"He was afraid of being shunned and feeling lonely - but I forced him!" More land deals followed and he has now worked his way back to being a millionaire. NICK STREET Channy is a stocky man in his mid-forties, and he runs USA Donut in Boeung Keng Kang with his wife. 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.Its wild. Eventually, her parents discovered Ngoy and threw him out. "Everybody's happy to see me now, because I changed from the bad guy to the good guy.". Ngoy became a trainee and took over a Winchells in Newport Beach. Over the years, he led thousands of his countrymen into the business. Buddha cannot help me.. At each stop, they set up the business and trained the families who leased it. The Donut King is a documentary directed by Alice Gu that covers the life of Ted Ngoy, one of the primary reasons behind the Cambodian American donut shop boom. I told him that he has a story to tell. BC Donuts Chuong Lee, who has run DK's Donuts since 1988, is officially retired although she occasionally helps out at the shop. "I learned to bake, to take care of payroll, cleaning, sales - everything," he says. "I had true love for her.". His family didn't want to see him, and nobody offered him work, not even baking doughnuts. Ted Ngoy (born Bun Tek Ngoy; 1942) is a Cambodian American entrepreneur and former owner of a chain of doughnut shops in California. Ngoy wrote to her. They barely talked to him. "It made me homesick," says Ted. He did as he was told, but then pulled out a knife and stabbed himself, declaring he would rather die than live without her. During the week they went to school, where sometimes they were so hungry they stole snacks from other kids' lunchboxes. Streaming now on PBS. Maybe Its Time To Raise Backyard Chickens, Catch A Wave In The Booming South Bay Food Scene: Here Are 11 New Restaurants To Try, Don't Celebrate Thanksgiving? The family were housed in a hastily erected refugee camp on a marine training base, Camp Pendleton. One day in 2018, she cold-called ", But in the end, he says, he beat it. 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. Ted Ngoy has become a stranger even to himself. They wont trust you, he said. The past I cannot change, but I learned the heavy way. Ted became deeply religious. "You can't find any prettier woman besides her.". 2023 BBC. 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. Using his Republican Party connections, Ngoy successfully lobbied the U.S. for most-favored-nation trade status for Cambodia in 1995, helping create a modern garment industry and thousands of jobs. When he couldn't pay them back because he had gambled the money away, Ted signed away his ownership stake in those stores. Their youngest son Chris drove them there to pick up the money - but it went horribly wrong. He had hidden a dagger and he took it out and stabbed himself three times. "This friendly voice picks up the phone, a young voice in that perfectly American accented English. Ted, Christy and their two kids fled to Thailand. They married and started a family, and life was good until civil war broke out in 1970, between the government and the communist Khmer Rouge, led by Pol Pot. "I did not have time to take care of business, so business was going down. Christy's parents said they would let Ted live if he told Christy that he was a dog who had romanced other girls and had never loved her. Suganthini smuggled him food at night, and after many days she said she loved him too. The family were among the many tens of thousands of . Ted Ngoy: Well, when I was in a high school in a French school, my wife's Suganthini. He moved from church to church, until an elderly Cambodian woman allowed him to live on the covered porch of her mobile home. I shared love, my heart. "[1], Ted Ngoy was born in the Cambodian village of Sisophon near the country's border with Thailand. 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. Everybody cry, he said. Over the years, Ted and Christy sponsored more than 100 families, often hosting them before setting them up with homes, loans, and doughnut shops. He subsists on small handouts from friends. Ted managed to escape on the last flight out of Phnom Penh but Suganthini's parents were left behind. Her daughter, Mayly Tao, has taken over the reigns of DK's. When you first reached out to Ted, it was a cold call. You see some of these families and their stores in The Donut King And of the 5,000 independent doughnut shops in California today, around 80% are still Cambodian, she says. "What happens if I decide to jump into your room?" So he named his own political party the Free Development Republican Party. He was born Bun Tek Ngoy. He was fortunate to escape with his wife, two kids and some relatives, arriving in California where he and his family were housed in a. COVID-19 has hit her store and most other shops hard. They arranged a meeting for the couple at a relatives house, where Ngoy was expected to formally end their romance. Ngoy would open more shops and lease them to fellow refugees. At loose ends, she returned to Los Angeles and, once again, started