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Douglas Kim

Douglas Kim

Master Sommelier and Executive Director of Wine at MGM Resorts International, based in Las Vegas.

Apr 14, 2026

1:49
But before we dive into that, give us a little bit of background on you, like your experience and how you got here.
1:54
Yeah, I was born in Korea and I moved to the States at a very young age at two, grew up in Chicago.
2:01
I had a love for cooking, definitely did some of the culinary arts stuff in high school.
2:04
And then, you know, as I was getting towards college, I had a decision to either go to business school or go to culinary school and I didn't want to sit behind a desk.
2:11
So I said, Hey, let's go to culinary school.
2:13
And here I am sitting behind a desk 15 years later or 20 years later, but went to culinary school.
2:19
And of course at the CIA, they're known for their wine curriculum, which is at the time was a three week course.

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8:05
But yeah, are you checking in with the person that's running that program? Are you looking at the data? Is it a culmination of all that stuff? How do you even start to dissect that? I mean, it must be a really interesting puzzle to decode, right?

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