 Rachel and Chandler met for "the first time" three times. They met  at Monicas house for Thanksgiving ("The One With All The  Thanksgivings" episode #5.8), when Central Perk was a bar ("The One  With The Flashback" episode #3.6), and in the coffee house ("The  Pilot"). Rachel and Chandler also kissed at a college party not long  after they met.("The One Where The Stripper Cries" episode #10.11).