Quick Facts
Biography
Pailin Chongchitnant is a Thai Canadian chef and cookbook author, based in Vancouver. Pailin hosts the website Pailin's Kitchen, focusing on Thai cuisine. Pailin is a frequent contributor to Serious Eats and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Early life and education
Born in Hat Yai, Pailin attended Ruamrudee International School in Bangkok. She moved to Vancouver in 2003 to attend the University of British Columbia, studying nutritional science. She later worked in professional kitchens and attended Le Cordon Bleu in San Francisco.
Career
On 11 September 2009, Pailin launched cooking show Hot Thai Kitchen, later renamed Pailin's Kitchen on YouTube. As of 2024, the channel has over 2 million subscribers. In 2014, Pailin and fellow chef Hong Thaimee launched the Sabai Talk Podcast focusing on Thai cuisine. From 2015 to 2017, Chongchitnant was co-host on several episodes of Gusto TV's One World Kitchen which is still available on various streaming platforms across the globe.
She has been the author of two cookbooks. Her first cookbook is Hot Thai Kitchen: Demystifying Thai Cuisine with Authentic Recipes to Make at Home (ISBN 978-0-449-01705-0) and was published in 2016 by Random House. This book received the 2017 silver award for Regional/Cultural Cookbooks in the Taste Canada Awards. Her second book is Sabai: 100 Simple Thai Recipes for Any Day of the Week (ISBN 978-0-525-61171-4) and was published in 2023 by Random House.
Publications
- Hot Thai Kitchen: Demystifying Thai Cuisine with Authentic Recipes to Make at Home: A Cookbook (2016)
- Sabai: 100 Simple Thai Recipes for Any Day of the Week (2023)