Chai Siriyarn

Chai Siriyarn

Chai Siriyarn is the chef-owner of Marnee Thai Restaurant, which has two locations in San Francisco since 1986. Marnee Thai has been among the city's Top Thai Restaurants for almost 4 decades and has been recommended by the Michelin Guide for many years. Marnee Thai received the Thai Select Premium Award from the Ministry of Commerce for past years. Bangkok born and bred, Chef Siriyarn grew up in a culinary family and spent his childhood steeped in the restaurant business. His culinary accolades include winning the grand prize in the Los Angeles Pad Thai Festival contest in 2000 and earning the “Thailand Superchef Award” in Thailand in 2003. He was also named “International Chef of the Year” by the Awards of the Americas in New York City in 2001. Chef Siriyarn was also a guest chef to the Royal Thai Embassy for a tsunami relief fundraising event held in Washington, DC. Chef Siriyatn was also a guest chef to the Consul General in Los Angeles to promote their Thai kitchen of the World Project. He has been a guest chef at The Culinary Institute of America, at Greystone since the year 2000. Chef Siriyarn has also been a guest chef at the University of Massachusetts, (Amherst), Cornell University, (Ithaca), and Stanford University. He is a member of the CIA’s Asian Cuisines Advisory Council and is the author of Thai Cuisine Beyond Curry. For more information please visit his website at MarneeThaiSF.com