In short
A private chef in Thailand starts from ฿11,500 a day, plus food, cooking at your villa or yacht.
Included
- ✓ A menu planned with you, built around allergies and diets
- ✓ Shopping at the market on the day
- ✓ Cooking and serving at your villa, yacht or penthouse
- ✓ The kitchen left clean
Not included
- The food, bought to your menu and priced with the chef
- The bar and bartenders, priced on their own
- The villa or the yacht, priced with your plan
How it works
- 1Plan it with TannerSend the date, the villa or boat, the group size and any allergies on WhatsApp or the form.
- 2Tanner sends optionsMenu ideas and real photos, with one price for the chef and the food.
- 3You pick, Tanner booksPick the menu, and Tanner books the chef with the rest of the trip.
- 4On the dayThe chef shops the market, cooks, serves and clears up.
Why have a chef at the villa?
Your villa chef plans the menu with you, shops at the market, cooks, serves and leaves the kitchen clean.
The group never leaves the pool, the dinner runs on your time, and nobody books a table for twelve.
Ask Tanner which night suits a chef.
What can the chef cook?
From a long Thai feast to a plated tasting menu.
Share allergies and diets when you plan the menu, and it's built around them. Pick the style, and the chef shops for it on the day.
Thai feast
- What it looks like:
- Curries, grilled fish, salads, sticky rice, shared plates
- Best for:
- The first evening
Seafood barbecue
- What it looks like:
- Prawns, lobster and fish on the grill by the pool
- Best for:
- Pool party days
Tasting menu
- What it looks like:
- Several courses, plated and served
- Best for:
- Birthdays and big dinners
Brunch
- What it looks like:
- Eggs, fruit, coffee and something for the headaches
- Best for:
- The morning after
Yacht lunch
- What it looks like:
- Fresh seafood and salads on deck
- Best for:
- Boat days
AI- Villas, yachts and penthouses
- Thai feast, barbecue, tasting menu, brunch
- Bangkok, Phuket, Pattaya, Koh Samui
- By the day, with the food bought to your menu
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A Michelin-star chef
For a big birthday, a launch or a special dinner, we bring in chefs from Thailand's top kitchens to cook at your villa or on your yacht.
They book up early, so hold your date now.
Planning a group? Plan the menu with Tanner
Which cities do you cover?
Bangkok, Phuket, Pattaya and Koh Samui, at villas, penthouses and on yachts.
The chef is booked with the rest of the trip, so the timing fits the pool, the boat and the club. See pool villas in Phuket and villa parties. Name the city and the night, and the chef is booked around your pool day and the club.
Dinner for 12, the way it runs
Twelve of you, the first evening, a long table by the pool. The chef cooks a Thai feast, the bar pours, and the DJ starts as the plates go.
The chef is a day rate, and the food is bought at the market to your menu. A tasting menu or premium seafood is priced to the menu.
Tanner's pick: do the Thai feast on the first evening, and save the tasting menu for the big birthday dinner.
Insider tip: the chef shops the market on the day, so share the menu and any allergies a few days before.
Ask Tanner to price your dinner with the villa.
Private chef for the day
- For 12:
- From ฿11,500
Open bar, poured
- For 12:
- ฿18,000
DJ for the evening
- For 12:
- ฿8,000
Chef, bar and DJ together
- For 12:
- ฿37,500, plus the food bought to your menu
How do you hire a private chef?
You can hire a private chef in Thailand through a marketplace, a hotel or a villa's own cook. The catch is the timing: the dinner has to fit the pool, the boat and the club.
We book the chef with the rest of the trip, so dinner lands between the pool day and the car to the club.
In Bangkok, the chef cooks in the penthouse; in Phuket and Koh Samui it's the villa kitchen or the yacht galley.
Villa, penthouse or galley? The menu is built for the kitchen you have.
Planning a group? Plan the menu with Tanner
Thailand's food scene
Thailand has 43 Michelin-starred restaurants in the 2026 guide: 2 with three stars, Sorn and Sühring, 8 with two and 33 with one, the MICHELIN Guide says.
The starred kitchens are in Bangkok, Nonthaburi, Phuket and Phang Nga, so there's serious talent close to the beach villas.
Want a chef from one of them at your table? Plan it with Tanner.
Private chefs in Thailand in short
- Your chef plans the menu, shops, cooks, serves and clears up at your villa, yacht or penthouse.
- For groups who want dinner by the pool on their own time, from a Thai feast to a tasting menu.
- From ฿11,500 a day, plus the food bought to your menu.
- Send the date, the place, the group size and any allergies; Tanner books the chef with the trip.
- We cover Bangkok, Phuket, Pattaya and Koh Samui.
- Checked: November 2026
What to send Tanner
The date and the meal you want the chef for
The place: villa, yacht or penthouse
The city: Bangkok, Phuket, Pattaya or Koh Samui
How many of you at the table
Any allergies and diets, a few days before
The style: Thai feast, barbecue, tasting menu or brunch
A chef from a top kitchen, for the big dinner
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Written by Tanner Altman · Updated 7 November 2026
Questions
Before you book the chef
How does the pricing work?
Your chef is from ฿11,500 a day, and the food is bought to your menu. Tanner prices the food and the chef together, for the whole group.
What does a chef cost for 12?
The chef, an open bar and a DJ come to about ฿37,500 for the evening, plus the food bought to your menu. Tanner prices it with the villa and the bar.
Can the chef cook at our villa in Phuket?
Yes. A private chef in Phuket cooks at your pool villa or on the yacht, from a Thai feast by the pool to a tasting menu on the terrace.
Do you cover Koh Samui?
Yes. We book private chefs on Koh Samui as well as in Bangkok, Phuket and Pattaya. They cook at beach villas and on boats, booked with the rest of your trip.
How is a villa chef different from a caterer?
A villa chef cooks in your kitchen, serves the group at the table and clears up after. A caterer drops the food off and leaves, and you do the rest.
What does a private chef do?
A private chef plans the menu with you, shops at the market, cooks, serves and clears up at your villa, penthouse or yacht, so the group never leaves the party.
How do we choose the right chef?
Pick by the menu: a Thai cook for the feast, a fine-dining chef for the tasting menu. Share diets and allergies when you plan, and Tanner matches the chef to the menu and the kitchen.
Can the chef cook on a yacht?
Yes. A yacht lunch of fresh seafood and salads is a favourite on boat days. The chef cooks it in the galley and serves it on deck while you swim.
Can we book a Michelin-star chef?
Yes, on request, for birthdays, launches and big dinners. Chefs from Thailand's top kitchens book up early, so ask Tanner as soon as you have the date.
Can the chef handle allergies and diets?
Yes. Share allergies and diets when you plan the menu. The private chef builds the whole dinner around them, from the market shopping list to the plates.
Which cities do you cover?
We book private chefs in Bangkok, Phuket, Pattaya and Koh Samui. They cook in penthouses, pool villas and on yachts, and Tanner books them with the rest of your trip.
How many Michelin-starred restaurants are in Thailand?
Thailand has 43 Michelin-starred restaurants in the 2026 guide: 2 with three stars, 8 with two and 33 with one. Almost all of them are in Bangkok.
Can you add a bar and bartenders?
Yes. We book the bar and the bartenders with the chef, so the drinks are poured and handled too. A private bartender is from ฿9,000 an evening.
Tanner's offer
The chef, the menu and the bar, with the villa or the boat, on one plan.
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