About Laocook

Being Laotian, I have found that food plays an enormous role in my society. Our get-togethers are based around food, in fact, any social gathering will in one way or another feature food. As soon as you walk in to a Lao home, the first thing you are asked is “Have you eaten yet?”, even our religious offerings show respect by offering foods to Monks and Spirits. I believe it is instilled in us, the basis behind to “lieng”, to offer nourishment.

I grew up surrounded by foods, more precisely, cooks. The hub of all our gatherings was always the kitchen, the heart of the home. I have been a “Jack of many trades”, but my heart has always been in the kitchen, it is what I do best, because I love it, and to have it at the centre of my career is a blessing, a “Boun”.

I live in Spain, and am in charge of an international Brigade of cooks and Service staff. Together we put together new challenging ideas alongside traditional cooking methods. I am on a journey, a journey of discovery, of testing the bounderies that seperate Traditional and Modern. My team and I invite you to take the “passenger seat” in our daily lives.

“Sok dee der”,

Vienne. Feb 2006.

PS: A special “Khop Jai der” to Darly for basically setting everything up, and to Nexus and Sim of Lao Voices for their help, design and input.

The Lao Cook.

• Known as:
  Vienne
• Given Name:
  Viengphranom Senathit
• D.O.B.
  22 November 1972
• Place of Birth:
  Vientiane, Laos
• Location:
  Andalucia, Spain