chez pim: Pim who?

Pim grew up in Bangkok, was shipped off to study in other places, and somehow found herself living and loving it in the San Francisco Bay Area. She quit her Silicon Valley job in 2005 to pursue a career in food: the writing, reporting, and basically anything interesting thereof that comes her way. Her recipes, writings, and photographs have since appeared in the New York Times, Food & Wine Magazine, Bon Appétit magazine. She's also moonlighted as a judge on Iron Chef America.

Chez Pim chronicles her globetrotting adventures –and misadventures- in the world of all things edible, from vibrant street-side fares in Asia to the refined world of Three Michelin Star restaurants in Europe. Pim also cooks a mean pot of curry.

dans la presse

The World's 50 Most Powerful Blogs
The Guardian (UK), March 9, 2008)
Also on the top 50: Huffington Post, Gawker, Treehugger, Kottke

"#18 Chez Pim ..Pim Techamuanvivit has tried and tested an awful lot of food. From Michelin-starred restaurants to street food and diners, she samples it all, and posts her thoughts and pictures to share with other foodie fans. She advises her readers on what cooking equipment to go for, posts recipe suggestions for them to try, and gives them a nudge in the direction of which food shows are worth a watch. She's not just famous on the net, she's attracted global coverage in the media with her writing, recipes and interviews.

The Chef, The Blogger, And Their Great Tahoe Weekend
Food & Wine Magazine, December 2008

"When food blogger Pim Techamuanvivit goes to Lake Tahoe with her boyfriend, the wildly talented chef David Kinch, the cooking is as much fun as the skiing—and distinctly less likely to result in a wipeout."

Choptalkthumbnail Featured in "Chop Talk", Christine Muhlke, The New York Times' T:Living Magazine, May 7, 2006. Slide show.

Excerpts:
"Pim is not a professional cook, but she is a professional eater. Her five-year-old blog, Chez Pim, was started as a way for her to keep in touch with friends as she traveled. Now visitors to this popular, sweetly opinionated site follow her as she skips ''merrily around the gastronomic world,'' eating with and cooking for friends."

Featured in "Eat My Blog", Jay Rayner, Observer Food Monthly, Sep 11, 2005. PDF Files: page 1, page 2.

Excerpts:
"Even amid the anarchy of the web good taste will out and Pim, queen of the food bloggers, mistress of the Michelin stars, is sodden with it. For the moment she is that rare thing in the food world, a genuine cult figure. She is unlikely to stay that way for long."

Smh The same story, "Eat My Blog", also appeared on the Sydney Morning Herald on Oct 10, 2005

"Pim's restaurant review list reads like a fantasy eating guide. El Bulli, the Fat Duck, St John, Le Meurice, the French Laundry - it should be enough to make you hate her. Except, annoyingly, Pim knows her own tastebuds, and very fine they are too.", from "The World on Your Plate", The Guardian (UK) June 9, 2006

"Best-Shot Blogs", August, 2006

Voted 2005 Best Urban Food Blog in Gridskipper's 2005 URBS, Urban Blogging Awards.

"An attractively designed site known for insightful, reliable restaurant reviews." in Five food blogs worth a taste test, CS Monitor, Dec 29, 2005.

"I've got nothing but respect for Ms. Pim", Stan Sesser, Asian Wall Street Journal, Jul 15, 2005

Featured in "Going blog wild: Web logs feed appetites for food information and inspiration", Amanda Bernes, San Francisco Chronicle, Mar 9, 2005

Featured in "Food bloggers chronicle their delicious obsessions", Jonathan Gilsdorf, The Boston Globe, Jan 12, 2005

Featured in "The People's Choices", The Washington Post, Mar 9, 2005

Interviewed in "Bay Blogger Thursday", SFist, Mar10, 2005

"Plotos Solidarios", Ellas Virtual, La Prensa, Panama, Feb 25, 2005

"Articulate and well-traveled San Franciscan tracks the food world from California to Thailand and France" Mike Dunne, The Sacramento Bee, Jan 19, 2005