Cast your mind back to early 2002 and Leeds was a very different place to the city it is today.
There were very few quality Thai restaurants in the UK at that time, never mind Leeds, but one woman took a chance and hasn’t looked back since. Ban Kaewkraikhot opened her very first Sukhothai restaurant, named after the small town north of Bangkok where she was raised, in Chapel Allerton. She brought a life-long passion for Thai cuisine which began at an early age with her mother’s cooking in rural Thailand.
For many, Sukhothai proved to be both exotic and irresistible, and word of mouth spread across Yorkshire. Fast forward to 2022, Ban and her team have opened two more Sukhothai restaurants, including central Leeds and Harrogate, launched a successful casual dining brand and won a host of awards.
