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The Donut King is a 2020 American documentary film which tells the life story of California donut shop owner Ted Ngoy.
Ted Ngoy (born Bun Tek Ngoy 倪文德; 1941) is a Cambodian American entrepreneur and former owner of a chain of doughnut shops in California. He is nicknamed the "Donut King". [1] Biography. Ted Ngoy was born in the Cambodian village of Sisophon near the country's border with Thailand to a Chinese immigrant family.
Oct 30, 2020 · The incredible story of Ngoy—with its hard-won ascendance and tragic collapse—is captured in "The Donut King," a heartwarming albeit scattered documentary from director Alice Gu.
Oct 30, 2020 · In 1975, refugee Ted Ngoy fled Cambodia seeking a new beginning in the United States, where he began baking America's favourite pastry - the donut - to create a multi-million dollar industry. For the next few years, Ted used his wealth to sponsor other Cambodian refugees in need of assistance.
Meet the Donut King, the Cambodian refugee who built a multi-million-dollar empire baking America’s favorite pastry. Hard knocks, redemption, wealth, survival, risk, and donuts—Ted Ngoy’s ...
Oct 30, 2020 · Cambodian refugee Ted Ngoy builds a multi-million dollar empire by baking America's favorite pastry -- the donut.
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Nov 28, 2020 · By 1985, 10 years after arriving in the US as refugees, Ted and Christy were millionaires, owning around 60 doughnut shops. Ted became known as the Donut King - or Uncle Ted, because of the...
Oct 29, 2020 · Directed by Alice Gu, the movie details how one man, Bun Tek “Ted” Ngoy, built a sugary, deep-fried dynasty, revealing both the promise and the pitfalls of the American dream. Gu wraps Ngoy’s...
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.
May 20, 2021 · An immigrant story unlike any other, Alice Gu’s “The Donut King” follows the twisty, unexpected journey of Cambodia refugee Ted Ngoy, who arrived in California in the 1970s and, through a...
