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15 Best Cooking Classes In Thailand

The ones worth your time.

The 15 cooking classes travellers book most, with what each one includes, who runs it, and what you pay.

15 Best Cooking Classes In Thailand

Chiang Mai: Cooking Class, Market & Thai Herbs Garden Tour

Chiang Mai: Cooking Class, Market & Thai Herbs Garden Tour - The Herb Garden Stop: More Than Pretty Plants

1.Chiang Mai: Cooking Class, Market & Thai Herbs Garden Tour

Most Popular★ 4.9

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.

“If you are considering taking a cooking class, do it. It was a wonderful half-day experience where we got to learn new skills, meet new people, and eat some delicious food. Balloon, our tour guide, was efficient, knowledgeable, and funny. I am very glad that I chose to do this activity.”

4,824 reviews3.5 hoursFrom $31by Thai Cottage Home Cookery School

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Chiang Mai: Authentic Cooking Class with Market & Farm Visit

Chiang Mai: Authentic Cooking Class with Market & Farm Visit - Market walk: learning Thai ingredients, not just souvenirs

2.Chiang Mai: Authentic Cooking Class with Market & Farm Visit

★ 4.9

Chiang Mai market and organic farm with a hands-on Thai cooking class. Make curry paste and Khao Soi; full day adds coconut milk.

“My day trip was so much fun and insightful! I love the culinary arts, so exploring Thailand through a cooking class was a MUST for me. This class certainly delivered! The transportation arrived at my hotel promptly and the ride was smooth. The class is in a beautiful outdoor kitchen. Our instructor Bryan was so…”

4,546 reviews7 hoursFrom $34by Grandma's Home Cooking School

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Chiang Mai: Authentic Thai Cooking Class and Farm Visit

Chiang Mai: Authentic Thai Cooking Class and Farm Visit - Half-day vs full-day: choose your dish count and your coconut-milk obsession level

3.Chiang Mai: Authentic Thai Cooking Class and Farm Visit

★ 4.9

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.

“We LOVED this class and farm visit. We were picked up from our hotel and transported to a market and the farm in an air conditioned van. The market guide (Patty) was very funny and sweet and explained all of the ingredients before we were given a little time to roam the market. Our cooking…”

3,421 reviewsFrom $33by Grandma's Home Cooking School

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Chiang Mai: Cooking Class, Market and Thai Herbs Garden Tour

Chiang Mai: Cooking Class, Market and Thai Herbs Garden Tour - In the Herb Garden Kitchen: Choose Your Starters Like a Local

4.Chiang Mai: Cooking Class, Market and Thai Herbs Garden Tour

★ 4.9

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.

“We had Flook as our chef and guide for the day. He kept things fun and everything ran smoothly. For the amount you get to cook (and eat) it’s an amazing price. The stop over at the local market is quite fun too, you get a chance to roam, grab snacks and buy souvenirs etc.…”

2,341 reviewsFrom $28by Thai Cottage Home Cookery School

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Bangkok: Hands-on Thai Cooking Class and Market Tour

Bangkok: Hands-on Thai Cooking Class and Market Tour - Morning market tour: picking flavors you can actually see

5.Bangkok: Hands-on Thai Cooking Class and Market Tour

★ 4.9

Hands-on Bangkok cooking with a morning market tour or mango carving. Cook four Thai dishes, learn curry paste, get recipes by email.

“It was great! Pitch was lovely and helpful and the food was delicious. I do wish we had gone to a larger market for our vegetables since there wasn't much to explore around where we were.”

1,614 reviews3.5 hoursFrom $45by House of Taste Thai Cooking School

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Chiang Mai: Cooking Class with Market and Pickup

Chiang Mai: Cooking Class with Market and Pickup - The Fresh Market Walk: Thai Herbs, Spices, and Real Ingredient Choices

6.Chiang Mai: Cooking Class with Market and Pickup

★ 4.9

Chiang Mai Daddy’s Kitchen cooking class: market walk, hands-on Thai dishes in a home kitchen, and a digital recipe ebook for $25.

“Our guide wave made it so enjoyable! She was so knowledgable about all the ingredients and made it super fun. All the ingredients and appliances were high quality. Nice small groups. Food was amazing and I liked the fact that you could pick your own menu!”

1,365 reviews3.5 hoursFrom $25by Chiang Mai Daddy's Kitchen

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Bangkok: Tingly Thai Cooking School Half-Day Cooking Class

Bangkok: Tingly Thai Cooking School Half-Day Cooking Class - What You Make: The Core Dishes and the Daily Curry Twist

Chiang Mai: Cooking Class with Organic Farm at Mama Noi

Chiang Mai: Cooking Class with Organic Farm at Mama Noi - Cooking Class Setup: How the Hands-On Session Actually Runs

Bangkok: Maliwan Thai Cooking Class with Market Tour

Bangkok: Maliwan Thai Cooking Class with Market Tour - Meeting in Phranakorn and Getting to the Class

9.Bangkok: Maliwan Thai Cooking Class with Market Tour

★ 4.9

Shop Bangkok produce by tuk-tuk, then cook 4 Thai dishes in a small-group class with an English-speaking chef for about $40.

