Mark Wiens
Mark Wiens is a Bangkok-based food and travel creator who shares street food, local kitchens and the people behind each meal through YouTube, Migrationology and food shows.
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Known for
National Geographic
HBO Asia
Bangkok
MigrationologyOverview
- From
- Phoenix, Arizona
- Based in
- Bangkok, Thailand
- Education
- Global Studies, Arizona State University, 2008
- Started
- Migrationology, 2009
- Turning point
- Selling the Eating Thai Food Guide eBook
- Also known for
- Food Affair with Mark Wiens and Epic Food Journeys
Mini bio
How it started.
Born in Phoenix, Mark grew up in France, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Kenya. After graduating from Arizona State University in 2008, Mark travelled through South America, then started Migrationology in early 2009.
Finding a way to keep travelling.
Teaching English in Bangkok helped pay the bills while Mark worked on the blog. Selling the Eating Thai Food Guide became a turning point. Simple street food videos grew into a career sharing meals around the world.
From a shared meal to television.
Mark told Tatler that meeting filmmaker Eric Khoo over wanton mee eventually led to Food Affair with Mark Wiens. The six-part HBO series explores Singapore’s hawker food and fine dining. Epic Food Journeys later brought Mark’s food travels to National Geographic, and the series won a Webby in 2026.
A kitchen of their own.
Mark also co-founded Phed Mark with Khun Tan, Khun Pongthep and Chef Gigg. The Bangkok restaurant grew out of a conversation about where to find their favourite pad kaprao, the Thai holy basil stir fry.
Creditschronological, newest first
Food shows
- 2026MasterChef AsiaJudge, as shared in Mark’s Macao video
- 2024Epic Food Journeys with Mark WiensHost
- 2022Food Affair with Mark WiensHost
Food projects
- 2019Phed MarkCo-founder
Awards
Quotes
I believe when you travel, there’s no better way to connect with people, than through food.Mark Wiens, Migrationology About page
Trivia
- Mark and Ying married in July 2013 and have travelled for food together ever since.
- The name Phed Mark plays on the Thai word for spicy and maak, meaning “very much”.
- In a Tatler interview, Mark picked the fish head curry at Samy’s as a Singapore dish to return for.
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