EXCLUSIVE: Peter Luo’s Stars Collective has optioned the life rights of Pichaya Soontornyanakij, also known as “Chef Pam.” Pam is a Thai-Chinese-Australian chef and the owner of POTONG, a Thai-Chinese fine-dining Michelin-star restaurant in Bangkok’s Chinatown.
Stars Collective is currently developing and financing a feature film based on Pam’s life, with Luo set as producer. Nancy Xu, co-CEO of Stars Collective, will co-produce the project with Luo.
Luo is CEO of Starlight Media and has backed movies like Crazy Rich Asians, Crazy Stories To Tell In The Dark and Malignant.
Pam is the first and youngest Thai female chef to receive both the Michelin Star and “Opening of the Year” awards from the Michelin Guide in 2023, before being crowned Asia’s Best Female Chef 2024 by World’s 50 Best Restaurants.
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