Kay Plunkett-Hogge

Kay Plunkett-Hogge is a British and Thai food writer and cookbook author.[1][2] Plunkett-Hogge is a contributor to The Guardian and The Daily Telegraph.[3][4][5]

Early life and education

Plunkett-Hogge was born and raised in Bangkok, Thailand, to a Thai mother and British father.[1] Her father worked for Ford Motors, and was transferred to work in Thailand in 1961 to sell tractors.[6] She attended boarding school in the United Kingdom.[6]

Career

In 2019, Plunkett-Hogge published Baan: Recipes and Stories from My Thai Home.[7][8] She relocated back to Thailand in January 2020.[9]

Books

  • A Sherry & A Little Plate of Tapas (2016)[10]
  • Adventures of a Terribly Greedy Girl (2017)[11]
  • Baan: Recipes and Stories from My Thai Home (2019)[12][13][14]
  • Manners: A Modern Field Guide (2021)[15]
  • Siam: A Thai Cookbook (2026)

References

  1. ^ a b "Recipes from a 'foreign-faced girl with the heart of a Thai'". South China Morning Post. 1 February 2020. Archived from the original on 5 December 2022. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  2. ^ "The clean-eating brigade should be banned according to this food writer". The Independent. 9 February 2017. Archived from the original on 25 December 2025. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  3. ^ "Book Review: Adventures of a Terribly Greedy Girl by Kay Plunkett-Hogge". Changing Pages. 4 April 2017. Archived from the original on 25 December 2025. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  4. ^ Plunkett-Hogge, Kay (3 February 2023). "Kay Plunkett-Hogge". The Telegraph. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  5. ^ "Kay Plunkett-Hogge | The Guardian". www.theguardian.com. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  6. ^ a b "Food: Kay Plunkett-Hogge on the Thai food that means home to her". The Herald. 5 May 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  7. ^ "Cookbook review: Baan: Recipes and stories from my Thai home". delicious. magazine. 5 July 2019. Archived from the original on 25 December 2025. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  8. ^ "'I used to threaten to run away from home, but I always got waylaid by fried biscuits'". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. 18 March 2020. ISSN 0307-1235. Archived from the original on 25 December 2025. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  9. ^ Plunkett-Hogge, Kay (7 November 2021). "'I relocated to Thailand in the middle of the pandemic — then Delta hit'". www.thetimes.com. Archived from the original on 26 July 2025. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  10. ^ "Cookbook Review: 'A Sherry & a Little Plate of Tapas' transports readers to Spain". The Portland Press Herald. 19 October 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  11. ^ "How to bring Thai home cooking to your kitchen". The Independent. 10 April 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  12. ^ Sloan, Pip (14 May 2019). "Kay Plunkett-Hogge's Baan cookbook review: 'Accessible and delicious Thai recipes'". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Archived from the original on 25 December 2025. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  13. ^ Low, Susan (5 July 2019). "Cookbook review: Baan: Recipes and stories from my Thai home". delicious. magazine. Archived from the original on 25 December 2025. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  14. ^ "Cookbook Spotlight: Baan - Recipes and Stories from My Thai Home". TheTaste.ie. 27 November 2024. Archived from the original on 13 November 2025. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  15. ^ Plunkett-Hogge, Kay (2021). Manners: A Modern Field Guide. Debora Robertson (1st ed.). Minneapolis: Pavilion Books. ISBN 978-1-911641-31-5.