Yotaka Martin, co-owner and chef at Lom Wong downtown, won a James Beard Award. Local chefs Rene Andrade, LT Smith and Donald ...

Yotaka Martin of Lom Wong restaurant in Phoenix grew up cooking alongside her mother in Thailand. She won her 1st James Beard ...

The James Beard Award's Best Chef in the Southwest is cooking up her amazing dishes right here in Phoenix. The owners of Lom Wong restaurant in downtown Phoenix, Yotaka and Alex Martin, recently ...

Yotaka Martin of Lom Wong in downtown Phoenix was awarded the "best chef" prize for the region representing Arizona, Nevada, ...

Yotaka Martin of Lom Wong in downtown Phoenix won the James Beard Award for Best Chef — Southwest. Martin, who grew up in Thailand, opened Lom Wong with her husband Alex in 2022. This is the ...

PHOENIX – The chef at a downtown Phoenix Thai restaurant won a 2025 James Beard Award on Monday. Yotaka Martin of Lom Wong kept the title of best chef in the Southwest (Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada and ...

On a cloudy morning in May, Yotaka “Sunny” Martin stands at a large black stone mortar and pestle, adding garlic and peppercorns. While she deftly bashes the ingredients into a paste ...

In early 2019, self-taught chefs Yotaka Promtun-Martin and her husband, Alex Martin, launched Lom Wong, an East Valley dinner series that offers Thai food like no other restaurant in metro Phoenix.

Yotaka and Alex Martin, co-owners of Lom Wong restaurant in downtown Phoenix, share their appreciation for the community's ...

On Monday night, chef Yotaka "Sunny" Martin won in the category of Best Chef - Southwest. She is the chef and co-owner of downtown Phoenix Thai restaurant Lom Wong. The Best Chef Southwest ...

Yotaka Martin of Lom Wong in Phoenix won her first Beard Award for Best Chef — Southwest. Martin grew up cooking alongside her mother in Thailand. Since 2022, she's shared her family and ...