<ul class="summary-list"><li>In an essay for <keyword id="222950" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Eater">Eater</keyword>, ex-Momofuku employee <keyword id="10485676" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="hannah-selinger">Hannah Selinger</keyword> says "Eat a Peach," a new <keyword id="25805" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Memoir">memoir</keyword> by <keyword id="222948" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="David-Chang">David Chang</keyword>, "fails to account for trauma he caused me."</li><li>Selinger, who was the corporate beverage director for Chang's <keyword id="484143" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Momofuku">Momofuku</keyword> restaurant group in 2008, recalled several instances where she witnessed Chang's rages firsthand, including one incident where she says he berated her in front of her team.</li><li>Chang would easily and infamously enter into fits of rage over unpredictable things during his time working in his restaurants, Selinger said.</li><li>Though Selinger acknowledges that Chang's memoir touches on these points in his life, and he writes about how they affected him at the time, Selinger wrote that Chang didn't mention the people he lashed out at, nor did he offer an apology to her for his behavior.</li><li>When reached by Eater's editors for comment on Selinger's essay, Chang said that while he didn't recall the specific incidents Selinger mentioned, "they are entirely consistent with my behavior at the time, which I did not begin to correct until several years later" and "the bottom line is that I'm sorry."</li></ul>At the helm of the Momofuku empire is chef and businessman David Chang. <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/03/24/chef-on-the-edge">The now TV personality is known</a> for his old tendencies to fly off the handle in a fit of rage when something wasn't done right in one of his kitchens.While Chang himself addresses his old habits and <a href="https://people.com/food/david-chang-opens-up-bipolar-disorder-new-memoir/">discusses his bipolar disorder diagnosis and manic episodes</a> in his memoir, "Eat a Peach," one former Momofuku employee says that he failed to mention, acknowledge, or apologize for how his behavior affected his staff. "The anger was always framed as a means to an end, part of Chang's quest to create 'the perfect restaurant,'" Hannah Selinger, the corporate beverage director for Momofuku in 2008, wrote in <a href="https://www.eater.com/22193151/momofuku-david-chang-memoir-eat-a-peach-review">an essay</a> published on Eater on Monday.Selinger wrote that she had worked in several restaurants before, but "in all my years of restaurant work, I had never seen anything like the roiling, red-faced, screaming, pulsing, wrath-filled man that was David Chang."She noted that in his book, Chang addresses his bouts of extreme anger as something he blacks out in his mind and forgets. "The recipients of Dave's anger - his employees - lack the same power to forget, or to leave the consideration of its impact to others," Selinger wrote in her essay.Selinger goes on to recount several instances where she says she witnessed the wrath of Chang firsthand, including a time he purportedly yelled at her in front of her team. "From then on, it was virtually impossible to command respect from my staff," she wrote. "They had seen me as Dave saw me, as someone unworthy of respect."Selinger wrote that Chang never offered up an apology to any of his former employees for the consequences she said his actions had on their lives and careers. "But for all of the hand-wringing, all of the guilt, all of the acknowledgment of the bad things that he's done or condoned, nowhere in the book does he say 'I'm sorry' or apologize - the word 'sorry' appears six times, never in the form of an apology - other than to 'anyone whose role I've exaggerated or downplayed in my memory,'" she wrote."David Chang let the important business of taking care of his staff get away from him; he let us down. He let me down," Selinger continued.When reached by the editors at Eater for comment on Selinger's essay, Chang said: "While I do not recall these specific instances, they are entirely consistent with my behavior at the time, which I did not begin to correct until several years later. The bottom line is that I'm sorry. I'm still working to get better and repair many personal and professional relationships, but I also respect that the path to forgiveness does not exist on my terms. No one but me deserves to carry the burden of my past failings."Selinger and representatives for Chang declined to comment further at this time.<h2><a href="https://www.eater.com/22193151/momofuku-david-chang-memoir-eat-a-peach-review">Read Selinger's full essay at Eater »</a></h2><ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/david-chang-confetti-birthday-cake-microwave-momofuku-milk-bar-2020-12">Celebrity chef David Chang loves microwaves so much that he made his son's birthday cake in one, and it actually looks tasty</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/gordon-ramsay-mocks-tiktok-chef-guinness-beer-can-turkey-2020-11">Gordon Ramsay roasted a TikTok chef who cooked his turkey on a can of Guinness</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/harry-styles-vogue-cover-controversy-style-icon-non-binary-fashion-2020-12">Why are people acting like Harry Styles is the first man to wear a dress?</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/gordon-ramsay-defends-full-english-breakfast-thin-gravy-criticism-2020-12">Gordon Ramsay stands by his $24 full English breakfast after fans criticized its price and size, and he said he'd choose it to be his last meal</a></li></ul>

