Food Network chef and Livermore native. Raised in her mother's kitchen on the bold, vibrant flavors of Southern Thailand, Kimberly blends that tradition with her own modern creativity, and she brings it to the Bay Area at Lanna Thai in Livermore.
Kimberly Gamble is the co-owner and sous chef of Lanna Thai, and one of the Bay Area's best-known Thai chefs on TV. She grew up in Livermore, learned to cook from her mother, Chef Prakin, and has taken that Southern Thai cooking to Food Network twice.
Two Food Network shows, a California Live feature, and a family restaurant in her hometown. Tap any one for the details.
Kimberly grew up in Livermore and was raised around the restaurant business by her mother, Chef Prakin, who taught her to cook. She never went to culinary school. Her training was the family's Southern Thai cooking, and the spicy food Lanna Thai is known for.
Her first Food Network appearance: she competed on Beat Bobby Flay in the episode "Cliff and the Jet," which aired in early 2022.
Her second Food Network appearance. In "Flamin' Hot," chefs cooked with powerful peppers and chilies that got hotter on the Scoville scale every round. Fitting for a chef whose restaurant is known for heat.
Featured on NBC's California Live, cooking Lanna Thai's pad thai and serving it on a banana leaf.
Cooking beside her mother on Las Positas Rd, with dishes from all four regions of Thailand and the Southern Thai food that sets Lanna Thai apart.
Kimberly has shown her cooking on Food Network's Chopped (the Flamin' Hot episode) and Beat Bobby Flay (Cliff and the Jet), proudly representing Thai cuisine on national television.
Back home she's cooking next to her mother, Chef Prakin, who was born and raised in Southern Thailand. The turmeric curries, the fresh chili, and the dishes you won't find at other Thai places all come from that family table.
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