As Orange County expands its vaccine distribution, UC Irvine researchers are developing a vaccine that could prevent coronavirus outbreaks in the future. Santa Ana’s LibroMobile will host its third Literary Arts Festival on Jan. 23 through Instagram. He says to me, “Alice, making money — it’s so easy. The premise of family in the film is how hard your parents work and the sacrifices they make so that you can have a life better than they did. Which donut shop do you find yourself going back to for the sake of eating a donut?I had my out of body experience at DK’s Donuts and Bakery in Santa Monica. He said that we didn’t have room for these refugees here. I thought I would just get an exterior scene for context. I thought it was so profound that this was the very same community that just a couple of decades earlier were making fun of somebody who worked at the counter and had an accent. He lost everything and had to start from scratch. "[1], After the establishment of a constitutional monarchy in 1993, Ngoy returned to Cambodia for the country's first elections. He became tired running doughnut shops on his own and decided to train and lease shops to his relatives and employ Cambodian refugees. Within three years of his arrival, Ngoy had became a millionaire with his own chain of doughnut shops across the city. and California landscape with a familiar coat — yellow strip mall signs with red lettering reading Christy’s Donuts. UC Irvine library highlights materials from I-Ching to Astro Boy in its East Asian Collection. Ted Ngoy. He wrote a book called “The Donut: History, Recipes, and Lore from Boston to Berlin” and he gave really fascinating insights into donut culture, history and our relationship to donuts in America. One night, Ngoy devised a plan to sneak into the heavily guarded mansion that housed Suganthini, allowing the couple to meet for the first time. Ngoy and his family enjoyed the fruits of their labor and at one point moved into a 7,000-square-foot mansion in Mission Viejo. [6][3], Ngoy bought additional doughnut shops in Orange County. What new information did you learn in the making of the film?There was a lot that was new to me. Despite her sheltered life and being forbidden from having friends or leaving the house other than for school, Suganthini fell in love. TimesOC’s e-newspaper includes all six pages of Sunday’s coverage of Orange County. Is there anything that you left on the cutting room floor that you still think about?There are a lot of things that I still think about on the cutting room floor. Less than a decade later, he was a multimillionaire at the helm of an unlikely empire of independent donut shops that continue to dominate the west coast and fend off advances by large chains such as Dunkin’ Donuts. Tell me more about how they connected to the local community.Ted came in the 70s and it was quite homogeneously white in Orange County at the time and a lot of people had never seen an Asian person, much less heard of a place called Cambodia. 2,912 likes. He suggested that Ted hang out in the back and to put Christy in the front. EN - English; ES - Español I think that’s the American way — the power of connections and people. The Donut King: The Rags to Riches Story of a Poor Immigrant Who Changed the World (English Edition) eBook: Ngoy, Ted: Amazon.de: Kindle-Shop Ngoy's gambling had progressed from the card tables to placing bets on sports games with Cambodian bookies. He was raised by his mother, who was from Shantou, Guangdong, and who only spoke Chinese. [1], Ted Ngoy was born in the Cambodian village of Sisophon near the country's border with Thailand. I told him that he has a story to tell. She’s currently a features reporter for TimesOC where she covers art, books, entertainment, trends and cultural issues related to Orange County. His family had moved from a condominium to a three-storey, US$1 million mansion. Ngoy lived in a small attic apartment a couple blocks away from the Khoeun mansion and would play flute music at night to woo Suganthini. The film follows an immigrant tale of the American dream through Bun Tek “Ted” Ngoy, a Cambodian refugee whose charmed life is full of war, romance, entrepreneurship, racism and a caution about greed. Over the years, he led thousands of his countrymen into... Erstklassige Nachrichtenbilder in hoher Auflösung bei Getty Images Designers Andrew Hem and Charlie Le were awarded a SWSW Film special jury recognition for their poster design of “The Donut King” in 2020. Some of the interviews in the film seemed that way.It was actually really wonderful to speak with particularly his older kids Chet and Savy, who until that