The Foodfluencers: Cassie Yeung on Viral Food, Gordon Ramsay and Reinvention

E159 - The Foodfluencers: Cassie Yeung on Viral Food, Gordon Ramsay and Reinvention

Published: September 17, 2026

Duration: 43:49

Cassie Yeung did not take the traditional path into food. Before millions of people were watching her cook, she was dancing professionally with the Brooklyn Nets, working a 9-to-5, and trying to figure out what she actually wanted to do with her life.

On this episode of Hospitality Hangout’s Foodfluencers series, Cassie shares how she turned a lifelong love of cooking into a career as a creator, Next Level Chef competitor, brand collaborator, and New York Times bestselling cookbook author.

The conversation gets into the three-month window her parents gave her to make content cr...