Mom Luang Sirichalerm Svastivadhana, usually known by the nickname McDang, is a Thai celebrity food expert, chef and writer
Education
Born into the Thai royal family, McDang completed his early education at Cheltenham College (Gloucestershire, England), Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service, (Washington District of Columbia, United States of America) and at the Culinary Institute of America (New York, United States of America), which led to a career as executive chef at The Reach Hotel (Key West, Florida, United States of America), Food & Beverage Director for Paul Tripp Restaurant Group (Key West Florida, United States of America) and restaurant owner and manager of Back Porch Cafe (Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, United States of America).
Career
He is the only Thai chef to have his own training class (called "Principle of Thai Cookery") with Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts. Upon returning to Thailand in 1993, McDang began writing about food and cooking, and appeared on television cooking shows. McDang has become Thailand"s most famous food expert and a respected ambassador for Thai cuisine.
He is the author of several best-selling cookbooks, host of the popular weekly television program McDang Show, pens weekly food columns for leading Thai and English-language newspapers, and consults for a number of companies, including Bangkok Airways, Siam Winery and Wai Wai instant noodles.
Internationally, McDang has appeared on a number of television shows and has performed lecture tours in Australia and New Zealand. Each year he is invited to lecture at culinary schools in the United States of America about Thai cuisine.
The notes for these lectures formed the basis for his first English language cookbook, The. McDang Show (MCOT Channel 9, 2007 – present) McDang"s Kitchen Weekly ( Independent Television, 2003–2007) Father & Son Kitchen ( Independent Television, 2000–2003) McDang Koo Krua (Channel 5, 2000–2001) McDang Plang Ros (Channel 7,1998–2000) Krob Chakraval Kitchen (Channel 9, 1997–1998) Guest appearance with Gordon Ramsay on Gordon"s Great Escape, Series 2, Episode 4, (United Kingdom, 2011) Guest appearance on Anthony Bourdain: Number Reservations" (United States of America, 2009) Guest appearance with Extreme Cuisine with Jeff Corwin (United States of America, 2009) Guest appearance with Ishai Golan on Street Food Around the World Appears in Taste Takes off to Thailand 2004 (New Zealand, 2004) Guest on City Cabs / Letterbox (United States of America, 2003) Guest and consultant for Planet Food Thailand on the United Kingdom Travel Channel (United Kingdom, 2001).