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The ones worth your time.
The 15 cooking classes travellers book most, with what each one includes, who runs it, and what you pay.
Chiang Mai market and herb garden tour with a hands-on cooking class. Grind curry paste, cook Thai dishes, and eat in an organic garden.
“Wave - our host so friendly and funny! Made the experience so fun Loved every minute”
Chiang Mai market and organic farm with a hands-on Thai cooking class. Make curry paste and Khao Soi; full day adds coconut milk.
“This experience was amazing. Our guide, Best, was awesome and made the class very fun. Food was absolute delicious and the portions were great. Overall 10/10”
Cook Thai classics at Chiang Mai’s organic farm, pick fresh ingredients and eggs, then make curry paste and more in small groups with hotel pickup.
“Wow what an experience! I loved the whole day from start to finish. Such a beautiful location and not to forget the food we made was super yummy. Thank you”
Chiang Mai market-to-kitchen cooking class with Thai herbs, curry paste by hand, and a garden meal plus PDF recipes, with easy hotel pickup.
“It was amazing! Before you go into a real thai market full of colours and smells, then the cooking lesson was funny and so interesting! Thank you Wave!”
Hands-on Bangkok cooking with a morning market tour or mango carving. Cook four Thai dishes, learn curry paste, get recipes by email.
“I loved the whole experience, the instructor and helpers were incredibly organized, everything was explained to us in great detail and made so easy for us, i would definitely recommend this to anyone.”
Chiang Mai Daddy’s Kitchen cooking class: market walk, hands-on Thai dishes in a home kitchen, and a digital recipe ebook for $25.
“Great experience! Pe New was a great instructor and very enjoyable to be around. Good selection of dishes to pick from and definitely walk away full! Only two things I would change would be to make Som Tam and have the aprons included in the cost to be able to keep. Would definitely recommend to…”
Bangkok cooking class with a market walk and a 3-hour session making 4 Thai dishes from scratch, plus recipes to take home.
“A day called Song was leading the class and she was super engaging and interacted with everyone. Definitely recommend!”
Chiang Mai organic-farm Thai cooking class: market shopping, cook 5 dishes with an English chef, eat your meal, take home a cookbook.
“Such a fun experience and wow what a well run place! I loved the market visit and trying the different spices in their gardens. I was very impressed by the class as well and loved how we each got to choose our menu. Highly recommend!!”
Shop Bangkok produce by tuk-tuk, then cook 4 Thai dishes in a small-group class with an English-speaking chef for about $40.
“Our activity was great. The team adapted the menu for vegetarian and pescatarian and gave us the instructions needed. We are so happy we got to do this and it is a MUST when in Bangkok. We will recommend to all our friends:)”
Ethical Khao Lak elephant sanctuary near Sai Rung Waterfall, plus Thai cooking class and lunch, with a long-but-comfy drive from Phuket.
“Tony, our guide, was super friendly and was with us the whole time. The staff at the sanctuary are all extremely helpful. The property is beautiful and the elephants are extremely gentle. Definitely a once in a lifetime experience, totally worth the money. Our entire group was vegetarian and they catered the whole meal according…”
Phuket half-day Thai cooking class with hotel pickup, a local market ingredient hunt, and hands-on dishes plus leftovers to take home.
“Absolutely worth our time and money! We left with our tummies full! Just do it!”
Hands-on Thai cooking class at a Chiang Mai farm. You’ll shop a market, cook Tom Yum, Pad Thai, curry and sticky rice, with pickup.
“We had an amazing cooking class with Timi and Katie. Such a beautiful spot in Chiang Mau and all the dishes we cooked were delicious. The day was really well organised. So glad we did this - would highly recommend!”
Bangkok hands-on Thai cooking with a chef, Asok market shopping (AM), curry paste from scratch, mango carving (PM/evening), and recipes.
“Website booked the wrong date even though I selected a later date and now I can't get a refund. I wouldn't recommend it.”
Shop a Chiang Mai market, stroll an organic garden, then cook 4 Thai dishes in an air-conditioned class with hotel pickup.
“Amazing experience! The guide was excellent, very knowledgeable and funny, there was so much food and the choice was great. And the people in our group made it much more enjoyable too. Would definitely recommend while in Chiang Mai!”
Hands-on Thai cooking in Sukhumvit. Make 4 Thai dishes from scratch with a chef, eat together, and take recipes home.
“I can't recommend this class enough! My best friends and I had so much fun with April and her staff. We learned some tips and tricks and some interesting facts about Thai cuisine. And the food....wow! The instructions were well communicated and the end result was excellent! 10/10!”
