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The ones worth your time.
The 15 workshops 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.
“Amazing cooking class with Mew. Amazing communication, great ingredients & fun cooking. Highly recommend this cooking class if you’re in Chiang Mai.”
Chiang Mai market and organic farm with a hands-on Thai cooking class. Make curry paste and Khao Soi; full day adds coconut milk.
“The cooking class was a fantastic experience. The driver arrived on time. We were taken to the market to meet the guide before then going to the cooking school where the farm was also located. The guides English was very good and she explained things very well. We cooked a total of 3 dishes -…”
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.
“I love Thai food. It’s what I always get delivered. Making it myself (with a good bit of help) was so rewarding and everything tasted so good!”
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.
“Such a fun activity!!! The food was amazing, Balloon our guide/chef was very sweet, funny, and spicy! 😂 Great value for money, and would do this again in a heartbeat!”
Hands-on Bangkok cooking with a morning market tour or mango carving. Cook four Thai dishes, learn curry paste, get recipes by email.
“The teacher was amazing, great explanation of every step. The market experience was great as well.”
Chiang Mai Daddy’s Kitchen cooking class: market walk, hands-on Thai dishes in a home kitchen, and a digital recipe ebook for $25.
“New is a great teacher and the cooking class was really good. highly recommend ;)”
Bangkok cooking class with a market walk and a 3-hour session making 4 Thai dishes from scratch, plus recipes to take home.
“Brilliant value for money, the four dishes we cooked tasted so good, I was stuffed by the time I left. The instructor was very friendly and interactive, as a solo traveller it was a nice easy way to meet people and have fun.”
Chiang Mai organic-farm Thai cooking class: market shopping, cook 5 dishes with an English chef, eat your meal, take home a cookbook.
“We had such an EPIC experience with our guide/chef Nook!! She picked us up and we went straight to a local market to grab a few ingredients for the dishes we would prepare at the cookery school. Nook's knowledge about each ingredient was outstanding! When we arrived at the school, we walked through the garden…”
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 guide was very friendly and knowledgeable. We got to go on a tuktuk to the market for the morning session to get fresh ingredients. The cooking class was very organised with 2 other people helping us with our cooking and cleaning/prepping for each dish. It was a good small class size of 5 too.…”
Ethical Khao Lak elephant sanctuary near Sai Rung Waterfall, plus Thai cooking class and lunch, with a long-but-comfy drive from Phuket.
“Best. day. ever. Everything was perfect, the pick up, the experience and seeing the rescued elephants treated well. The lunch was incredible!”
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!”
Bangkok hands-on Thai cooking with a chef, Asok market shopping (AM), curry paste from scratch, mango carving (PM/evening), and recipes.
“This was one of the best cooking classes I've ever done. Our instructor was funny and engaging, and helped us understand the history of the food we were making as well as details about all of the ingredients. This tour had exactly thRead more”
Shop a Chiang Mai market, stroll an organic garden, then cook 4 Thai dishes in an air-conditioned class with hotel pickup.
“Our instructor New did an amazing job😍 she explained everything really good and also had great alternatives for my aunt who can’t eat seafood 🙈 I can really recommend going to a cooking class here 🤩”
Hands-on Thai cooking in Sukhumvit. Make 4 Thai dishes from scratch with a chef, eat together, and take recipes home.
“This class was a good experience. GPS directed me to the street. You must walk through the market to get to the house in the back. They walked out to where I was standing to direct me where the class was held via WhatsApp. Only thing thRead more”
Chiang Mai market tour and hands-on Thai cooking class at Daddy’s Kitchen, with fresh ingredients, curry paste choices, and take-home recipes.
“cannot be improved such an amazing experience, food , teaching of technical aspects, cook book to takeaway, great memories made today. awesome 👍 10/10”
