Thaneht "Keng" Naovarat

Chef

Executive chef at Meliá Pattaya Hotel, overseeing Lay Beach Club, Yitong Chinese Restaurant & Sky Bar, Sanehh Sarae, and the Nikkei restaurant Den. A Thai chef with three decades in luxury hospitality — Marriott Chiang Mai, Holiday Inn Chiang Mai, and W Hotels Bangkok — he champions locally sourced seafood and Chonburi coastal cooking.