interview, they didn’t have much to do with him. Getting an appointment for the COVID-19 vaccine at Disneyland has proved to be difficult for many Orange County residents 65 and older. Since then her writing has appeared in Calendar, Lifestyle, Metro and Sports sections of the paper. Vera Castaneda is a writer who has worked at the Los Angeles Times since 2016. TimesOC e-Newspaper: Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021. Virtual town hall addresses COVID-19 vaccine concerns in O.C.’s Asian American community. Also Jerry Brown, who we’ve seen in California as our beacon of hope and morality, in 1975 was actually the opposite. And she said she knew a lot of people in her parents’ generation who are lifelong Republicans and that’s why they hate the Democratic party. A map of Christy’s Donuts, Winchell’s and Dunkin Donuts across California during the height of Ted Ngoy’s entrepreneurship in the 1970s through the 1990s. It's the rags to riches story of a refugee escaping Cambodia, arriving in America in 1975 and building an unlikely multi-million-dollar empire baking America's favorite pastry, the donut. Upon his return to Orange County, Ngoy began gambling harder than ever stating "Monks cannot help me, Buddha cannot help me. In English, Mandarin and Cambodian with English subtitles; Not rated, Playing: Regency South Coast Village, Santa Ana, and in limited release where theaters are open; available via virtual cinemas, including Laemmle Theatres. school board member who was at Capitol rally. Ngoy attempted Gambler's Anonymous, but denies its help with his situation stating that when he went to meetings "I cry, everybody cry. It actually made national, if not international, news about the kindness of these people in Orange County. Ted Ngoy once owned a huge chain of doughnut shops across the US state of California and was known as “The Donut King”. Doing this film was really an exploration for me of understanding where you come from. Although the locations shared a name, he made no effort to give them a cohesive brand identity. People love her and she’s beautiful. I ate the whole thing. I wanted to tell this story in a way that was inspirational and optimistic. He is working in real estate. Upon deeper glance, it was so personal for me. I am the child of immigrants who came and moved here for the American dream. Ted and a lot of the Asians who came aligned themselves with the Republican party. There’s this portion in the film that goes into Ted and his ex-wife Christy’s experiences in Orange County during the 70s. The Ngoys decided to keep uniformity amongst their shops, naming subsequent acquisitions Christy's. The city of Irvine has settled a 1st Amendment lawsuit that alleged former Irvine Mayor Christina Shea blocked a resident after he posted comments on her personal page in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. He is nicknamed the "Donut King." Ted had met Ronald Reagan, George Bush Sr., [Richard] Nixon. [4], Ngoy secured work as a janitor with Peace Lutheran Church in Tustin, California. Ted's story is one of fate, love, survival, hard knocks, and redemption. [5] Scouring classifieds, Ngoy looked for existing shops for sale by owner. I can’t take credit for it, but I do feel like in the making of this film and having some of these people face feelings that they hadn’t confronted in many years, it was very healing. Ted Ngoy arrived in California with the American Dream in his heart. He’s friends with Dana Rohrabacher. She grew up in Boyle Heights and graduated from Cal State Northridge with a bachelor’s in literature and a minor in journalism. Like everyone else, Orange County Asian Americans have struggled to adjust to the new reality brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. [2], In 1967, Ngoy was sent by his mother to study in the capital, Phnom Penh, where he fell in love with Suganthini Khoeun, the daughter of a high-ranking government official. He was raised by his mother, who was from Shantou, Guangdong, and who only spoke Chinese. By 1980, Ted Ngoy owned 20 Christy’s shops in Southern California. I could have made a special piece just on the history of donuts. The documentary goes back and forth between Ngoy and the present-day lives of second- and third-generation donut shop kids or what Gu refers to as Donut Generation 2.0. In this condensed and edited conversation, Gu talks about the American dream, Cambodian American Republicans, 1970s Orange County and the best donut she ate during filming. I instantly found the Realtor, the listing agent and arranged to go and have Ted walk through his old house. That was super mind blowing for me to