David’s Kitchen

David’s Story

I’m a Londoner, from Chelsea, and I came to Thailand 18 years ago. In England I worked in theatre, winning awards at the Edinburgh Festival in 1976 and 1982 and l also worked as Assistant Director at the Chichester Festival Theatre. Sir Rex Harrison once fired me on a Friday for being in the wrong place at the wrong time, but he re-hired me the following Monday and we became great friends.

I owned a bookshop in Salisbury for three years and then trained as a drug and alcohol counsellor, at one time caring for 119 single homeless men in a London hostel.

In Chiang Mai I taught English to monks at Wat Suan Dok and met Prom, my future wife. Together we set up a new restaurant in the countryside. Later, we bought the first David’s Kitchen when it became available and met Chef O who is now our partner. Soon the restaurant was full every day and we moved here.

We are not a Sir or Madam establishment. It’s a family run restaurant where we treat guests as we would friends in our home. Since opening last November we have been fully booked every single night. We hope David’s Kitchen will run and run.