is mostly focused on food and cooking.[2]

Kook graduated from Le Cordon Bleu, a culinary education facility in Paris. She became well-known in 2014 when she became a runner-up on a Korean reality TV show MasterChef Korea.[1]

In November 2021, she, Josh Carrott and Ollie Kendal opened a specialist "Korean Toast" restaurant in London.[3][4]

On 27 June 2023, Kook published her first cookbook: One Pan Recipe, initially only published in Korean as she is trying to find an English-speaking publisher.[5]


Personal life

Kook was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and lived in Spain until she was 12-years-old. Following that, she studied in the United States and France.[6] Although Kook was born abroad, her parents are South Korean nationals, and she has described herself as a "third culture kid".[7]

Kook is the wife of Josh Carrott (known on YouTube as "Korean Englishman").[1] The couple married in 2016.[8]

In 2020, Kook was diagnosed with endometriosis.[9]

In 2020, Kook also said she experienced anti-East Asian racism as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.[10]

Controversy

In May of 2021, most of her videos were temporarily removed or set to private when a video, showing her allegedly flouting South Korea's COVID-19 quarantine regulations in October 2020, led to backlash (including threats of prosecution). A video apologising for the incident was uploaded on 20 April 2021.[11]

In October 2020, Carrott and Kook came under scrutiny due to their alleged violation of South Korea's COVID-19 quarantine regulations. Kook went to Korea from London, United Kingdom for endometriosis treatment, and was required to quarantine for two weeks. However, a video was uploaded to social media of her and friends celebrating her birthday by welcoming friends at their door while they were supposed to be in isolation, and receiving birthday gifts. In one shot, Kook is shown removing her face mask to blow out candles on a birthday cake and apply lipstick, albeit in a socially distanced manner.[12][13] Kook has also faced controversy over her eligibility for national health insurance in South Korea.

In her apology video, Kook confirmed that she was mistaken in believing she was paying for national health insurance in South Korea. Some netizens, however, claim she was trying to game the system and that she knew it was in fact the National Pension, not the national health insurance in South Korea, that she had paid.[14][15][16]

She later underwent endometriosis treatment in the UK.

Both Carrott and Kook posted public apologies after the incident, though both apologies were criticised for being inadequate.[13]

The alleged violation has since been investigated by Korean police who found sufficient evidence to send the case to prosecution in December 2020.[17] Kook was accused of violating the Infectious Disease Prevention Act at the end of January; however, on April 14, the Seoul Western District Prosecutors' Office suspended the indictment against her as the prosecution decided not to file an indictment and dropped the case against Kook.[18][19]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Park Si-soo (31 January 2019). "Perks of being wife of 'Korean Englishman'". The Korea Times. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  2. ↑ Lee Min-young (8 July 2019). "Communicating through food: Interview with 'CookTuber' Gabie Kook". The Korea Times. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  3. ↑ 8년 동안 아무도 안해서 결국 저희가 했습니다..., retrieved 2021-12-09
  4. ↑ 영국에 한국 길거리 토스트 가게 열었더니... 현지인들 난리남!! (뿌듯), retrieved 2021-12-09
  5. ↑ 드디어 공개합니다!!!, retrieved 2023-06-27
  6. ↑ Oh So-young (26 November 2015). "조쉬 연인 국가비, "한국 사람이세요? 묻는 분들 많아, 직접 설명"". SportsQ (in Korean). Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  7. ↑ Im Eun-byel (4 July 2019). "[Herald Interview] Chef without restaurant but 1 million diners". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  8. ↑ 영국남자 Korean Englishman (17 February 2016). "저 결혼했어요!!! (우리 결혼식 영상)" [Josh got MARRIED!!! (POV wedding video)]. YouTube. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  9. ↑ Vargas, Mirella (27 October 2020). "My struggle with endometriosis showed me we need better education on women's health". Talon Marks | Cerritos College • Norwalk, Calif. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  10. ↑ Ahn Sung-mi (5 February 2020). "Overseas Koreans report discrimination on coronavirus panic". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  11. ↑ Gabie Kook (20 April 2021). "안녕하세요, 국가비입니다" [Hello, this is Gabie.]. YouTube.
  12. ↑ Lee Sun-min (28 December 2020). "Police determine YouTuber Gabie Kook violated quarantine laws". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  13. 1 2 "Why so many are angry with Korean Englishman and Gabie Kook". Korea Now. Yonhap News Agency. 20 October 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  14. ↑ Jiwon Kim (April 21, 2021). "'자가격리 위반' 유튜버 국가비, 공식 사과". UPI News. United Press International.
  15. ↑ "'방역수칙 위반' 국가비·조쉬, 나란히 사과…건보료 '먹튀' 논란도 해명". Korea Economic Daily. 21 April 2021.
  16. ↑ Jang Ah-reum. "'영국남자' 조쉬 복귀 선언→국가비 격리·건보료 먹튀 논란 해명…반응은(종합)". News1 Korea.
  17. ↑ "GabieKook's quarantine violation case sent to prosecution". Allkpop. 28 December 2020.
  18. ↑ "[영상] 자가격리 중 생일파티 논란…유튜버 국가비 기소유예". Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). 14 April 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  19. ↑ "An update on GabieKook's case on violating Quarantine rules". Allkpop. 14 April 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
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