Chef
Varanya Geyoonsawat
Chef de Cuisine, Kann
- Discipline
- Chef
- Based in
- Portland, Oregon, United States
- Venue
- Kann · Restaurant
i. Biography
Varanya Geyoonsawat is the chef de cuisine at Kann in Portland, Oregon, the wood-fired Haitian restaurant led by Gregory Gourdet. Coverage of Kann identifies her as a native of Bangkok, Thailand, and describes her as overseeing the restaurant’s kitchen in 2022–2024. In 2026, reporting described her as a longtime chef de cuisine at Kann who had opened her own food cart in Oregon City, indicating a career move away from the restaurant role.