helping with the family business. Ngoy became a trainee and took over a Winchell's in Newport Beach. Suganthini and her mother heard the music. I cant 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 hadnt confronted in many years, it was very healing. It was love at first bite. Designers Andrew Hem and Charlie Le were awarded a SWSW Film special jury recognition for their poster design of The Donut King in 2020. Alice found it hard to persuade Ted to return to California for filming. In 1967, his mother sent him to study in Phnom Penh, the capital. At 35, Ngoy had already climbed out of poverty and into privilege once. They made a blood pact, promising to be forever faithful. Over the years, he says he sponsored more than 100 Cambodian families that wanted to come to the U.S. 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. "[10], Whittaker said that "as Asian Americans face increasing racism, its closing message about how immigrant communitiesdefine America has only become more timely."[8]. She would forgive him when he promised to stop, and he would -- for a while. "But what shall we do in the morning? I did not have time to expand. His doughnut fortune was almost gone. On the porch of a friends mobile home in Long Beach, the Cambodian doughnut king falls asleep each night shivering. Some of those he borrowed from were the people he had leased doughnut shops to. . [citation needed] 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, Teng Bunma. He shaved his head and spent three months barefoot in Thailand, coming back emaciated and a changed man - or so he thought. [1], In 2013, he was living in Phnom Penh working in real estate. Few foods are as universally adored as fried dough. Then, he lost it all. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Suganthini became the smiling face behind the counter, even though she hardly spoke any English. Until then, she was kept sheltered. He said hes Chinese Cambodian and we spoke Mandarin for a couple of minutes. Soon, Cambodians began copying the Ted Ngoy business model. "Growing up, when you look on the screen, there's not a lot of Asian representation. "It is the purest form of risk-taking, the distilled anxiety and thrill behind every business decision and bold declaration of love," he writes in his autobiography. In 1975, Ngoy fled the Khmer Rouge with his wife and three children to Camp Pendleton. The doughnut king landed at LAX with $50 in his pocket. Their fairy tale romance is so distant, she said, its as if it happened to someone else. Ted and Christy are divorced. and The family members worked 17 hours a day and saved for a year. In 1975, Ted Ngoy fled the war in Cambodia with his wife and three kids and arrived in America as a penniless refugee. The first few times he and Christy visited, on early family holidays, everything went well: they watched a magic show, they saw Elvis perform. The next day, he flew back to Los Angeles leaving behind his new wife and their two children. It was a strategy that ended up working for them. Chet and Savy, Ted Ngoys oldest children, sit down for an interview in The Donut King.. What is Ted up to in Cambodia nowadays?Ted is doing well. "But many of them were not related, they just lived in the same village or heard of my name. People made fun of his accent. Ted Ngoy By 1985, 10 years after arriving in the US as refugees, Ted and Christy were millionaires, owning around 60 doughnut shops. The son of a peddler had no chance with such a girl, no right even to think of loving her. He spends his evenings alone, reading the Bible. Doing this film was really an exploration for me of understanding where you come from. Although there is still some resentment towards him in the Cambodian community, whose hard-earned cash he gambled away, he is also revered by many. I dont know who I am right now, he said. I just first hurt my wife, Christy, my children and hurt many, many other people, too, because, when we needed money. I instantly found the Realtor, the listing agent and arranged to go and have Ted walk through his old house. Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge came to power in 1975, and the Cambodian genocide began. Broke, Ted and Christy returned to Cambodia. Boozy Dole Whips. He began to disappear off to Las Vegas for days, losing $5,000, $7,000 a game, and neglecting his family and his doughnut empire. Yes, you read that right. , to name a few outlets), but Alice Gu is the first to put it on film. This 2020s documentary film-related article is a stub. It led many voters to assume, incorrectly, that he was against Cambodia's royal family, and he didn't win a seat. His tenants opened their own stores and leased them out. After cry, go back gambling." Ngoy attempted Gamblers Anonymous, but denied it helped with his situation, stating that when he went to meetings "I cry, everybody cry. Ted, who spoke four languages, was offered a post as liaison officer in Thailand by Suganthini's brother-in-law, Gen Sak Sutsakhan. More and more relatives came forward for sponsorship. Everybody went to the gold mine, Ngoy