Crystal Kung Minkoff

Crystal Kung Minkoff is a 76th generational descendant of Confucius. She was born and raised in Northridge, California to first-generation Chinese immigrant parents. Crystal attended the University of California, Irvine, where she studied Biology and History. In 2003, she met her husband Rob Minkoff, who directed the Academy Award-winning Walt Disney classic The Lion King, as well as numerous other major feature films including the Stuart Little series, Haunted Mansion, and Paws of Fury releasing summer of 2022. Crystal and Rob live in Bel Air with their two children, Max and Zoe. Crystal completed her culinary education in Los Angeles and has since been teaching her friends and followers classic recipes with an Asian twist. Besides cooking, she has also immersed herself in the world of mixology; if she is not in front of the stove you might find her behind the bar whipping up a delicious cocktail. She loves throwing extravagant parties on a budget, tending her vegetable garden, and playing tennis with her friends. Crystal is the co-founder of Real Coco, a coconut beverage company that has sold over 10 million bottles of coconut water to date, alongside her brother, Jeffrey Kung, who is better known as a pop singer in China.