Career
Beginning his working life as a dishwasher in Vermont when he was a teenager, he accumulated culinary knowledge whilst backpacking and working in restaurants in countries such as New Zealand, Australia and Thailand, and at Raymond Blanc"s Michelin star restaurant Le Manoir aux Quat" Saisons near Oxford, England. His first visit to Thailand was in 1987. From 1993 onward, he continued his travels to Thailand, staying there for several months each year to study Thai food culture.
Pok Pok, Portland (November 2005)
Whiskey Soda Lounge, Portland (December, 2009)
Pok Pok Noi (March 2011)
Pok Pok Wing (renamed: Pok Pok Phat Thai) (January 2012)
Pok Pok Ny, New York (April 2012)
Senator Yai, Portland (May 2013)
Whiskey Soda Lounge Ny, New York (August 2013)
Pok Pok Phat Thai, Los Angeles (November 2014)
Pok Pok Los Angeles (October 2015).