Le Cordon Bleu Dusit extends our heartfelt congratulations to Chef Pam for her extraordinary achievements: World’s Best Female Chef 2025 Winner of the Highest New Entry Award 2025
Restaurant POTONG ranked No.13 in The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2025!
From our kitchens at Le Cordon Bleu Dusit to the global stage, Chef Pam continues to inspire with her innovation, passion, and dedication to Cuisine. We are truly proud to have been part of her culinary journey!
Chef “Pam” Pichaya Soontornyanakij, a celebrated culinary talent, honed her skills at Le Cordon Bleu Dusit, Bangkok, completing the prestigious Basic Pâtisserie, Basic Cuisine, and Intermediate Cuisine programmes.
Chef “Pam” Pichaya Soontornyanakij, a celebrated culinary talent, honed her skills at Le Cordon Bleu Dusit, Bangkok, completing the prestigious Basic Pâtisserie, Basic Cuisine, and Intermediate Cuisine programmes.
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.
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.
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.