Chef Nuit Regular

Chef Nuit Regular and her husband Jeff are celebrated for bringing the distinct flavour of Northern Thai cuisine and hospitality to Toronto and across Canada. The popularity of their establishments (PAI, Kiin, Chaiyo, Sukhothai) all began with the opening of the humble Curry Shack in the small town of Pai, in Northern Thailand.

Having learned to cook in her mother’s kitchen, Chef Nuit made the decision to leave her career as a nurse in Thailand so that she could share her passion and life experiences through family recipes, street market dishes, and creative collaborations.

Toronto has been hungry for her talent and ever since she was named the Nine of Dine winner at the Gourmet Food and Wine Expo in 2009, Chef Nuit can be found regularly featured as one of the most influential chefs in Toronto. In acknowledgment of the authenticity of her Thai cooking, the Royal Thai Government awarded both PAI and Kiin the prestigious Thai SELECT Signature designation. Both PAI and Kiin are also Michelin Guide-recommended.

She is the recipient of the 2024 WXN Top 100 SKIP Food Industry Award and 2024 Pinnacle Awards Chef of the Year, and a finalist for the RBC CWEA Momentum Award. In 2022, she was the winner of a WX Network’s 2022 WXN Top 100 BMO Entrepreneurs Award and the recipient of the 2022 American Express Award for Business Leadership. She has been a guest judge on MasterChef Canada and Top Chef Canada, Season 9, appeared on Big Food Bucket List, and is a resident judge on Food Network Canada's Wall of Chefs. Her debut cookbook, Kiin: Recipes and Stories from Northern Thailand, won a 2021 IACP Cookbook Award and a Taste Canada Gold Award. Follow her on Instagram @chefnuitregular.