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A private chef in Pattaya starts from ฿11,500 a day, cooking and serving at your villa or on your yacht.
- Price
- From ฿11,500 a day; food bought to your menu
- Where
- Your villa or your yacht
- The market
- Lan Pho Naklua, daily 6am to 6pm (Google Maps)
- Menus
- Seafood barbecue, Thai feast, long dinner, lunch on deck
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1 × Private chef
฿11,500
The food is bought to your menu and priced with the chef.
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Options
Your options
AIThai seafood barbecueGrilled prawns, squid and fish by the pool.From ฿11,500, VAT includedAsk Tanner for a quote
AIThai family feastCurries, som tam and sticky rice down the table.From ฿11,500, VAT includedAsk Tanner for a quote
AILong dinner by the poolA set menu, course by course.From ฿11,500, VAT includedAsk Tanner for a quote
AILunch on the yachtA spread on deck off Koh Larn.Ask Tanner for a quoteSide by side
Thai seafood barbecue
- What you get:
- Grilled prawns, squid and fish by the pool
- From:
- Chef from ฿11,500 a day
- Best for:
- A relaxed evening
Thai family feast
- What you get:
- Curries, som tam and sticky rice down the table
- From:
- Chef from ฿11,500 a day
- Best for:
- Big groups
Long dinner by the pool
- What you get:
- A set menu, course by course
- From:
- Chef from ฿11,500 a day
- Best for:
- Birthdays and big nights
Lunch on the yacht
- What you get:
- A spread on deck off Koh Larn
- From:
- Priced with your boat day
- Best for:
- The boat day
Included
- ✓ A menu planned with you, around allergies and anyone who doesn't eat seafood
- ✓ Shopping at the market that morning
- ✓ Cooking and serving at your villa or on your yacht
- ✓ 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
How it works
- 1Plan it with TannerThe date, the villa or boat, the group and any allergies.
- 2Menu ideasTanner gets back to you right away with the menus and the price.
- 3BookedThe chef is booked with the rest of the trip.
- 4On the dayThe chef shops that morning, and dinner is on when you're ready.
Dinner without leaving the pool
A private chef in Pattaya means dinner for the whole group at your villa, with nobody hunting for a restaurant table for fourteen. The chef plans the menu with you before you land, shops that morning, cooks at the villa, serves the table and clears up after. By sunset on day two, the grill is on, the prawns came off the boat that morning, and you stay by the pool. Ask Tanner for menu ideas.
What a private chef costs in Pattaya
A private chef in Pattaya starts from ฿11,500 a day. The food is bought to your menu and priced with the chef, so a seafood barbecue with lobster costs more than a Thai family feast. The bar goes on top: a private bartender from ฿9,000 an evening, a bar team for about 20 guests or more from ฿18,000 an evening, an open bar at ฿1,500 a guest, and a DJ by the pool at ฿8,000 for the day.
A restaurant table for fourteen at 9pm on a Saturday often means a long wait; at the villa, the table is set when you're ready.
Buying the drinks for dinner
Drinks for a villa dinner are bought in the daytime: since 29 May 2026, alcohol can generally be sold from 11am to midnight, and the legal drinking age is 20, according to the Tourism Authority of Thailand. The bartender buys the bottles to your list with the chef's shopping, so the bar is stocked before the first guest sits down.
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What food is Pattaya famous for?
Pattaya is famous for seafood from the Gulf of Thailand: prawns, crab, squid, fish and shellfish, sold fresh every morning. The best-known place to buy it is Lan Pho Naklua Market, in Naklua, north of central Pattaya. It opens daily 6am to 6pm (Google Maps, checked November 2026). See our Naklua guide.
A private chef shops at the market in the morning, so dinner at your villa is that day's catch. Ask Tanner what's fresh on your dates.
Which dinner is best for your group?
The chef plans around your group, including allergies and anyone who doesn't eat seafood: a Thai seafood barbecue by the pool, a Thai family feast shared down the table, a long dinner by the pool course by course, or lunch on deck off Koh Larn on your yacht day. Not sure which? That's Tanner's job.
Omakase at the villa: a Japanese private chef
Omakase means you let the chef choose. The chef makes sushi one piece at a time, right in front of you. Omakase counters only seat a few people, so a big group rarely gets one counter together.
So the chef comes to you. Tanner arranges a Japanese private chef to serve omakase at your pool villa: the whole group at one counter, no strangers, and the party starts right after the last bite.
A private chef is from ฿11,500 a day, and the ingredients are quoted for your menu. Tell Tanner the fish you like and any allergies, and we plan the menu with the chef. Plan it with Tanner.
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Personal chef or private chef?
A personal chef cooks for one household over weeks or months. A private chef cooks for one event: your dinner, your party, your day on the boat. For a group trip to Pattaya, you want a private chef, booked for each dinner or for every day of the trip.
Add a bartender, a DJ and hosts and performers for your party, and dinner turns into the party. The chef works at your pool villa, then the group heads out to the Pattaya nightclubs. Plan it with Tanner.
Private chef Pattaya: the short version
- Price: from ฿11,500 a day; food bought to your menu.
- What the chef does: shops, cooks, serves and clears up at your villa or on your yacht.
- The market: Lan Pho Naklua, open daily 6am to 6pm (Google Maps).
- The bar: bartender from ฿9,000 an evening; open bar ฿1,500 a guest.
- Drinks: sold 11am to midnight; legal drinking age 20 (TAT).
- Checked November 2026
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Questions
Questions groups ask about a private chef in Pattaya
How much does a private chef cost in Pattaya?
A private chef starts from ฿11,500 a day. The food is bought to your menu and priced with the chef, and the bar goes on top. Tanner gets back to you right away with the menu and the price.
How do you book a private chef in Pattaya for the villa?
Send your dates, group size and what the group eats. Tanner gets back to you right away with menu ideas and the price, and the chef arrives at the villa in the afternoon.
Can a private chef cook on our yacht?
Yes. The chef can prepare lunch on deck for your yacht day off Koh Larn, from a seafood spread to a Thai feast, served while you're at anchor.
What makes the best private chef in Pattaya?
A chef who shops Lan Pho Naklua Market that morning, cooks at your villa, serves the table and clears up after, with a menu planned around your group.
Can we book a chef for more than one dinner?
Yes. Tell Tanner your dates, and he books the chef for each dinner or day you want, from ฿11,500 a day, with the food bought to each menu.
What food is Pattaya famous for?
Seafood from the Gulf of Thailand: prawns, crab, squid, fish and shellfish. Lan Pho Naklua Market is the best-known place to buy it, open daily 6am to 6pm.
Can the chef cook for allergies?
Yes. Tell Tanner who eats what, and the chef plans the menu around allergies and anyone who doesn't eat seafood.
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The chef, the menu and the bar, on one plan with the villa or the boat.
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