If you hadn't already heard, Thailand will be getting its own Michelin Guide this November. The notoriously picky dining guide's official Thailand Facebook page has been up for some time now, and has recently released a video (see below) promoting the upcoming launch. 

 

In it, you'll see five actual Bangkok chefs playing the part of chefs preparing a fancy private dinner party. So, does this give us the clearest indication yet of which restaurants might make the guide? Here's a look at who features, and whether we think their restaurants stand a chance of making it. 

 

 

 

Chef Tam is one of the best-known cooks in the country right now after winning Channel One31's Top Chef Thailand a couple of months back. The graduate of New York's International Culinary Center worked as a chef de partie for almost three years at Blue Hill and Stone Barns in New York, and now busies herself with pop-up projects such as this one. There's one problem for Pam's Michelin hopes, however—she doesn't actually run a restaurant. 

 

Nan Bunyasaranand of Thonglor's modern-American restaurant Little Beast is consistently one of the city's most talked-about chefs. Since 2012, Little Beast has been as happy serving base pleasures like corn dogs and khao phad as it has fine-dining classics like beef Wellington and seared scallops. Sadly, Little Beast just announced on its Facebook Page that it would be closing at the end of 2017. Don't feel too bad for Nan, though; her French pastry business Kouign Amann is going from strength to strength. Still, we doubt the news of LB's impending closure will have escaped the inspectors. 

Chances of making the guide: 1/5 

 

 

The kitchen force behind Charoenkrung's restaurant of the moment, 80/20, shows that Michelin hasn't been ignoring the city's new, up-and-coming kitchens. Martin won BK Magazine's Best Young Chef award at Top Tables 2017, while the restaurant was one of the guide's highest placing new entries at no. 15. We're confident that their daringly different take on Thai cuisine will provide some progressive, locally flavored relief for the debut edition of the guide. 

 

American chef Chalee Kader is one of Thonglor's biggest foodie personalities. At his main restaurant, Surface, he serves dishes that walk a line between French classics and comfort food. But it's his brand new venture, 100 Mahaseth near Charoenkrung, where the real excitement lies. We've tried it, and can say that Chalee's modern take on Isaan food, specializing in beef and pork entrails, tastes sensational. The restaurant, however, has only been open a mere three days. 

Chances of making the guide: 2/5