McDang

ML Sirichalerm Svasti (born 16 July 1953), frequently nicknamed Chef McDang,^[1] is Thai celebrity food expert, chef and writer. He is an only one Thai chef who has his own training class called “Principle of Thai Cookery” with Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts.^[2][3]

Early Life and Career Path

Born into the Thai royal family, McDang completed his early education at Cheltenham College (Gloucestershire, England), Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service, (Washington DC, USA) and at the Culinary Institute of America (New York, USA), which led to a career as executive chef at The Marriottee Reach Hotel (Key West, Florida, USA), Food & Beverage Director for Paul Tripp Restaurant Group (Key West Florida, USA) and restaurant owner and manager of Back Porch Cafe’ (Rehoboth Beach, DE., USA) that saw him travel from Washington DC to Florida and California.

Thai Executive Chef and Food Expert Route

Upon returning to Thailand in 1993, McDang began writing about food & cooking and appeared on TV cooking shows. Sixteen years later, McDang is Thailand’s most famous food expert and a respected ambassador for Thai cuisine.^[4] He is the author of several best-selling Thai language cookbooks, host of the popular weekly TV 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^[5] and Wai Wai instant noodles.

At an international level, McDang has appeared on a number of TV shows and has performed lecture tours in Australia and New Zealand. Each year he is invited to lecture at culinary schools in the USA about Thai cuisine. It is the notes for these lectures that form the basis of his first English language cook book The Principle of Thai Cookery, which is due to be published in 2009.^{[dated info]}

Bibliography

Since 1998, McDang has written 8 books. Chef Mcdang also writes a "McDang Guide" column, which presents good foods and great restaurants in Thailand and around the world in the local Thai newspaper. (Daily News, second largest circulation newspaper in Thailand).

Thai Language

• McDang Cook Book. (1998)
• Yum Thai Yum Farang Cook Book (1999)^[6]
• McDang Cook Book 2 (2000)
• McDang Guide 2001 (restaurant guide) (2001)
• McDang Guide 2003 (restaurant guide) (2003)
• McDang’s Recipes (2003)
• Mcdang Guide (restaurant guide) (2004)
• Delicious Food from McDang’s kitchen (2005)^[7]

English Language

POTC “Principle of Thai Cookery” (2010)

Television Shows in Thailand

• McDang Show (MCOT Channel 9, 2007 – present)^[8]
• McDang’s Kitchen Weekly (ITV, 2003–2007)
• Father & Son Kitchen (ITV, 2000–2003)
• McDang Koo Krua (Channel 5, 2000–2001)
• McDang Plang Ros (Channel 7,1998–2000)
• Krob Chakraval Kitchen (Channel 9, 1997–1998)

International Television Cameo Appearances

• Guest appearance with Gordon Ramsay on Channel 4's Gordon's Great Escape, Series 2, Episode 4, (UK, 2011)
• Guest appearance with Anthony Bourdain on No Reservations (USA, 2009)
• Guest appearance with Jeff Corwin on Extreme Cuisine Citizen Pictures (USA, 2009)
• Appears in Taste Takes off to Thailand 2004 (New Zealand, 2004)
• Guest on City Cabs / Letterbox (USA, 2003)
• Guest and consultant for Planet Food Thailand on the UK Travel Channel (UK, 2001)

References

1. ^ Chef McDang on YouTube
2. ^ "Principle of Thai Cookery" with Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts on YouTube
3. ^ "Principle of Thai Cookery" with Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts
4. ^ Thailand’s most famous food expert and a respected ambassador for Thai cuisine
5. ^ Siam Winery
6. ^ Yum thai Yum FarangCook Book
7. ^ Delicious Food from McDang's Kitchen
8. ^ McDang Show

External links

• Homepage for Chef Mcdang

Persondata
Name	M.L. Sirichalerm Svasti
Alternative names	McDang
Short description	Thai celebrity food expert, chef and writer
Date of birth	16 July 1953
Place of birth	Thailand
Date of death
Place of death