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  This week on CHEF, Eli Kulp sits down with Nok Suntaranon, owner of Kayala Thai Kitchen and Kayala Thai Market. Nok is an experienced chef, restaurant owner and hospitality expert who aims to create the feeling of home in every meal. About her menu, she says “it's a food that I kept cooking on and on and on. Some of them are my neighbor’s favorites. Some of them are my husband’s favorites. Some of them are my own fabric. So it is a love letter from me to my customers.” She talks about her career journey, her mom as her biggest inspiration and motivation and how the Philadelphia chef community has stepped up to support each other and their communities during Covid.