Juna Rorimpandey

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Juna Rorimpandey
Born
Junior John Rorimpandey

(1975-07-20) July 20, 1975 (age 47)
Flag of Indonesia.svg Jakarta, Indonesia
Culinary career
Cooking style Japanese cuisine
French cuisine
Indonesian cuisine
Previous restaurant(s)
    • Correlate [1] (October 2016–November 2017)
    • Go! Go! Ramen [2] (January 2020–April 2020)
Television show(s)
Award(s) won
    • Most Favorite Judges Talent Search (Chef Juna, Chef Arnold, dan Chef Renatta – MasterChef Indonesia season 7 and MasterChef Indonesia season 8) RCTI+ Indonesian Digital Awards 2021

Junior John Rorimpandey (born 20 July 1975) better known as Juna Rorimpandey or Chef Junais a professional cook from Indonesia he is widely known for being a judge in the cooking show MasterChef Indonesia. He has resigned from his position of Executive Chef at Jack Rabbit Restaurant, Jakarta at the end of July 2011 and is currently still a judge for MasterChef Indonesia.

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For 12 years he went abroad, as a chef specializing in Japanese cuisine and French cuisine and in October 2016, Juna opened his first restaurant named "Correla" located on the lobby floor of the Rajawali building Kuningan, South Jakarta. [1] [3]

Early life and career

When he was young, Juna was a delinquent. [4] After graduating from high school, he went on to study in petroleum engineering at Trisakti University for 3.5 years, but didn't finish his studies because of disciplinary issues. He briefly got into drugs [5] and after Failing to graduate from college in Indonesia, Juna moved to Brownsville, Texas, United States in 1997, and sold his motorbike to pay for schooling there. In America, Juna entered flight school and successfully graduated to get a pilot's license. [6]

While he was studying to get his commercial license, his flight school went bankrupt so he moved to Houston to continue his training. However, due to the 1997 Asian financial crisis, Juna's parents experienced economic difficulties, forcing Juna to find his own money for living expenses. [7]

Juna got into cooking after doing odd jobs to make money, he got a job as a waiter in a traditional Japanese restaurant. After a while, the sushi master at his restaurant offered Juna to be his student. Juna accepted the offer and was willing to be trained from scratch. Afterwards the restaurant owner promoted Juna to get Permanent Residency in the United States. [7]

In 2002, Juna took over as head chef at the restaurant because the sushi master who trained Juna moved to another restaurant. Then, in 2003, Juna moved to another sushi restaurant in Houston called Uptown Sushi and became Executive Chef there. [7]

After getting bored of Japanese cuisine he moved to a French restaurant, The French Laundry which is known as a restaurant that applies high standards. He also had to learn again from scratch. There he was educated very harshly. [8]

After returning home to Indonesia he served as Executive Chef at Jack Rabbit Jakarta restaurant until 2011. He is also active as a judge on MasterChef Indonesia. [9]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleProduction
2018 13: The Haunted [10] Chef Papang RA Pictures
2019 Kembalinya Anak Iblis [11]

TV Show

Commercial

YearProduct
2013Klop (with Chef Aiko)
Nutrijell Pudding Susu
SunCo
2015Nutrijell Pudding Lapis
2017Pharmaton
Nutrijell Pudding
2019 Koshihikari
NutriCake
2020WINCheez
BNSP: Sertifikasi Kompetensi Profesi

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