Conny Andersson Chef Conny Andersson will be overseeing food and beverage operations at Six Senses Yao Noi. In addition to this role, he also has held the responsibility of Group Executive Chef for Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas. Chef Andersson is no stranger to the Six Senses family and has previously held the role of Executive Chef for Six Senses Qing Cheng Mountain. He has spent the last five years working in China, Vietnam, and Malaysia at renowned kitchens of the MGM Grand and The Datai. He directed a wide spectrum of cuisines that included Cantonese, Vietnamese, Asian Eclectic, Japanese, Thai, Indian and Malay in addition to traditional international Western. Chef Andersson’s international career took off after he relocated to the United States from his native Gothenburg in Sweden. After a period as chef de partie at L’Orangerie in Los Angeles, which was voted as a Top Three Restaurant in the United States, he joined Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts and spent the next 18 years in Nevis, West Indies; Bali, Indonesia; Cairo, Egypt and the famed Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills, California. On the celebrity chef front, Chef Andersson has co-written a cookbook with Actor Morgan Freeman and he has cooked on the Oprah Winfrey Show, The View, and The Today show in the United States. Twice he has been a guest chef with Crystal Cruises and was voted Chef of the Year by Club Culinaire of French Cuisine Los Angeles.