May Kaidee

Today, twenty years later, May is recognized in Thailand as a successful entrepreneur, owning vegetarian restaurants and cooking schools in Bangkok and Chiang Mai. Her business name, May Kaidee, was christened after the meaning of her first name, indicating aptitude in business and marketing, and essentially translating to, May sells well. Indeed, as May continues to establish herself professionally, she invites relatives and friends from her hometown to work in her Bangkok restaurants, extending, as her aunt did, the opportunity to acquire a more comfortable or alternative life. Internationally, May has instructed Thai restaurant staff members throughout Europe and Asia and is frequently requested to lecture at retreats, health seminars, and annual food events worldwide. In Russia, May has tutored master chefs from five-star hotels in St. Petersburg, and is renowned in Moscow for her sensational Thai vegetarian cooking film, translated into Russian. Additionally, May has spent time in England sharing her culinary secrets and in Japan instructing health retreats on organic farms. By 2002, May Kaidees was chosen as a top restaurant by Metro Magazine in Sweden and nominated for the International Award for Tourist Hotel and Catering Industry by the Spanish magazine, Mercado Mundial. Whats more, May has made television appearances in Thailand, Germany, France, and China, and was personally selected by His Royal Highness Prince Phillippe of Belgium as the best chef in Thailand. As Mays cooking is fit for a prince, its no wonder that May Kaidees Vegetarian Restaurants can be found in travel guides such as Lonely Planet, Groovy Map, Rough Guide, Thomas Cook, Lets Go Thailand! Frommer, and AA KEY Guidebook. Her success story has also been covered by Bangkok Post, Thai Daily Newspaper, Metro Thailand, Come Out Bangkok, and Himatet Farang Magazine. While her reputation stretches across the globe, May not only bumps into former customers and students during her trav