About the company
A Thai food business, run out of Frankston
MATA Thai Group Pty Ltd is an Australian-registered company working across Thai kitchen operations, catering and pantry supply on the Mornington Peninsula and through Melbourne's south-east.
Why we exist
Thai food deserves a real kitchen behind it
Thai cooking travels badly when it is treated as a shortcut. Pastes get bought in, chilli gets flattened for a nervous market, and what arrives at the table is sweet, brown and forgettable. That is the gap MATA Thai Group was set up to close.
We work the way a Thai kitchen actually works: aromatics prepped fresh each morning, pastes pounded rather than poured, stocks built from bones, and the sour and salt adjusted at the pass instead of hoped for. The result is food that tastes of somewhere, served at a volume a commercial venue can sustain.
Frankston is where we are based, and the bayside and Peninsula trade is where most of our work sits — restaurants, function rooms, clubs, caterers and grocers who need Thai food handled by people who cook it every day.
Company at a glance
- Registered nameMATA Thai Group Pty Ltd
- ABN94 701 370 256
- ACN701 370 256
- StateVictoria (VIC)
- Postcode3199
- EnquiriesBy email
Talk to us
Every enquiry is read and answered by the company directly — there is no call centre in between.
ceo@matathaigrouptec.siteHow we operate
Three things we will not trade away
Balance before heat
Chilli is one voice in a Thai dish, not the whole choir. We build fish sauce, palm sugar, lime and aromatics into balance first, then dial the heat to the room in front of us.
Honest sourcing
Galangal is not ginger, kaffir lime leaf is not a garnish, and holy basil is not sweet basil. Where an ingredient has no substitute, we source the real one rather than quietly swapping it.
Kitchens we would work in
Clean stations, written prep lists, sensible rosters and staff who are taught rather than shouted at. A kitchen that runs well is the only thing that makes good food repeatable.
Who we work with
Kitchens, venues and organisers
Our work sits behind other people's brands as often as it sits in front of guests. That suits us — the food is the point.
- Thai restaurants and takeaway kitchens needing an operator, a menu rebuild or a set of specs
- Function centres, clubs and community halls booking Thai banquet catering
- Wedding and event organisers on the Mornington Peninsula and across bayside Melbourne
- Cafes, pubs and bistros adding a small Thai section to an existing menu
- Grocers and independent retailers stocking Thai pantry lines
Wok line · Banquet plating · Peninsula service
Company details
Registered and accountable
MATA Thai Group Pty Ltd is a proprietary limited company registered in Australia. These are the details that appear on our quotes, invoices and agreements.
Want to know if we are a fit?
Tell us what your kitchen or your event needs. If we are not the right people for it, we will say so.