Guides
Field notes from Bangkok's kitchens and nurseries.
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Travel nanny in Thailand: Phuket, Samui and Hua Hin with children
A travel nanny in Thailand makes a beach week with small children feel like a holiday again, whether you bring your own nanny from Bangkok or book one at the resort. Here is who pays for what, how to handle hours and days off, and the water, sun, mosquito and food rules that keep the trip healthy.
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Nanny share in Bangkok: how two families split one nanny
A nanny share in Bangkok lets two families split one experienced nanny, usually neighbours in the same condo or friends from school. It can cut each family's cost close to half, but it only works with matched ages, one set of house rules and a written agreement that covers money, sick days and holidays before the first morning.
Read more →Nanny for twins in Bangkok: staffing, nights, safe sleep and costs
Hiring a nanny for twins in Bangkok is a staffing puzzle as much as a hiring decision: one carer or two, who covers the nights, and how to keep two feeding logs, two sets of bottles and two babies healthy. Here is how families with twins set it up, and what each option costs.
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Nanny contract in Thailand: what to include, clause by clause
A nanny contract in Thailand does not need to be long, but it does need to be written down. This guide goes through the legal baseline for domestic workers, each clause a good agreement covers, how hours, leave, pay and notice work in practice, and when a managed placement takes the paperwork off your hands.
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Korean private chef in Bangkok: banchan, BBQ and family menus
A Korean private chef in Bangkok cooks the food Korean families actually eat at home: a fridge of banchan, a pot of stew and rice, not just barbecue and fried chicken. This guide covers weekly menus with children's versions, Korean BBQ in a condo, kimchi safety at 30 °C, sodium and what it costs.
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Healthy meal chef in Bangkok: weight loss, diabetes and heart health
Most people leave the doctor knowing what to eat and then face a Bangkok week of delivery apps, sweet drinks and long hours. A healthy meal chef in Bangkok closes that gap: cooking to your doctor's or dietitian's plan for weight, blood sugar, blood pressure or cholesterol, with Thai flavours intact.
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Dementia care at home in Bangkok: routine, safety, nights and costs
Dementia care at home in Bangkok works when three things are in place: a steady routine, a home made safe for someone who forgets, and enough carers that nobody burns out. This guide covers the carer's day, the stove and the front door, food and fluids in the heat, hygiene, nights and what it costs.
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Christmas dinner chef in Bangkok: turkey, menus and New Year's Eve
A Christmas dinner chef in Bangkok is the most booked chef of the year, and the good ones are gone by late November. This guide covers when to reserve, four festive menus, turkey in a condo oven, food safety across a long evening, allergies at a mixed table, New Year's Eve timing and villa dinners.
Read more →Chinese private chef in Bangkok: Cantonese home cooking for families
A good Chinese private chef in Bangkok cooks the way Cantonese families eat at home: a slow soup, a steamed fish, greens and rice, with congee for the toddler and softer food for grandparents. Here is the weekly table, wok cooking in a condo, festival dinners, the honest health picture and the costs.
Read more →After-school nanny in Bangkok: pickup, homework, food and rates
An after-school nanny in Bangkok covers the hardest five hours of a working parent's day: pickup in traffic, a snack that is not sugar, homework, play, dinner and the run-up to bed. Here is how the role works, when to add a tutor, and what afternoons cost.
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Meal prep chef in Bangkok: the weekly visit and fridge food safety
The meal prep chef in Bangkok most often comes once a week for four to six hours and leaves the fridge full of labelled, safe, balanced food. This guide covers the menu for a family of four, the label and fridge-map system, how long each dish keeps, reheating rice safely and what the visit costs.
Read more →Private BBQ chef in Bangkok: pool parties and outdoor food safety
This private BBQ chef Bangkok guide is for hosts planning a villa pool party or a garden grill, where cooking at 33 °C changes the food-safety rules. Here are the menus that work, the one-hour limit for food left out, how to hold ice and raw meat, and what hosts and families pay.
