Chef Khampaeng Panyathong is a Seattle-based chef and restaurateur, born in a Thai refugee

camp to a Lao family and raised in Seattle after immigrating in 1987. Trained at North Seattle

Community College and cooking professionally since 2003, he is the owner of three acclaimed

restaurants: Taurus Ox, Ox Burger, and Ananas Pizzeria. Passionate about honoring his Lao

heritage while building community through food, he strives to create meals that are both

thoughtful and joyful