Kalaya (restaurant)

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Kalaya
Kalaya (restaurant)
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EstablishedNovember 2022 (2022-11)
Owner(s)Chutatip "Nok" Suntaranon
ChefChutatip "Nok" Suntaranon
Food typeThai
Street address4 West Palmer Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
City Philadelphia
State Pennsylvania
CountryUnited States
Website kalayaphilly.com

Kalaya, also known as Kalaya Thai Kitchen, [1] [2] is a Southern Thai restaurant in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania owned by Chutatip "Nok" Suntaranon. [3] [4] [5] [6] Established in November 2022, the business was included in The New York Times 's 2023 list of the 50 best restaurants in the United States, and won the James Beard Award for Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic. [7] [8] [9]

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Chutatip "Nok" Suntaranon

Chutatip "Nok" Suntaranon (Thai : จุฑาทิพ "นก" สุนทรนนท์) is a Thai chef and owner of Kalaya.

Born in Yan Ta Khao, a district in Trang province, Suntaranon worked as a business class flight attendant on Thai Airways. After meeting her husband, Wharton School professor Ziv Katalan, onboard a flight to New York City, she later relocated to Philadelphia to open Kalaya. [10] [11] [12] In 2024, Suntaranon announced the publication of a cookbook Kalaya's Southern Thai Kitchen. [13]

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  3. ↑ Sheehan, Jason (2023-03-23). "The Enduring Power of Kalaya". Philadelphia Magazine. Archived from the original on 2023-06-29. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
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  8. ↑ Klein, Michael (2023-06-05). "Philadelphians win big at 2023 James Beard restaurant awards". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
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  10. ↑ 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.
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