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

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 grew up cooking alongside her mother in Thailand. Today, she strives to create authentic food that her Thai ...

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

The James Beard Award is like the Oscars for food and beverages, with only the best of the best selected as finalists.

Downtown Phoenix’s restaurant, Lom Wong, won a James Beard Award! The Arizona restaurant took home the top honor in the "Best Chef: Southwest" category.

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 ...

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 Promtun-Martin and her husband Alex Martin started Lom Wong in 2019 as an intimate dinner party in their home in Scottsdale and over the years it has evolved to become one of Phoenix's most ...

Each week since late October, husband-and-wife team Alex and Yotaka Martin have spent Wednesday ... Their pop-up, Lom Wong, provides stunning glimpses of Thailand’s roads less traveled.

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And then there were two: Lom Wong chef Yotaka "Sunny" Martin and Valentine pastry chef Crystal Kass are the sole Arizonans to make it to the finalist round of the 2025 James Beard Awards.