18/09/2026
MEET THE MAN BEHIND THE BÁNH MÌ… and apparently it’s his birthday too 😂🥖🎂
Today is Dathan’s birthday — and since he’s spending it doing what he does almost every Saturday anyway… making bánh mì 😂❤️ — we thought it was probably time we properly introduced him.
Dathan is the one behind most of the food at Bánh Mì Ơi — the bread, the pâté, the fillings, the endless recipe tweaking… and the occasional “I think I can make this better” that somehow turns into another three hours of work 🤣
He trained in cookery and hospitality at Le Cordon Bleu, and has worked across both Asian and European kitchens over the years.
But Vietnamese food has always been the one he keeps coming back to 🇻🇳❤️
In fact, he probably loves Vietnam more than he loves me… and I’m Vietnamese 😂😂
He’s obsessed with good food, doing things properly, and apparently making life much harder than it needs to be — which is probably why we now bake our own bread, make our own pâté and mayo, pickle our own veggies and spend far too much time talking about bánh mì crunch 🤦♀️🥖
So if you’re grabbing a bánh mì today, feel free to wish the birthday boy a Happy Birthday 🎂❤️
Although knowing Dathan… he’ll probably be too busy checking the bread 😂🥖
Happy Birthday to the slightly crazy chef behind Bánh Mì Ơi ❤️
See you all today 9-2 or till sold out 🙏🙏