USC Dornsife alumnus Owen Han’s sandwich-making knowhow has inspired his new cookbook. (Composite: Letty Avila. Image source: Harper Collins Publishers; iStock.)
Alumnus and TikTok “Sandwich King” Debuts Cookbook
Since Owen Han graduated with an economics degree from USC Dornsife in 2020, his recipe videos have garnered him a social media following of nearly 7 million and a cookbook deal.
Alumni from USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences have embarked on a wide array of career paths, from spy to mayor to “Sandwich King,” as alumnus Owen Han ’20 was recently dubbed by the Los Angeles Times.
Han’s videos of sandwich assembly have earned him a huge audience on social media, with over 4 million followers on TikTok alone. His debut cookbook, Stacked: The Art of the Perfect Sandwich, hits stores Oct. 15.
Han’s introduction to cooking began offline. Born in Milan to an Italian mother and Chinese father, he spent summers with his grandmother in rural Tuscany, Italy. Without internet for diversion, he watched and learned as his nonna (grandmother) prepared pot roast, carbonara or pizza cooked up in her outdoor oven.