said. While working a second job at a gas station, Ngoy took notice of a busy local donut shop and inquired of its operators about . The family were housed in a hastily erected refugee camp on a marine training base, Camp Pendleton. Theres a hustle to it, and director Alice Gu captures it in her debut documentary The Donut King.. But then one of Suganthini's servants appeared at his door with a reply. Thank you for investing in your neighborhood. In a year Ted had saved enough to put down a deposit on a second doughnut shop, a "mom-and-pop" shop called Christy's. Ted Ngoy had served in the Cambodian army as a major fighting communists that were trying to take over that country's government in the 1970s. As many as I could.". Through doughnuts, many Cambodians stepped out of isolation and into the American mainstream. In 1993 Ted and Christy moved back to Cambodia. With Chuong Pek Lee, Susan Lim, Ted Ngoy, Daewon Song. They saved money where they could, even washing and reusing coffee stirrers - until they were reprimanded by Winchell's. After completing the company's training program, they gave him the keys to a store in Newport Beach. in Tustin sponsored the family, allowing them to live in the church where Ted worked as a janitor. And I feel so much hurt. Drenched and bleeding, he tiptoed into a hallway. [8] However, the film's directorAlice Gupersuaded him to and, ultimately, he regarded his return as a 'healing experience,' and his ex-wife and children have forgiven him. Ted and Suganthini sold everything they had and arrived in California on one of the first refugee flights, with their three children, an adopted nephew and two nieces. "It went like fire on the hill, so fast," says Ted. she says. A 2005 profile in the Los Angeles Times described him as "broke, homeless, and dependent on the goodwill of his few remaining friends." Today, he makes a living selling real estate in Cambodia. On one of his Las Vegas trips, Ngoy took up gambling. , chronicles Ngoy's thrill-of-victory/agony-of-defeat rollercoaster ride through the American Dream immigration, capitalism, history, hubris, romance, addiction, family and food. I am the flute player, he said in a note passed through the familys maid. 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. The Ngoys drove a motor home around California, opening shops in Los Angeles, Modesto, Fresno, San Jose, the Bay Area city of Brisbane, Sacramento and San Diego. This documentary tells Ted Ngoy's story that is one of fate, love, survival, hard knocks, and redemption. At a news conference, he dissolved his party and accused the government of corruption. Over four years nearly two million Cambodians were either executed, or died of starvation, disease and overwork. You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. Ted had met Ronald Reagan, George Bush Sr., [Richard] Nixon. In the 1980s and '90s, when Dunkin' Donuts tried to establish itself on the West Coast, his frosted, deep-fried empire sent the company packing. Ngoy bought his first doughnut. Phnom Penh Post It was hurtful. "I achieved my American dream," Ted says. Ted Ngoy (born Bun Tek Ngoy; 1942) is a Cambodian American entrepreneur and former owner of a chain of doughnut shops in California. I thought I would just get an exterior scene for context. 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 Trumps rhetoric. He took a real estate class but said he couldnt retain the details. None of the people Ngoy helped get started lent him a hand, he said: I trained them. It was on the market. ", Alice Gu's documentary, The Donut King, is available in the US now in theatres and online and will be coming to the UK in 2021, Listen to Ted Ngoy on Outlook: How the Donut King lost his crown (produced by Maryam Maruf), Ted Ngoy's autobiography is called The Donut King: the rags to riches story of a poor immigrant that changed the world. "She was so beautiful," he remembers. She ended up threatening to starve herself, saying, "If you won't let me be with him, I'm not going to eat.". Instead, she told him about a training programme run by the doughnut chain, Winchell's. In saffron robes and shaved head, the doughnut king spent a month meditating. He had burned a lot of bridges and at the time his children hardly spoke to him. He remarried and had four more children - the youngest two are still at school. Ted became known as the Donut King - or Uncle Ted, because of the many Cambodian immigrants he'd sponsored. Ted's parents and sisters fled across the border to Thailand, and Ted got a call from the US embassy there asking if he would sponsor them to live in the US. But he admits he was also aware that conquering Suganthini's heart held out the promise of a better life. "The more you chase, the more it's gone," he says in a new documentary about his rise and fall, called The Donut King. 