hear the political flip-flop and really insightful about another time when politics were more civil and there could be discussion. Ngoy had little ego in the game; he didn’t care if his donut shops were easily identifiable as his. In … In 1985, Ngoy and his wife became American citizens assuming the American names of Ted and Christy, respectively, and were enjoying a lavish lifestyle including a million dollar home at Lake Mission Viejo, a vacation home in Big Bear, expensive cars, and vacations to Europe. One of them being my interview with Michael Krondl, the food historian. These are kids who are American educated. The couple were wed shortly after and had three children. I say, “Ted I don’t think it’s that easy at all.” And he’ll respond, “I’ve been rich three times. What drew you to Ted’s story at the start?Finding out about his story, it’s fascinating — a guy who comes here penniless and becomes a Donut King. Search Search Microsoft.com. Ngoy … He married Stephanie Ngoy, whose brother was one of Ted Ngoy’s first pioneers, and the couple ran two doughnut shops. I’ve also never built an empire of donut shops, been wealthy, or rubbed shoulders with people with political influence. [1], In 2013, he was living in Phnom Penh working in the real estate business. The same goes for if you’ve been to California and tasted a donut from one of the many shops owned by many other Cambodian refugees like Ngoy, who have proven over time to be a top competitor with the likes of Dunkin’ Donuts and Starbucks. His story has been told through different angles in a couple of articles. Ngoy spent a total of 45 days in the mansion before being discovered by Suganthini's parents and subsequently kicked out. I called her when I found out and asked if she knew about Ford and Brown. nonprofits have responded to the impact of COVID-19 on Asian American seniors and business owners. In doing the research and finding that it was President [Gerald] Ford who issued the executive order to receive the refugees, a Republican president — that was a huge surprise to me given that during the time that we were making this film we were hearing Donald Trump’s rhetoric. This caused tension in the Ngoy household, being the center of many arguments between Ngoy and his wife. Once a paragon in the community, refugees now avoided him for fear of being asked for a loan. Ted Ngoy was born in the Cambodian village of Sisophon near the country's border with Thailand. She served brief stints as a city reporter for the Daily Pilot and an education reporter for the Burbank Leader and Glendale News-Press. He’s really funny. More than 6,600 people have signed an online petition demanding the resignation of a Placentia-Yorba Linda school board member who was present at a rally that led to the siege of the U.S. Capitol. The king of the title, Ted Ngoy, was named Bun Tek Ngoy when he arrived in California in 1975, a refugee separated from his family. He would have no more donuts to sell so he could be with his wife for the rest of the day. In our very first phone call, he asked if I was American and I told him that I was Chinese American. Also, significantly for Ngoy, other Cambodian refugees and their children — donuts. The second time Ted came back to California, Chet took all this time off of work, took him to his timeshare in Oceanside and drove his dad around all over Southern California. In 1975, Ngoy fled the Khmer Rouge with his wife and three children to Camp Pendleton. I’ve never experienced hunger, war, fear, served in an army, or had a wet and cold bed to sleep in. His secret: hard work in the extreme, a willingness to learn, and sheer determination. EN. Bush and encouraged fellow Cambodian immigrants to support the GOP. And it was actually a donut that I refused at first from Mayly Tao, the Donut Princess. Alice Gu’s film introduces us to Ted Ngoy, a refugee who escaped from a hellish, war-torn country in 1975, came to the U.S. with no money or friends. What is Ted up to in Cambodia nowadays?Ted is doing well. [7][3], Ngoy's fortunes improved dramatically, such that by the mid-1980s Ngoy had amassed millions of dollars through his expanding doughnut shop empire, reported as 50 locations throughout California. Through the maneuvering of his brother-in-law, chief of police and briefly future president of Cambodia, Sak Sutsakhan, Ngoy was promoted to the rank of major and appointed military attache at Cambodia's embassy in Thailand. The Donut King who went full circle – from rags to richesIf you walk into a doughnut What was surprising for me was watching Ted, a Republican, pictured with Pete Wilson at one point in the film since Wilson supported laws that hurt immigrants.It’s wild. Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have posted lower infection rates compared to other racial and ethnic groups but make up about 19% of deaths from COVID-19. If you’ve ever enjoyed a donut that came from a pink box, you have Cambodian refugee Ted Ngoy to thank. He tasted his first donut at a Tustin gas station, trained as a baker in a La Mirada Winchell’s and ran his own Winchell’s store in the Balboa Peninsula. He would forge her signature on checks and even borrow money from relatives who leased stores from him. MEET ''TED NGOY'' If you walk into a doughnut shop in California, the chances are it's owned by a Cambodian family. By 2005, after a failed political career in Cambodia, Ngoy was penniless and living on the porch of a fellow Parkcrest Christian Church parishioner's mobile home. I ended up not sharing that donut. While working a second job at a gas station, Ngoy took notice of a busy local doughnut shop and inquired of its operators about learning the business. [4], Despite the wealth he had amassed and his importance within his community, Ngoy felt dissatisfied, remarking that he had "No political life, no religious life, just work, work. Support our coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. I’m Chinese American. She got her start as an editorial assistant delivering mail and newspapers. We were taxed to the hilt, unemployment was high and he was very reluctant to give refugees a home here when Californians were out of work. It was on the market. He was very surprised that anybody would find him and want to tell his stories. By 1977 he was able to purchase his first doughnut shop, Christy's Donuts, in La Habra. [3], Ngoy worked at various jobs, including as a travel agent and tour guide, before joining the military in 1970. By 1987, Ngoy owned 32 Christy's Donuts locations, largely accomplished by living out of a motorhome allowing him and his family to travel up and down the state of California establishing new locations. Shortly after reiterating what he was forced to say, he admitted that what was said was a lie and stabbed himself in the stomach. UC Irvine developing vaccine that targets all coronaviruses. That really broke the ice for us. Ted Ngoy was born in the Cambodian village of Sisophon near the country's border with Thailand. There’s a hustle to it, and director Alice Gu captures it in her debut documentary “The Donut King.”. Also, significantly for Ngoy, other Cambodian refugees and their children — donuts. To understand the politics, the Republican party at the time was a very anticommunist party. He did not fare well in either the 1993 or 1998 parliamentary elections, but his friend, Prime Minister Hun Sen, made him an advisor on commerce and agriculture. There’s so much competition. Ted Ngoy, subject of the new documentary “The Donut King,” fled the Cambodian genocide to America, where he built a donut empire. Did working on this film change or contribute to your perspective of the American dream or immigrant stories?It seems like these days the American dream is harder and harder to attain. The proclaimed 'Donut King' taught his family how to build and sustain a business. Despite never really being a huge success under the previous owners, Christy's became popular under the ownership of the Ngoys. She divorced him soon after and has not since returned to Cambodia. A few return visits later, however, Ngoy began gambling. They have social media and know how to work it to innovate their parents’ old donut shops with a worldwide following. It was really wonderful. People made fun of his accent. Interestingly, largely because of Democratic policy we got a grant for our camera and it came from this girl, who was the daughter of Vietnamese refugees who landed in Arkansas. That is because I had a buttermilk bar about 30 seconds out of the fryer with fresh glaze on it. Ngoy would often visit Las Vegas for a period of a week, unbeknownst to his wife. While working a second job at a gas station, Ngoy took notice of a busy local doughnut shop and inquired of its operators about learning the business. What was it like?I spoke with him and he was in Cambodia. The other discovery for me was what I called Donut Generation 2.0, the kids who go to take over the parents’ mom and pop shops. Ted was dismayed. Ted Ngoy sits on the bed in the room in Long Beach in November, 2004. Christy was in the front and made a lot of inroads with the community and built a lot of bridges. "She … Somewhere along the line, things shifted. Ted Ngoy Realty, Kompot Chhuk, Kampong Thum, Cambodia. That phrase “Donut King” is already