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Thai chef
Nok Suntaranon
นก สุนทรนนท์
BornTan Ya Khao, Trang, Thailand
SpouseZiv Katalan

Chutatip "Nok" Suntaranon (Thai: จุฑาทิพ "นก" สุนทรนนท์) is a Thai chef and owner of Kalaya in Philadelphia. In 2023, she received the James Beard Foundation Award for best chef, Mid-Atlantic.

Early life

Suntaranon was born in Yan Ta Khao, a district in Trang province, where her mother Kalaya operated a curry paste stall at a local market. Her father had a problematic relationship with alcohol; her mother sent her to Bangkok to live with her grandmother to get her away from the dysfunction at home and give her educational opportunities.

The family lost their house after her father borrowed from loan sharks and used the house as collateral. He died by suicide soon after she graduated from college.

Career

Suntaranon worked as a business class flight attendant on Thai Airways.

After her second marriage she relocated to Philadelphia and opened Kalaya, named for her mother, in April 2019.

In 2024, Suntaranon announced the publication of a cookbook Kalaya's Southern Thai Kitchen. Nok was featured in volume 7 of Chef's Table.

Recognition

In 2020 both Esquire and Food & Wine named Kalaya one of the best new restaurants in the country. In 2023, Suntaranon received the James Beard Foundation Award for Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic.

Personal life

She was married to the owner of an Italian restaurant in Bangkok. The marriage ended in divorce. She met Wharton School professor Ziv Katalan onboard a flight to New York City, and they married.

References

  1. Sheehan, Jason (2022-10-16). "With Kalaya Fishtown, Iconic Restaurateur Nok Suntaranon's Past Steers Her Future". Philadelphia Magazine. Retrieved 2024-11-28.
  2. ^ Chef's Table: Nok Suntaranon. 2024.
  3. Herndon, Craig LaBan | Monica. "Chef Nok of Kalaya returned to Thailand for inspiration. We joined her". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 2024-11-28.
  4. ^ Springer, Kate (2023-07-03). "One of Philadelphia's top chefs met her future husband on a plane. And then they traveled the world together". CNN. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
  5. ^ Herndon, Craig LaBan | Monica. "Chef Nok of Kalaya returned to Thailand for inspiration. We joined her". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
  6. D'Onofrio, Mike (2024-10-28). "Kalaya chef "Nok" Suntaranon is out with in new cookbook". Axios. Retrieved 2024-11-28.
  7. Suntaranon, Nok; Jesionka, Natalie; Persico, Michael (2024). Kalaya's Southern Thai kitchen. New York: Clarkson Potter/Publisher. ISBN 978-0-593-58087-5.
  8. "Kalaya chef's new cookbook is filled with her favorite home recipes – including her mom's curry paste". PhillyVoice. 2024-10-30. Retrieved 2024-11-28.
  9. Qureshi, Hira (2024-11-22). "Kalaya's Nok Suntaranon stars in Netflix's 'Chef's Table, Volume 7′ this November". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 2024-11-28.
  10. "Chutatip 'Nok' Suntaranon of Fishtown's Kalaya is featured in new episode of Netflix's 'Chef's Table'". www.audacy.com. 2024-11-27. Retrieved 2024-11-28.
  11. "New episode of 'Chef's Table' visits Thailand with Kalaya chef Nok Suntaranon to show her life, influences". PhillyVoice. 2024-11-27. Retrieved 2024-11-28.
  12. "Food & Wine Best New Restaurants 2020". Food & Wine. Retrieved 2024-12-15.
  13. "The 2023 James Beard Award Winners | James Beard Foundation". www.jamesbeard.org. Retrieved 2024-11-28.
  14. Rose, Joel (June 4, 2023). "Immigrants have helped change how America eats. Now they dominate top culinary awards". NPR.
  15. Klein, Michael (2023-06-05). "Philadelphians win big at 2023 James Beard restaurant awards". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 2024-11-28.
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