A former Momofuku employee says she was traumatized by celebrity chef David Chang in a review of his new memoir

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Hannah Selinger and her husband bought their home in Massachusetts sight-unseen.</li><li>For many people, submitting offers without touring a property was a reality of the hot <keyword id="11957054" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="housing-market" source="Orion">housing market</keyword>.</li></ul>In 2021, when journalist <a href="https://muckrack.com/hannah-selinger/articles">Hannah Selinger </a>and her husband decided to buy a home in Boxford, Massachusetts, they soon realized they would have to do so sight-unseen. They were six hours away, and in a hot market where buyers often have to beat out multiple offers within hours of the house being listed, it just wasn't feasible to visit properties. Five unsuccessful offers later, they bid on a house they'd only seen on <keyword id="12330090" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="zillow" source="Orion">Zillow</keyword> and in videos taken by their real-estate agent. When they actually saw the house, Selinger told Insider she was surprised by "ceilings that were a little lower than we expected, and one of the bedrooms that was smaller than we realized." But a year after buying a house sight-unseen, Selinger doesn't regret it. She even said she'd do it again. While risky, buying sight-unseen became a frequent reality during the pandemic — and it isn't going away. New York real-estate agent <a href="https://www.crexi.com/profile/jesse-moss-jessemo">Jesse Moss</a> told Insider via email: "I've sold multiple properties in Miami without having ever seen the properties myself, without ever meeting the seller in person, and having never met the buyer in person." These kinds of stories are familiar among realtors operating in a market that, if anything, has only gotten more aggressive since 2020. But with them, these veteran buyers and agents have learned a few things about how to go into a purchase sight-unseen.<h2>Take advantage of technology</h2>Zoom and other video-chat technologies seem to have become a permanent fixture of the real-estate market. Pre-pandemic, there were some buyers who invested in spec homes and new-build developments based only on virtual mock-ups. What changed during the pandemic was that virtual attendance became commonplace in all facets of life. When realtor <a href="https://www.intracoastalrealty.com/bio/ableau">Alyssa Bleau</a>, who's bought and sold houses sight-unseen, decided to move from New York to North Carolina, her agent provided a showing via FaceTime. But she heavily relied on Matterport, a 3D modeling platform, to tour a 3D twin of her future home and measure the space for furniture. Since moving to North Carolina, Bleau predominantly works with out-of-state clients in the same boat.<h2>Your real-estate agent needs to be your most trusted emissary</h2>In a virtual showing, the realtor holds the camera. Buyers need to work with someone they trust not to cut eyesores out of the frame. There are also some things that just don't show up on the screen. <a href="https://www.seacoastrealty.com/agent/9102645769/barry-weiss">Barry Weiss</a> of Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage Realty told Insider he'll do just about anything to give his clients a full taste of what they're buying, short of crawling under the house."With offers going in with [non-refundable] deposits prior to the full home inspection, our clients are relying on us to check for smells, moisture, mold, paint quality, quality of appliances, and even whether the electrical outlets work," Weiss said.When purchasing her 1926 Spanish Tudor home in Glendale, California, <a href="https://twitter.com/megansayers">Meg Chapham</a> enlisted neighbors and friends both to help with her local house hunt and acquire photos and videos of potential homes. Chapham, the head of editorial for Netflix Kids and Family, eventually connected with the sellers of her home through a neighbor. They were about to put their home on the market, and she got in early. Not only does Chapham love her home after two years, but she developed a close friendship with the sellers, even sight-unseen. "I would [buy sight-unseen] again, but I would say we were exceptionally lucky in the previous owners," she told Insider. "They ended up becoming friends. Their kindness and honesty through the process was unmatched." <h2>Know what your deal-breakers are </h2>While buying a house sight-unseen is a risk, it should be a calculated one. Even with the best realtor and virtual resources, a buyer who doesn't know what they want will end up disappointed. While realtor Weiss has successfully sold multiple homes sight-unseen in Wilmington, North Carolina, he did experience a buyer losing a non-refundable due-diligence fee because she changed her mind about the property. "As thorough as we were, she looked at the house on video after a rainstorm and felt uncomfortable about what might happen during a hurricane," Weiss said. Even though Weiss said he and his partner had pointed out standing water under the house early on to the out-of-state buyer, it was only after her offer was accepted that she realized she wasn't comfortable with the property.Conversely, informed buyers who know their boundaries have a better chance of being happy with a house bought sight-unseen. Journalist Selinger said: "I write about <keyword id="11893295" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="real-estate" source="Orion">real estate</keyword> and have a good understanding of what kinds of things are easily fixed and what kinds of things are deal-breakers." The unpleasant surprises — the low ceilings and small bedroom — weren't daunting because she knew the difference.

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A former Momofuku employee says she was traumatized by celebrity chef David Chang in a review of his new memoir

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