so eye-catching right off the bat. He soon desired to open his own donut shop. He writes about his extraordinary journey. You just have to see the opportunity and go for it.” Those are the wise words of Ted Ngoy. He started from the bottom and worked his way up. With Ted baking, Christy handling the counter and the kids helping out, the Ngoys soon saved enough to buy their own shop for $45,000 in 1976. Help might be on the way. For a year and a half, I struggled with how I was going to get access to that Mission Viejo mansion. He saw an opportunity to expand his business and help the large number of poor, unassimilated Cambodians who had fled the Khmer Rouge to the United States. The two eventually began a secret correspondence via letters delivered by the Khoeun family maid. Ted Ngoy "The Donut King" Interview by Isabelle Cheam at Cambodia Town Culture Festival on April 8th, 2018. How Ted Ngoy Jumpstarted the Cambodian Donut Shop Business In an article titled, How One Cambodian Refugee Started Southern California’s Donut Empire, author Gowri Chandra discussed how Cambodian refugee Ted Ngoy, immigrated with his family to San Diego, California, and changed the donut industry forever. He is wealthy again. How O.C. Irvine settles lawsuit that accused former Irvine mayor of violating a resident’s 1st Amendment rights. Ngoy had become an example to other Cambodian immigrants, who began to follow his business model for their own entrepreneurial endeavors. It was here that Ngoy had his first taste of gambling while placing bets at the Blackjack tables. He formed the Free Development Republican Party ahead of the country’s UN-backed elections believing that he could show others the path to wealth and hoping that in being a politician his gambling addiction would be stymied. He not only made a success of himself; he shared his good fortune with scores of relatives and friends. We had an instant connection and it felt like we were meant to be doing this story together. He subsequently received training through an affirmative action program to increase minority hiring within the Winchell's chain of doughnut shops, and managed a store in Newport Beach where he employed his wife and nephew. Handout So, there are holes in this doughnut story. When he was unable to pay back his debt, he would sign over his store to them. Ted's son Christy Ngoy tells a story about the disappearance of a paper bag full of $85,000 while his father was in police custody. Something else about Orange County that I found so beautiful and touching while we were making this film, there was a man who owned a donut shop in Seal Beach and his wife was stricken with cancer. There’s also the moment where Ted revisits his former home in Mission Viejo. Ngoy would make a habit of returning monthly to watch performers such as Tom Jones, Diana Ross and Wayne Newton and indulging in the incentives pit bosses of major casinos offered all the while spending even larger sums at the card tables. Ted Ngoy was a high school student in Phnom Penh when he first set eyes on Suganthini Khoeun, the daughter of a high-ranking government official. How did those scenes end up happening?I asked him to travel to California again. Cancel 0 Cart 0 items in shopping cart. After several years of hard work, the family took their first holiday and they went to Las Vegas. Photo: Los Angeles Times … The donut business isn’t easy. Ted Ngoy is from Cambodia, and his story starts and ends here. Ted is the first Cambodian refugee to start a donut shop in California. Some of his relationships didn’t end well. It was hurtful. He didn’t want to build a brand. After cry, go back gambling." Chet and Savy, Ted Ngoy’s oldest children, sit down for an interview in “The Donut King.”. Then he opened his first independent shop in La Habra, eventually covering the rest of O.C. I’m also, again, the daughter of Chinese American immigrants and my dad was a big Republican party supporter. At his peak, Ngoy owned 65 shops and his wealth was estimated at US$20 million. He also sponsored more than 100 Cambodian refugee families and established a path of financial opportunity for them in America. "[1] In 1977, the Ngoys took a trip to Las Vegas where Ted saw Elvis Presley. There were some hurt relationships. [1], After a particularly devastating gambling loss in 1990, Ngoy flew to Washington, D.C. and joined a Buddhist monastery where he spent a month meditating. Owner of 25 Christy’s Doughnut shops from San Francisco to San Diego, he is one of the most successful Cambodian business executives in the country. Ngoy built a vast donut shop empire across California and it started in 1970s