text: After working in top restaurants in Bangkok for ten years, Chalio came to Sydney in 1973. He started work in major hotels including The Hilton, Summit Restaurant and Lakeside in the ACT. He joined partners in the Siam, one of the first Thai restaurants in Australia. Opening his own restaurant in the nineties winning a small business award, other restaurants followed and today Chalio still enjoys cooking to bring his customers new creations of the finest Thai cuisine.