An Australian-run cooking school in Hanoi trains some of Vietnam’s most disadvantaged young people to become five-star chefs. But can the students Adam Liaw meets handle the heat in the kitchen?

This episode first aired in 2020.

00:00 Intro
00:53 First day of school
04:50 New recruits are getting a glimpse of what their future could be
06:21 A successful KOTO graduate
07:52 How Jimmy Pham started KOTO
09:45 Khanh's cooking training
11:31 The biggest hurdle: the English language
13:23 Blue Dragon, a safe place for street kids
15:41 Meeting Hanoi's 'children of the dust'
20:54 Jimmy Pham's philosophy
23:55 Khanh's final test
26:38 Adam teaches KOTO students to cook Australian food

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