Orange County. He subsequently received training through an affirmative action program to increase donut hiring within the Winchell's chain of doughnut shops, and managed a store in Newport Beach where he employed his wife ted nephew. [8], Military Career and Immigration to the United States, Last edited on 30 November 2020, at 09:04, "Rise and fall of Cambodian refugee 'Donut King' charted in award-winning film", http://articles.latimes.com/2005/jan/19/local/me-donutking19, "The story of the man they called the doughnut king", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ted_Ngoy&oldid=991486239, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 30 November 2020, at 09:04. Chuong Lee Tao passed down DK’s Donuts in Santa Monica to her daughter Mayly Tao, who updated the shop with a vast menu and a worldwide social media following. Ted Ngoy (born Bun Tek Ngoy; 1942) is a Cambodian American entrepreneur and former owner of a chain of doughnut shops in California. A day before he left, his eldest son said if you have $3.2 million you can buy it. Then he lost it all. Ted Ngoy and I couldn’t be farther apart. Ted Ngoy Realty That's because of a refugee who built up an empire, and became known as the Donut King, only to lose it all. When he was working in the donut shop, he went to his sponsor and said he was having a hard time. The next day, he flew back to Los Angeles leaving behind his new wife and their two children. The world moves so quickly now, but I do believe that it is still real and it is still possible. These are all people who present day you don’t associate with welcoming refugees with open arms. He wanted to be with her, but he had no one else to manage the shop. The whole community banded together and they all agreed to sell him out of donuts every morning by 9 a.m. Ngoy also involved himself in American politics, joining the Republican Party and hosting fundraisers for George H.W. Khoeun's parents denied Ngoy's suitability as a mate for their daughter due to his lower social class, and instructed Ngoy to break off the relationship with Suganthini at a relative's home. He dissolved his party and accused the government of corruption. Ngoy's political career ended in 2002 after breaking with two powerful allies, the commerce minister and the head of the Cambodian Chamber of Commerce. He hosted Dan Quayle and Pete Wilson at his house. As part of its virtual exhibit “From I-Ching to Manga: UCI’s East Asian Collection Celebrating 30 Years,” the university library is offering online events throughout 2021 open to students and the community. Interviews can sometimes feel like a therapy session. Ngoy proved to be a shrewd businessman — he’d been a payroll specialist in the army — and by 1979 he owned 25 shops and was on his way to becoming a legend. When he found one, he would sit out front in his car for hours, drinking coffee and tallying customers. It really helped put some perspective on the journey to get here from somewhere else and the struggles that people go through when they arrive in a new, strange and foreign land. Distraught at the turn of events, Suganthini overdosed on sleeping pills and fell into a coma, causing her parents to relent to the union shortly after the couple recovered. Nearly every independent donut shop in every Southern California mini-mall hides a story — and many of them start with an unlikely impresario, a Cambodian refugee named Ted Ngoy. Suganthini's parents and cousins hid behind curtains in the home to ensure Ngoy would break off the relationship. Literary Arts Festival spotlights local and visiting artists of color. To think about what Ted did years ago — letting bygones be bygones. When you first reached out to Ted, it was a cold call. Ted Ngoy stands in front of his first independent donut shop in La Habra, named after his wife Christy Ngoy. They barely talked to him. It was a strategy that ended up working for them. And I thought, “How could that be?” He’s passed away now so I can’t talk to him about it, but it was a learning experience for me about my parents’ relationship with politics. He spent two months in Buddhist monasteries in Washington D.C and Thailand, to no avail. Ted sponsored hundreds of visas for incoming refugees and helped them get on their feet teaching them the ways of the donut business. Director Alice Gu makes her film debut with “The Donut King,” following the life of Ted Ngoy. Ngoy built a vast donut shop empire across California and it started in 1970s Orange County. This is my own speculation, but it seemed like he had come to some peace with his dad and childhood. 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