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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.
“I had a great experience for the cooking class, our instructor, Wave was very informative and fun.”
Chiang Mai market and organic farm with a hands-on Thai cooking class. Make curry paste and Khao Soi; full day adds coconut milk.
“It was one of the most beautiful experiences we had in Chiang mai! Our guide, Le Vin, gave such detailed explanations about all the ingredients, and the way he taught us was clear, engaging, and wonderful!!”
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.
“Amazing morning/afternoon. We were picked up straight from our hostel, then to see local market and look at some ingredients used for traditional Thai dishes. Then to the main farm! Garnet was super friendly and infectious smile! Made everyone feel happy and safe with their cooking skills and showed us how whilst also letting us…”
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 an amazing and delicious experience. So much food.”
Hands-on Bangkok cooking with a morning market tour or mango carving. Cook four Thai dishes, learn curry paste, get recipes by email.
“Cooking 3 dishes and one dessert. Very tasty and a great way of learning some new skills”
Chiang Mai Daddy’s Kitchen cooking class: market walk, hands-on Thai dishes in a home kitchen, and a digital recipe ebook for $25.
“It was really nice to be able to choose what I wanted to cook and not have it be the same as my partners.”
Bangkok cooking class with a market walk and a 3-hour session making 4 Thai dishes from scratch, plus recipes to take home.
“We thoroughly enjoyed our class. The instructor was engaging and took care to accommodate my food allergy. Everyone enjoyed the instruction time and the eating! Highly recommend!”
Chiang Mai organic-farm Thai cooking class: market shopping, cook 5 dishes with an English chef, eat your meal, take home a cookbook.
“Great afternoon activity to learn some of the signature Thai dishes including Khao Soi. Loved it. As a bonus visiting the market also takes you to much more authentic place than the usual “touristy” markets and you learn about traditional thai ingredients 👌”
Shop Bangkok produce by tuk-tuk, then cook 4 Thai dishes in a small-group class with an English-speaking chef for about $40.
“These cooking classes were absolutely fantastic. Small 6 people group, going on a lokal market by tuk tuk, great authentic Thai recipes(I would say for everyone’s tastes buds) and super nice chef! Recommend as we went as a couple but going with friends or alone would be also veeery fun and worth it. I think…”
Ethical Khao Lak elephant sanctuary near Sai Rung Waterfall, plus Thai cooking class and lunch, with a long-but-comfy drive from Phuket.
“It was Excellent.Paul was our guide he was amazing very knowledgeable about the elephants and very patient with us tourist as he has so many questions it was my 50th Birthday and he made this experience absolutely amazing for me .”
Phuket half-day Thai cooking class with hotel pickup, a local market ingredient hunt, and hands-on dishes plus leftovers to take home.
“This was amazing!! Tik was awesome and so knowledgeable, going to the markets and learning all about the different ingredients and so many I didn’t even know about was amazing. Once we arrived at the kitchen it was a beautiful set up, with all the fresh ingredients it was so bright and vibrant! Tik is…”
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.
“The food was super tasty and class was very informative. Step by step instruction from Jay was very helpful!”
Shop a Chiang Mai market, stroll an organic garden, then cook 4 Thai dishes in an air-conditioned class with hotel pickup.
“Cooking instructor New was awesome, professional, courteous and pleasant.”
Hands-on Thai cooking in Sukhumvit. Make 4 Thai dishes from scratch with a chef, eat together, and take recipes home.
“Learning about the main ingredients of Thai cuisine, cooking it yourself and eating were the best experience we have ever had as a couple. We really enjoyed it. Thank you April for everything.”
