Sookmyung Women's University
Hwang Hye-seong was born in 1920 in Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do. She studied in Japan and graduated from Fukuoka Chukja Girls' High School, and she studied Japanese Cuisine and Western Nutrition in the Department of Domestic Studies at Kyoto Seminary for Young Ladies. In 1941, she was nominated as an assistant professor in Domestic Studies at Sookmyung Women's University, and she started teaching Nutritional Science. At the same time, she visited Han Hui-sun who lived at Changdeokgung's Nakseonjae. Han Hui-sun was the last kitchen court lady in Joseon Dynasty, and Hye-seong learned Korean royal court cuisine from her for 30 years.