Sandy Browning CHEF

Sandy Browning CHEF

Sandy Browning grew up in Edinburgh and first joined the Scoop Restaurants Group family at Ox and Finch in 2015. Sandy is passionate about the food and cooking of South East Asia, and in 2018 he spent time working, travelling and doing lots of eating around Thailand. He worked a stage in the world renowned Nahm in Bangkok and spent time training at a respected professional cook school in Chiang Mai.

The name Ka Pao derives from the Thai word for Holy Basil and the restaurants offer a menu influenced by the cooking of South East Asia.

Ka Pao first launched as a pop-up residency in Glasgow’s SWG3 in September 2018 with Sandy running the kitchen. He opened Ka Pao Glasgow as Head Chef in 2020 and the restaurant was awarded a Bib Gourmand in the following year’s Michelin Guide. Ka Pao Edinburgh opened in 2022 and Sandy now oversees the kitchens in both restaurants.