International Special Awards 2022ChefInternational selection

Dalad Kambhu

Kin Dee

Berlin, Germany

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Kin Dee means “Eat Well” in Thai. Self-taught female chef and former model Dalad Khambu has quickly become an ambassador for Thai cuisine in Berlin, and speaks out against artificial flavourings and cheap takes on her country's food. She prepares her dishes with a Thai approach, buying her ingredients and vegetables nearby because “a papaya salad in Germany shouldn’t taste the same as a papaya salad in Thailand.” Dalad Khambu's lesson? If you treat Thai food as a great cuisine, you’ll find that it is a great cuisine. This is how it’s treated at Kin Dee.