From passion and love of cooking to
Michelin Star, The World’s Best Female Chef and Culinary Pioneers
The World’s Best Female Chef 2025 and Asia’s Best Female Chef 2024, Chef “Pam”, Pichaya Soontornyanakij, has opened a string of successful restaurants and bar. Chef Pam is the first ever Asian and Thai Female Chef to receive The World’s Best Female Chef status, together she also earned Michelin Star and “Opening of the Year” awards from the Michelin Guide in the same year. She is also the first and only Thai female chef who achieved status of 3 knives from the World Best Chef Award. Her restaurant POTONG is also voted #1 in Bangkok by TOP25 Bangkok Restaurants.
Chef Pam has become a critically acclaimed chef and global television personality (Top Chef Thailand, Top Chef Arab World, World Cook Competition, Iron Chef, Maverick Academy, and many more) and is one of the most recognized faces in culinary of Asia today.
CHEF PAM IS NAMED THE WORLD’S BEST FEMALE CHEF 2025
Chef “PAM” Pichaya Soontornyanakij becomes the first Asian and Thai female chef to receive the global title “The World’s Best Female Chef 2025” from The World 50 Best Restaurants.
"I'm truly honoured to be named ‘The World's Best Female Chef 2025' and humbled to be the first Thai and first Asian to join the remarkable women who have paved the way before me. This award highlights the importance of recognising women's invaluable contributions to the culinary world. It's not just for me, but for every other female chef who may contribute to the journey of Thai cuisine on the global stage.
"As a Thai, I feel proud that I'm able to bring the words of Thai food, the words of Thailand and Thai cuisine, to the world stage, and hopefully to take true Thai flavours around the world with me, and not just the common dishes. I want to show the world that Thai cuisine has so many sub-cuisines and we have a deep culinary history. Even our produce is amazing all year round.
"Above all, I hope this award inspires the next generation of female chefs to pursue their culinary dreams," chef Pam tells the Bangkok Post.
CHEF PAM WON ASIA’S BEST FEMALE CHEF 2024
Chef Pam is crowned Asia’s Best Female Chef 2024, in Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants ceremony on Tuesday 26th March in Seoul.
“We want the customer to feel like they’re travelling back in time to a museum of my family’s heritage, and with my 5 elements philosophy, I want my customers to make long-term memories at Potong so I try to incorporate all five senses during the dining experience,”
With Chef Pam’s new title of Asia’s Best Female Chef, her popularity is set to accelerate further – and Chef Pam is sure to inspire generations of young chefs along the way.
MULTI-AWARDS WINNING RESTAURANT
MULTI-AWARDS WINNING RESTAURANT
MEET CHEF PAM’S LATEST RESTAURANT POTONG
The Best New Restaurant in The World: 2022 Hot List
Restaurant POTONG, helmed by Chef Pam has won 8 consecutive awards
1 Michelin Star from Michelin Guide
“Michelin Thailand Opening of the Year Award”, Chef Pam (Pichaya Soontornyanakij) was the youngest female chef to receive this award together with 1 Michelin star for Restaurant POTONG.
#35 ASIA’s 50 Best Restaurants 2023 from World 50 Best Restaurants Awards.
Awarded prestige accolade from TOP 25 Restaurants as “2022 Rising Star – POTONG Rising Star in Top Restaurants Bangkok”. It’s truly our honor to be awarded and officially featured in TOP25Restaurants.
Condé Nast Traveller's and World Culinary Awards as “The Best New Restaurant in the Word: 2022 Hot List ”. It's an absolute pleasure and honor for us to be selected and the only Thai restaurant in Bangkok to be featured in the article from Condé Nast Traveller's.
"Asia's Best New Restaurant 2022" was nominated for World Culinary Award. The voting will close in August 2022. Please vote for us by clicking the below button!
Listed in Michelin Guide Thailand 2022 with a special notation of “Particularly interesting wine list”.
Awarded as one of Thailand's Best from 30 'Thailand's Favourite Restaurants 2022 KOKTAIL Guide'
Awarded as “Chef of the year” - Chef “Pam” Pichaya Utharntharm - Restaurant POTONG, Bangkok
We can't wait to serve everyone our latest creations.
WATCH CHEF PAM’S LATEST ADVENTURES
Chef Pam (Pichaya Utharntharm) is one of the top influencers in the culinary world of Thailand today. After her work in 3 Michelin stars restaurants, she returned to Thailand, opening her multi-successful restaurant and bar group before and taking on multiple TV Shows and Media that drive today's culinary world. Join her latest “In search for the Best Ingredients” from Gastrofilm.
2022 RISING STAR TO
#1 IN BANGKOK IN 2024
FROM TOP 25 RESTAURANTS
Chef Pam has received her latest accolade, “RISING START” (2022) from TOP 25 Restaurants AND accelerated to Bangkok’s #1 Restaurant in 2024, showcasing progressing Thai-Chinese cuisine.
Here’s some of what TOP 25 Restaurants have mentioned about us:
“At POTONG, Chef Pam delivers a contemporary and exciting experience of progressive Thai-Chinese cuisine. Located near the entrance to Sampeng Market, the restaurant is located in a 120-year-old Sino-Portuguese architectural building and the traditional medicine house of Chef Pam’s great-great-grandparents. POTONG’s fine dining menu is designed to take you on a journey through time, not only culinary but sensorial as well, as patrons progress from one floor to the other, feeling the spirit and vibrations of the building’s history…”
BE EXTRAORDINARY
Chef Pam and her partner set up THE X PROJECT group that caters specifically to catering requirements for such extraordinary events. Watch some of Chef Pam’s latest catering.
Led by visionary Executive Head Chef Pam, Pichaya Utharntharm, our passionate chefs create unique menus which are influenced by global cuisines and trends. Whether the menu is modern Thai, Chinese, European, elegant fusion, luxury comfort food, or cutting-edge molecular gastronomy, Bubble uses the highest quality seasonal and ethically procured ingredients to create vibrant and seductive culinary delights.