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Weddings · Corporate · Parties · Food truck

Authentic Thai catering cooked fresh across Essex, London & England

Thai street food for weddings, office events and parties, cooked at your venue by chef Nok and served by Mihai and the team. From 20 guests to 450, from £14 per guest, with travel included wherever you are in England.

  • No venue kitchen needed
  • Vegan & gluten-free
  • £5m insured
5.066 five-star Google reviews
Chef Nok setting out trays of freshly fried spring rolls at an event
Pad thai with lime in a bamboo bowl
500+events catered

Swasdee, we're Fan Thai Sticks

A family-run Thai kitchen from Chelmsford

Fan Thai Sticks started as a food truck with a simple idea: bring real Thai street food to events in Essex, cooked the way it is in Thailand. Chef Nok runs the kitchen with the recipes she grew up with; her husband Mihai plans every event and is there on the day to make sure it runs smoothly.

Since then we have catered more than 500 events: weddings, office lunches, birthday parties, school events and festivals, from back gardens in Danbury to offices in London. We have fried more than 100,000 spring rolls along the way.

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100K+
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litres of coconut milk
5K+
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450
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Why choose us

Why people book Fan Thai Sticks

A small, family-run Thai kitchen with the paperwork, kit and experience of a big caterer.

Cooked by a Thai chef

Chef Nok cooks the dishes she grew up with: massaman, green curry, som tam and mango sticky rice, made the proper way.

Cooked on site, served hot

Nothing is reheated from yesterday. The woks and food stations go up at your venue and food comes off them hot.

Every diet at one table

Vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free versions at no extra cost, and every dish labelled for the 14 allergens.

No venue kitchen needed

We bring the kitchen, or cook from our horse-box food van. Marquees, barns, gardens and fields are all fine.

Paperwork in order

5-star food hygiene, £5m public liability insurance, gas safety and PAT certificates, risk assessments on request.

One team, start to finish

Mihai plans your menu with you and is there on the day. Our Google reviews mention him again and again.

Signature dishes

The dishes everyone goes back for

See the full catering menu Starters, curries, noodles and desserts · vegan and gluten-free options

Prices

Clear prices, per guest

Three starting points. Your quote is tailored to your numbers, menu and venue, and travel is always included.

Easy-Peasy

from £14 / guest

Main dishes served in eco-friendly boxes with cutlery. Chicken or tofu, prawns £1.50 extra.

Office lunches and drop-off events

Thai Me Up

from £17 / guest

Any main dish plus two spring rolls, served hot from warm food stations. Plates and cutlery included.

Lunch events and team days

Nirvana Food Stations

from £24 / guest

Spring rolls, chicken satay and two mains of your choice, Thai tapas style, with two staff for two hours.

Weddings, parties and evening events

Google reviews

What our clients say

Every one of our 66 Google reviews is five stars. A few of them, in our clients' own words:

5.066 reviews on Google
“They tailored their menu to us completely, adding a curry dish that is meaningful to us, and making sure the starters were vegan so all our guests could enjoy them… Most of our guests commented on how much they loved the food.”
Tilly M.
“I booked Mihai and Nok for my mum's 60th birthday… they adapted their starters into canapés style plates for our casual dining event. Everyone was raving about the food and we didn't have any guests going hungry!”
Ruby O.
“All of our guests loved the Thai buffet and we had lots of comments on the high quality. Mihai and his team were discreet and cracked on using the facilities the hall had… brilliant with some of the more complex dietary requirements.”
Ella

Trusted by teams at

  • Warner Bros Studios
  • Zinnia Gardens
  • NHS
  • Bank ABC
  • Country Tipis
  • Bristol Myers Squibb
  • Essex County Council
  • The King's School Canterbury
  • Procter & Gamble United Kingdom
  • Hylands Estate

Our work

Real events, real photos

Weddings in barns and tipis, office lunches, garden parties and festivals. Every photo here is from one of our own events.

See our work
Bride and groom at their reception with our Thai buffet
Wedding reception
Office lunch with Thai dishes in chafing dishes
Office lunch
Trays of satay and spring roll canapés
Canapé reception
Our horse-box food van at a garden party
Garden party
Barn wedding tables laid for dinner
Barn wedding
Crowd at an outdoor event we catered
Outdoor event, 300+ guests

Areas we cover

Thai catering from Essex to every corner of England

From our kitchen in Chelmsford we cater across Essex and London, Kent, Surrey, East and West Sussex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Buckinghamshire and Derbyshire, and in Birmingham, Coventry, Leicester and Winchester. For larger events we travel anywhere in England, and the travel is always worked into your quote. Type your town or postcode to check.
310
Essex towns and villages
33
London boroughs
47
English counties

Our main areas

Essex, close to our kitchen

Every county and town we cover

Questions

Thai catering, answered

Quick answers to what people ask before they book. Can't see yours? Ask Mihai directly, he plans every event himself.
How much does Thai catering cost per guest?

Packages start at £14 per guest for mains served in eco-friendly boxes, £17 for a main and two spring rolls served hot from food stations, and £24 for Thai tapas-style food stations with spring rolls, chicken satay, two mains and two staff. Canapés start at £2 each and private chef dinners at £35 per guest. Every quote is tailored to your numbers, menu and venue, with travel included.

Is there a minimum order?

Yes. There is a minimum spend of £750 for buffet and food station catering and £1,000 for food truck hire. Private chef dinner parties for 6 to 12 guests are quoted on their own.

What is included in the price?

Cooking fresh on site, serving, eco-friendly bamboo plates and bowls, cutlery and napkins, set-up and clear-down, and travel. Standard service runs for two hours; extra time is £120 per hour for two staff. Waste disposal and generator hire are available as extras.

Do you need a kitchen at the venue?

No. We bring our own cooking equipment and certified gas, or cook from our horse-box food van, so marquees, tipis, barns, gardens and fields all work. If the venue has a kitchen, we are happy to use it and leave it clean.

Can you cater for vegan, gluten-free, halal and allergy needs?

Yes. Every menu has vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free dishes at no extra cost, halal chicken is available on request, and every dish is labelled for the 14 major allergens. Tell us about allergies when you book; because we cook in shared facilities, we cannot promise a dish is completely free of any allergen.

How do I book, and what deposit do you need?

Send us your date, rough guest numbers and venue and we reply with a tailored quote, valid for 24 hours. A 20% non-refundable deposit secures dates booked at least two months ahead, and bookings within four weeks of the event are paid in full. We take bank transfer, cards, cash and cheque, and companies can pay on invoice.

How far ahead should I book?

Summer Saturdays and December evenings go first, often months ahead, so get in touch as soon as you have a date. Weekday and smaller events can often be arranged within a couple of weeks, and we can sometimes help at short notice. Final numbers and details are confirmed four weeks before the event.

Which areas do you cover?

From our kitchen in Chelmsford we cover every town and village in Essex and all 33 London boroughs, and regularly cater in Kent, Surrey, East and West Sussex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Buckinghamshire and Derbyshire, and in Birmingham, Coventry, Leicester and Winchester. For larger events we travel anywhere in England. Travel is always worked into your quote.

Is the food authentic Thai?

Yes. Chef Nok cooks the dishes she grew up with, from massaman and green curry to som tam and mango sticky rice, fresh at your venue rather than reheated.

Free quote · no obligation

Let's talk about your event

Send the date, rough numbers and the venue. Mihai will come back to you with a tailored quote and menu ideas.

  • No obligation
  • Tasting sessions for weddings
  • £5 million public liability insurance
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Based in Chelmsford, Essex. Catering across Essex, London and all of England.