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. He has converted to Christianity, he said, and prays often, asking God for help. He wrapped the note around a stone, and threw it down. I cry. Oklahoma-style smash burgers and Georgian dumplings make for some excellent cheap bites in Glendale, Husband and wife Felix Agyei and Hazel Rojas combine food from their heritages, creating a marriage of West African and Filipino cooking. But I still win. "It's a crazy story, but it's true," says Ted, now 78. Suganthinis parents kept her locked in her room for days. If there's anything she wants people who watch The Donut King to know, it's that this seemingly simple treat has a deeper cultural resonance. He trained them and handed over the keys. The whole community banded together and they all agreed to sell him out of donuts every morning by 9 a.m. He returned to a refugee community in transition. I told them I'm very sorry 1,000 times. Ngoy joined the army. Cambodia was having its first democratic elections since the war and he wanted to stand for office to help rebuild his country. And she let me in to take a shower. They pricked their fingers and squeezed drops of blood into a cup of water. Yes, you read that right. So I decided to change.". 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. I just do it.. He also apologised to many of those he hurt. He credits his Christian faith with finally curing his gambling addiction, although he confesses he liked to bet on football games until last year. "I'd want [people] to know about not only the journey of the donut itself but the story of the people behind it, the people making the donuts," Tao says. Former staff writer Vera Castaneda covered arts, entertainment, lifestyle and issues related to Orange County for TimesOC, a community newspaper owned by the Los Angeles Times. When people know about the bad reputation, people are not going to vote for me. 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 didnt have much to do with him. He woke her up and she was about to scream for help, when she realised it was her classmate. Not many professional gamblers are bipolar women, but Cat Hulbert was one of the best - and she delighted in winning money from men. Refugees who had sought his advice now avoided him, fearing he would ask for a loan. He bought a bigger doughnut shop, and offered to lease the original Christy's to a family of Cambodian refugees, who had been working in fast food outlets on low wages. Christy Ngoy now owns a Peruvian restaurant in Irvine. For weeks, they watched other families leave, until finally they, too, were sponsored by a pastor from a church in Tustin, Orange County, about 35 miles south of Los Angeles. [1], That's why I want to tell the world, "Do not gamble." One night under a full moon, they knelt and prayed. One of their sons is a financial consultant; another is a computer-networking technician. The United States alone is home to more than 25,000 donut shops and they produce more than 10 billion donuts each year. A bank had foreclosed on his mansion on Lake Mission Viejo. Her name was Suganthini Khoeun. No days off. Ted was a poor boy from a poor family while Christy was the daughter of a high-ranking official. Los Angeles Times It was small amounts first but he was soon blowing bigger figures and he couldn't seem to stop. [1], When his wife visited California for the birthday of their grandchild in 1999, Ngoy began an affair with a young woman; Christy divorced him soon after and has not since returned to Cambodia. "It was a different take on a refugee story,". He took a chance and opened a bedroom door - and there was Suganthini, fast asleep. Ted encouraged others to do the same. In the end, filming the documentary was a healing experience for Ted. "[7] In a positive review, Richard Whittaker with The Austin Chronicle said that "Gu does stellar work compiling and constructing Ngoys life story through interviews and archive and contemporary footage," and added "the animation sequences by Chapeau Studios and 1881 Animation that make the perfect drizzle of icing. Never give up. Will Orange County's Fledgling Clean Power Agency Survive? Over the next few years, he went back every month or so, seeing Tom Jones, Diana Ross and Wayne Newton -- and betting ever-larger sums. , some of the dough (see what we did there?) What was it like?I spoke with him and he was in Cambodia. And that's what he did. One night, during his shift at a gas station, the scent of freshly baked goods wafted toward him. "New documentary 'The Donut King' follows Cambodian refugee Ted Ngoy's journey to multi-million dollar empire", "Review: A Shakespearean SoCal tragedy, 'The Donut King' charts the rise and fall of Ted Ngoy", "Director Alice Gu Wants You to Meet The Donut King", "The Donut King who went full circle - from rags to riches, twice", "Review: The Donut King, a sweet documentary that doesn't tell the hole truth", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Donut_King&oldid=1131760803, This page was last edited on 5 January 2023, at 16:51. The next day, he flew back to Los Angeles. Peace Lutheran Church He lost all the doughnuts, said James Dok, director of the United Cambodian Community, a social service agency in Long Beach. His sponsor told him people will have their prejudices but they mean well. Ngoys wife hated his gambling. To make sure he went through with it, they insisted on hiding behind a curtain while he said his spiel. By the mid-1980s, he was a millionaire. Ted Ngoy stands in front of his first independent donut shop in La Habra, named after his wife Christy Ngoy. That phrase Donut King is already so eye-catching right off the bat. He was Chinese Cambodian, part of a despised underclass. "Cambodian people owe them a lot.". 