Read more →Vegan private chef in Bangkok: nutrition, Thai jay food and costs
A vegan private chef Bangkok households book is part cook, part nutrition planner: someone who knows where B12 and iron come from, which curry pastes hide shrimp, and how to keep a week of beans and rice safe in a hot fridge. This guide covers menus, children, Thai jay cooking and what it costs.
Read more →Thai private chef in Bangkok: regional menus for families
A Thai private chef in Bangkok should cook far more than pad kra pao. Here is what the four regional kitchens look like at a family table, how to tame chilli and salt for children, which raw dishes stay out of a home kitchen, and what a week of Thai dinners costs.
Read more →Private chef food hygiene: the standards to expect in Thailand
Private chef food hygiene is the part of hiring a cook that families rarely check and most often regret skipping. Here is what training a chef in Thailand should hold, the personal rules that matter, how a Bangkok kitchen should be set up and cleaned, and a weekly checklist you can print.
Read more →Postpartum nanny in Bangkok: confinement meals and the first 40 days
A postpartum nanny in Bangkok, working alongside a cook, can turn the first 40 days after birth into actual recovery. This guide covers Thai, Chinese and Western confinement traditions and the evidence behind them, a 10-day meal plan, breastfeeding nutrition, night shifts, newborn hygiene and the warning signs to act on.
Read more →Night nanny in Bangkok: safe sleep, feeding logs and real costs
A night nanny in Bangkok takes the 9 pm to 7 am shift so you can sleep, while keeping your baby safe, fed and slowly settling into longer stretches. This guide covers safe sleep in an air-conditioned room, the feeding log, gentle sleep shaping, twins and reflux, night hygiene and what nights cost.
Read more →Newborn nanny Bangkok: the hygiene and infection-control routine
A good newborn nanny in Bangkok is judged less by lullabies than by her routine: when she washes her hands, how she sterilises bottles, how long milk sits in the fridge and who gets near the baby. Here is the full hygiene system, season by season, and what to ask before you hire.
Read more →Nanny cooking for kids in Bangkok: toddler meals and lunchboxes
A nanny cooking for kids can be the best thing in a Bangkok household or the source of a fish-sauce habit and a soggy, warm lunchbox. This guide covers weaning, picky eaters, a week of international-school lunches that survive the morning heat, sugar and salt, allergens and when to bring in a cook.
Read more →Nanny sick child policy for Bangkok: HFMD, dengue, flu and more
Every family with a nanny sick child day ahead of them needs the rules written before the fever starts. This guide covers HFMD, flu, RSV, dengue and stomach bugs in Bangkok, when to go to hospital, how to clean after a bug, and what happens when the nanny is the one who is ill.
Read more →Nanny housekeeper Bangkok: a healthy home through PM2.5 and mould
A nanny housekeeper in Bangkok does more than tidy. She runs the purifiers in smoke season, keeps mould out of the wardrobes in the rains, washes bedding hot enough to kill dust mites and stores bleach where small hands cannot reach. Here is the routine, the schedule and what each role costs.
Read more →Nanny first aid in Bangkok: CPR, choking and condo child safety
Nanny first aid in Bangkok is more than a certificate in a folder. It means a carer who can handle choking, CPR, burns and water, who has audited your condo before anything happens, and who knows which hospital you would go to at 2 am. Here is what to ask for and how to check it.
Read more →Kids birthday party catering in Bangkok: allergy-safe menus at home
The kids birthday party catering Bangkok parents end up happiest with is often a chef in their own kitchen and a sitter or two for the children. This guide covers menus by age, the allergy survey, choking hazards, food in the heat, pool rules and a timeline for 15 children, with real costs.
Read more →Private sushi chef in Bangkok: omakase at home, done safely
Booking a private sushi chef Bangkok-style means omakase at your own table, but raw fish in 33 °C heat leaves no margin for a broken cold chain. This guide covers sourcing, freezing and parasites, who should skip sashimi, a dinner for eight, and the everyday Japanese meals children happily eat.
