Chef Tam Chudaree Debhakam, owner of the famous 1 Michelin star restaurant, Baan Tepa, and the youngest contestant and winner of Top Chef Thailand Season 1.
Chef Tam has made a name for herself traveling the world to showcase modern Thai cuisine. She is an advocate of food waste reduction after being the Chef Ambassador for Thai Harvest/ SOS and UNEP campaigns from 2015 - 2017. And more recently, Chef Tam was the only Thai female chef to be been invited to the World Gourmet Festival in 2022.
In this episode, host Natty Warisa will deep dive into Chef Tam’s background growing up and how her time in the US and UK has contributed to her winning Top Chef Thailand Season 1 and subsequently opening up her own restaurant Baan Tepa later on.
00:00 Intro.
01:37 Who is Chef Tam
03:18 Become fascinated with cooking
06:27 What did you get from working abroad
12:14 What is Baan Tepa
17:10 What makes you different from other chefs
19:53 Work-life balance
22:48 Negative feedback
24:31 How did you get a Michelin Star
26:39 What are the challenges
30:39 Do you serve organic food?
31:28 Top Chef Season 1
36:47 Advice from chef Tam
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30 июл 2024