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. Eager to learn the business, Ngoy approached the shop owners. The family members worked 17 hours a day and saved for a year. Her parents wanted nothing to do with him. When he lost big, he would sign the stores over to them. After a little research, Gu discovered that a huge number of California's independent donut shops, maybe 80-90%, are owned by Cambodian Americans, mostly thanks to Ngoy. And he saw an opportunity. 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. His mother raised him in a rural village near Cambodias border with Thailand. And I thought, How could that be? Hes passed away now so I cant talk to him about it, but it was a learning experience for me about my parents relationship with politics. That is because I had a buttermilk bar about 30 seconds out of the fryer with fresh glaze on it. Word spread. And she said she knew a lot of people in her parents generation who are lifelong Republicans and thats why they hate the Democratic party. Oh, and stop for a donut and say "hi.". "[5] Upon looking into the matter, she learned about Ted Ngoy and became fascinated with the topic. He taught them the names of the doughnuts: old fashioned, jelly-filled, glazed. He was bleeding out and her parents were like, 'Oh, God. Ngoy bought stores in Fullerton, Anaheim, Anaheim Hills and Buena Park over the next year. He hired his wife and nephew. Ted negotiated well and got a good commission. (Courtesy of Greenwich Entertainment). Christy and Ted bought a $1-million, three-story, 7,000-square-foot house with palm trees and a three-car garage on Lake Mission Viejo in Orange County. He co-signed loans for supplies and equipment. The Donut King diretcor Alice Gu talks about what led her to make a film about Ted Ngoy, her first intro to the phenomenon of Cambodian donut shops and how she got a Wu-Tang song in the score. Before sunrise, they would climb back into her room. "When Alice called me, she described something that I have always wanted to tell but never thought that it would get picked up anywhere," Tao says. DK's Donuts [5], The film received 69/100 on Metacritic, receiving "generally favorable reviews. When he lost their money he would just sign over the shop to them - without telling Christy, whose signature he forged. Suganthinis father ran out from hiding and called an ambulance. They both drank and vowed to be faithful. I said, 'Because it's incredible, for one. He had $50,000 riding on many Sundays. Ted now sees that the same character traits that made him take bold risks in life also made it easy for him to fall prey to gambling. So, I just did it. Then he had his next great idea. You cannot resist against it.. Gambling is a devil. Long-lost ship found at the bottom of Lake Huron, confirming story of tragic collision, TikTok to set default daily time limit of up to 60 minutes for minors, 19 cafes that make L.A. a world-class coffee destination, The chance of a lifetime: Five friends ski the tallest mountain in Los Angeles, TikTok faces bans in a number of countries over security fears. 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. I never will be able to pay back. Near the station was a doughnut shop. Six weeks later, Gu and her producer, Jos Nuez, were on a plane to Cambodia where they spent three days interviewing Ngoy and shooting B-roll. 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. Tell us about your wife. They did business on a handshake, he said, and his tenants always paid. By 2002 Ted was broke. It also reminds us that several U.S. presidents welcomed a flood of refugees with open arms. [11], Last edited on 22 February 2023, at 19:19, "Rise and fall of Cambodian refugee 'Donut King' charted in award-winning film", "A TASTE OF CAMBODIA: A Real Horatio Alger Story: Refugee Built Empire on Doughnuts", "VOICES FROM THE FIRST GENERATION: The Ngoy Family", "Asians Looking to Broaden Horizons: Immigrants Prosper but Hope to Venture Outside the 'Business Ghetto', "The Donut King who went full circle - from rags to riches, twice", "The story of the man they called the doughnut king", "Review: A Shakespearean SoCal tragedy, 'The Donut King' charts the rise and fall of Ted Ngoy", "Lessons from the Donut King & Science Fiction's Golden Age", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ted_Ngoy&oldid=1140980965, This page was last edited on 22 February 2023, at 19:19. He would have no more donuts to sell so he could be with his wife for the rest of the day. Still penniless, after nearly four years of exile, Ted flew back to Cambodia. Ted Ngoy in The Donut King documentary. 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