Read more →Italian private chef in Bangkok: dinner parties and family meals
An Italian private chef in Bangkok is the easiest dinner party to get right and the easiest to get wrong in the heat. Three real menus with costs, how fresh pasta and risotto are timed in a condo kitchen, the allergens hiding in pesto and tiramisu, and how to keep burrata safe at 32 °C.
Read more →Indian private chef in Bangkok: vegetarian, Jain and halal menus
Finding an Indian private chef in Bangkok is less about curry and more about the rules: which region the cook knows, whether the kitchen is pure vegetarian, Jain or halal, and how a ten-litre pot of dal is cooled safely in the heat. Here is how to brief, trial and pay a daily Indian cook.
Read more →Halal private chef in Bangkok: kitchen rules, menus and Ramadan
Hiring a halal private chef Bangkok-wide is less about the menu than the kitchen behind it: certified meat, separate knives and pans, no alcohol hiding in the sauces and a cook who understands Ramadan hours. Here is how that works in a family home or a holiday villa, and what it costs.
Read more →Wedding babysitter Bangkok: event childcare for weddings and functions
Booking a wedding babysitter Bangkok couples and planners can trust takes more than a sitter and a box of crayons. This guide covers ratios by age, how to set up the kids' room, food and allergy handling, pool and exit safety, sign-in rules, a timeline for 20 children and what it costs.
Read more →English speaking nanny in Bangkok: bilingual care, permits and cost
An English-speaking nanny in Bangkok can be a fluent Thai carer who has worked with expat families for a decade, a Filipino nanny, or someone in between. Here is how to judge the English the job really needs, what the research says about raising bilingual children, what it costs and what never changes with language.
Read more →Dinner party chef in Bangkok: the complete hosting guide
A good dinner party chef in Bangkok will get the food right. The evening succeeds or fails on everything around it: the guest survey, a condo kitchen with two induction rings, the timeline and who clears up. This is the full playbook, from two weeks out to the last plate, with costs.
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How Much Does a Nanny Cost in Bangkok? 2026 Salary & Rate Guide
Real 2026 numbers for a nanny in Bangkok: what an evening sitter, a part-time after-school nanny, a full-time live-out nanny and a live-in nanny actually cost, what pushes the rate up or down, what an all-in agency rate includes, and why the ฿12,000 Facebook hire usually costs more in the end.
Read more →Private Chef in Bangkok: What It Costs and How It Actually Works
A private chef in Bangkok is not a luxury reserved for villas: a daily home cook costs about the same as a nanny, and a weekly meal-prep visit costs less than four nights of delivery. Here is what each format costs, what the rate covers, and how groceries, menus and allergies are handled.
Read more →Live-In vs Live-Out Nanny in Bangkok: Which One Actually Fits Your Family?
Live-in saves money and solves early starts; live-out gives you your evenings back. The right answer depends on your hours, your home and how much you value the door closing at 7pm. Here is how Bangkok families actually decide, and what each arrangement requires from you.
Read more →How to Vet a Nanny in Thailand: Background Checks, References and the Trial Day
A CV tells you what someone wants you to know. Vetting tells you what is true. Here is the checklist we run on every carer — police record, ID and work eligibility, references we actually phone, an interview in both languages and a paid trial day — and how to do the same if you are hiring on your own.
Read more →Holiday Nanny or Babysitter in Bangkok: A Guide for Visiting Families and the Hosts Who Welcome Them
Travelling to Bangkok with children and want one dinner without them, or a nanny for the whole stay? Here is how holiday childcare actually works in the city — hotel sitters, day nannies, in-villa chefs, what it costs, what to check — and how hosts of villas and Airbnbs can offer it to guests without becoming an agency themselves.
Read more →Elderly Care at Home in Bangkok: Options, Costs and How to Choose
Most older Bangkok residents want to stay at home, and most families want to make that possible without giving up their own lives. Here is what the options actually are — companion, caregiver, nursing assistant, nurse — what each costs in 2026, how night and post-hospital care work, and the questions that decide which one your parent needs.
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