“An excellent morning. The trip to the market was very interesting. Mae provided lots of information about the foods we saw and ingredients she bought. We had a small group, just 6 of us, which was great. We made chicken green curry, prawn pad Thai and a chicken coconut soup and Mae made mango sticky…”

1,133 reviewsFrom $40by Maliwan Thai Cooking Class

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Phuket: Elephant Sanctuary Tour, Cooking Class & Lunch

Phuket: Elephant Sanctuary Tour, Cooking Class & Lunch - Phuket to Khao Lak: the long drive that actually helps

10.Phuket: Elephant Sanctuary Tour, Cooking Class & Lunch

★ 4.9

Ethical Khao Lak elephant sanctuary near Sai Rung Waterfall, plus Thai cooking class and lunch, with a long-but-comfy drive from Phuket.

“IF YOU ARE PLANNING A DAY WITH THE ELEPHANTS LOOK NOWHERE ELSE! I cannot recommend the sanctuary more highly! After hours after scouring the internet and reading review after review. Trying to work out where to go and how to spend the most time with the elephants but in an ethical way. The elephants are…”

856 reviews7 hoursFrom $102by Khao Lak Ethical Elephant Sanctuary

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Phuket: Half Day Easy Thai Cooking Class & Local Market Tour

Phuket: Half Day Easy Thai Cooking Class & Local Market Tour - Morning or afternoon: how the schedule changes what you’ll do

11.Phuket: Half Day Easy Thai Cooking Class & Local Market Tour

★ 4.9

Phuket half-day Thai cooking class with hotel pickup, a local market ingredient hunt, and hands-on dishes plus leftovers to take home.

“Easy Thai Cooking Class was a fantastic experience from start to finish. Transportation was right on time, and the instructor was responsive beforehand and friendly and knowledgeable in person, making everything easy to follow. The dishes were simple to prepare but tasted absolutely amazing. I loved making spices and seasonings from fresh herbs and natural…”

725 reviews4 hoursFrom $68by Phuket Easy Thai Cooking

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Chiang Mai: HALF-DAY COOKING COURSE at a Thai Cooking Farm

Chiang Mai: HALF-DAY COOKING COURSE at a Thai Cooking Farm - Hotel pickup and air-conditioned transport (a quiet win)

12.Chiang Mai: HALF-DAY COOKING COURSE at a Thai Cooking Farm

★ 4.9

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.

“Oily was an amazing instructor. Pick up and transport were easy. First we stopped at the market to learn about the usual Thai ingredients used in traditional dishes. Then we traveled to The Rice Barn. We learned how to cook tom yum kung, pad thai, parang and green curry, cashew stir fried chicken and .angi…”

705 reviews6 hoursFrom $28by THE RICE BARN THAI COOKING FARM CHIANGMAI

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Hands on Thai Cooking Class and Market Tour

Hands on Thai Cooking Class and Market Tour - Price and Value: Why $45.66 Often Makes Sense for Bangkok

13.Hands on Thai Cooking Class and Market Tour

★ 5.0

Bangkok hands-on Thai cooking with a chef, Asok market shopping (AM), curry paste from scratch, mango carving (PM/evening), and recipes.

“This cooking class was amazing! The instructor and staff were so helpful and nice! Also the dishes that we cooked were very tasty! My teens and I thoroughly enjoyed it and would definitely recommend to anyone looking for a Thai Cooking Class in Bangkok!!”

660 reviewsFrom $45.66by House of Taste Thai Cooking School

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Chiang Mai: Evening Cooking Class and Local Market Visit

Chiang Mai: Evening Cooking Class and Local Market Visit - The market stop: how to shop like Thai cooks

14.Chiang Mai: Evening Cooking Class and Local Market Visit

★ 4.9

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!”

648 reviews5 hoursFrom $28by Galangal Cooking Studio

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Hands-on Thai Cooking Class & Market Tour in Sukhumvit

Hands-on Thai Cooking Class & Market Tour in Sukhumvit - Meeting point: GPS quirks and an easy walk through the area

15.Hands-on Thai Cooking Class & Market Tour in Sukhumvit

★ 5.0

Hands-on Thai cooking in Sukhumvit. Make 4 Thai dishes from scratch with a chef, eat together, and take recipes home.

“This class was fantastic. Chef MAKES everything. no cans of coconut milk or jars of curry paste. You will make what you use. And, instead of sharing a cooking station with 2 or 3 others, you get your own station and you prep and cook the food YOU will eat. Overall a terrific experience.”

571 reviewsFrom $45.66by House of Taste Thai Cooking School

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