The Restaurant War Thailand () is a Thai reality television show about a team cooking competition between street food vendors. Hosted by Golf Sunya Thadathanawong, with Chef Willmann Leon as the head teacher and Head Chef Trainers: Chef Ton - Thitid Tassanakajohn, Chef Pam - Pichaya Soontornyanakij and Chef Art - Suphamongkhon Supapipat. The show was produced by . It first aired on September 22, 2024. In Season 2, first aired on June 22, 2025.
It is a reality cooking competition show conceived and produced by Heliconia H Group. It starts with recruiting vendors from street food stalls, flea markets, small restaurants or eateries to compete in a cooking competition. They are divided into 3 teams with a head teacher as the main judge and a head chef trainer for each team who teaches cooking to their team members.
This round will be divided into two stages:
For Season 2, teams will be chosen by a draw.
Contestants must create a food dish based on the given prompt within the allotted time, usually 60 minutes. Each head chef will select two dishes from their team. These six dishes will be judged by the headmaster and two guest judges to determine the best dish. Dishes that exhibit creativity will be given special consideration. The winner of the best dish will receive special privileges in the next challenge.
Each team must prepare a dish according to a specified nationality and style, which will be judged by a panel of 20 judges. The judges will vote to select the winning team. Three primary ingredients will be provided, and the winning team from the Individual Challenge will have the privilege of selecting these ingredients for all three teams. Each team will be allotted 60 minutes to consult with their head chef mentor regarding the menu and kitchen operations. Following the consultation, each team will have 90 minutes to prepare their dish (after season one episode 9, the time will be only 60 minutes.). The head chef mentors will observe their teams via a closed-circuit television system from a control room. Head chefs will communicate with team members by pressing a button corresponding to the member's name. During these communications, other team members must pause their tasks, but the timer will keep running. If the headmaster deems that the three teams are experiencing significant difficulties and the head chef mentors are unable to maintain control, the headmaster may grant the head chef mentors limited permission to assist their teams directly.
After the judges evaluate all three dishes, a letter will be sent to each team's room announcing the results of the Restaurant War round. The winning team will not have any team members eliminated that week. The head chefs of the two losing teams must each nominate two team members for evaluation by the headmaster and the winning team's head chef. The winning team's head chef will have the option to select one of these nominated contestants to join their team. However, each head chef may only exercise this privilege once per season. After making their decision, the headmaster will determine which contestant will be eliminated and return their apron.
In Season 2, the losing teams in the Restaurant War round will compete in the Individual round. Whoever makes the worst dish and makes the most mistakes will be eliminated from the competition.
(ages stated are at start of filming)
(ages stated are at start of filming)