Tanya cooking over an open flame in a Melbourne kitchen
TANYA
Melbourne Chef  ·  Thai Heritage  ·  Engineer's Precision
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Slow-cooked beef, the Live Wire Parma
01 / The Cookbook

The Live Wire Parma

Aussie pub parma, rewired Thai.

YieldServes 2
Cost / plate≈ $9
Build time40 min
Heat
Crisp-skin fish with herb slaw and a citrus cocktail
02 / The Cookbook

Crisp-skin fish, herb slaw

A main plated for the camera. Glassy skin, a sharp green slaw, a citrus spritz on the side.

A sharing plate, the Green Volt Rolls
03 / The Cookbook

Green Volt Rolls

Sausage roll meets green curry.

Yield~12 rolls
Cost / each≈ $1.20
Build time45 min
Heat
Cured kingfish over ice with radish and citrus
04 / The Cookbook

Kingfish, radish, citrus

Raw bar precision. Cured fish over ice, pickled radish, a hit of yuzu and chilli.

A plated dish, the Sweet Spark
05 / The Cookbook

The Sweet Spark

Charged mango sticky rice.

YieldServes 2
Components4 only
Build time35 min
Heat
The Story

From circuit boards
to chopping boards.

Tanya in the kitchen

Tanya led teams as an electrical engineer at NXP in Bangkok. In 2019 she left the career, the comfort and the country to chase food.

Today she is a Melbourne chef, cooking with an engineer's discipline and a Thai heart. The same precision that built circuit boards makes every plate land.

Her real education started long before the restaurants, at her mother's side on the family farm. She learned to balance spice, citrus and herbs with coconuts, mangoes and custard apples from the backyard.

That instinct is the whole idea behind Wired to Cook. Big flavour, made repeatable. Restaurant food, taught simply.

A chef shaped by engineering.
Contact

Let's chat.

Roles, collaborations, a tasting, or just to talk food. The fastest way to reach Tanya is a direct message.