My passion for food stems from my family. My mom is well known amongst her 13 sisters and brothers for her extraordinary Burmese cooking. Mouth watering Beef sipyan (curry), ohn-no kauk-swe (chicken coconut noodle soup), balachaung (spicy dried shrimp relish), lahpet thoke (green tea leaf salad) are just a few of the Burmese dishes that I enjoyed growing up in Iowa.

This inspired to pursue my dreams in the culinary world and I enrolled at the Culinary Institute of America in New York. After graduation, apprenticeships with world renowned chefs Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Geoffrey Zakarian and Marcus Samuelsson in New York City helped mold me into the chef I am today.

An amazing work abroad opportunity ensued in the Cornish Coast of England. Surrounded by the lush and beautiful English countryside, I prepared quintessential English fare - English breakfast, roast meat dinners, fish and chips, the freshest seafood, Cornish pasties, as well as delicious Indian cuisine.

Eventually I came full circle, back home to Iowa! Famous for pork tenderloins, morel mushrooms, and sweet corn.

Finally this past year, the concept of Greenwood Kitchens came to life - a state of the art mobile caterer unlike any other in Cedar Rapids.

Experience the extraordinary with Greenwood Kitchens!