Da-Hae West is a Korean cookery teacher, recipe writer and author. Born in Busan, South Korea, Da-Hae moved to England when she was three. Watching her mother in the kitchen inspired a love of Korean food and in 2012, she opened Busan BBQ with her husband – a street food truck selling modern Korean food at pop up restaurants and markets across London. In 2015, Octopus Publishing published her first cookbook Eat Korean; a mixture of the traditional dishes she grew up with along with ways to use Korean ingredients in a more modern way. She is currently working on a new cookbook which will be published by RPS in 2025.

Da-Hae has a wealth of experience promoting Korean food, having closely worked with the Korean Cultural Centre and Korean Tourism Organisation, as well as using her expertise on TV productions, including Gizzi Erskine's Seoul Food and John Torode’s Korean Food Tour. She is a member of the Guild of Food Writers and her recipes have been featured in BBC Good Food, Olive Magazine and Ocado Magazine.