Cooking Classes · FARM COOKING CLASSES IN CHIANG MAI
The 15 best farm cooking classes in Chiang Mai you can book today, with what each costs, how long you are on your feet and who it suits. Number one is top for a reason; start there.
Visit a Chiang Mai market, tour an organic herb garden, then cook curry paste, curry, stir-fry, soup, and spring rolls at Smile Organic Farm. Guides such as Lily, Love, K, Luna, and Cici lead small groups, with vegetarian and vegan menus available.
“Pick up timing, food, guidance - everything was perfect! Lily is great! The experience is well worth time and money!”
Visit a Chiang Mai market, explore Grandma’s organic farm, collect eggs, pick mushrooms, and cook Thai classics at your own station. Guides such as Kiki, Jimmie, Patty, and Roger lead clear, playful classes, with vegetarian, Halal, gluten-free, and allergy-friendly options available.
“Amazing! We cooked so many delicious things and i felt it was easy to follow along. Roger was a great guide in our cooking!”
Spend four hours with a local English-speaking chef at Mama Noi Cookery School. Visit a local market, tour the organic garden, choose Thai dishes, cook at your own station, then eat what you made. Guides such as Nook, Tida, Pam, Blue, and Ray are praised for their humor and patience.
“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!!”
Start with hotel pickup and a local market visit, then cook eight Thai food categories at Smile Organic Farm near Chiang Mai. Choose your dishes, adjust spice, and cook vegetarian or vegan meals with guidance from instructors such as Natalie, Lili, Anya, or Nina.
“Amazing experience! The food was very tasty and fun to make and our guide (Anya) was so friendly and funny!”
Spend six hours with guides such as Oily, Timi, Katie, or Gobby, beginning at a local market before cooking four or five Thai dishes at individual stations. Expect an open-air farm setting, generous portions, hotel pickup, and a recipe e-book to use at home.
“Entertaining and informative- we had a fantastic time and would highly recommend. Timi was the perfect teacher and made the experience even more enjoyable.”
Meet your guide at your Chiang Mai hotel, visit a local market, pick herbs from Mama Noi’s organic garden, then cook four or five Thai dishes at your own station. Instructors such as Nook, Tida, Pam, and Fern guide the class, with vegetarian choices, a recipe book, and a meal included.
“One of my favorite days in Thailand so far! You get to stop at the market first briefly before and then have a tour of their beautiful garden and get to try lots of the ingredients that you get you cook with and get to adjust the dishes to your tatse. The chef was very energetic and enthusiastic:) and to top it all off you get to bring home a little cook book and take home whatever you can't eat. Their team was very friendly, organized and efficient with the way they ran things as well.”
Start at Somphet Market, then head to an organic farm near Chiang Mai for a hands-on Thai cooking class. With chef Perm or another professional instructor, you will make curry paste and six dishes, including demonstrations of papaya salad and mango sticky rice, then eat what you cook.
“Come hungry and ready to eat! We had a great time cooking in Chiang Mai. They picked us up on time from our hotel and shuttled us to the local market, where they taught us about what we would eat and let us have some free time to wander. The cooking class was a lot Read more”
Siam Garden Cooking School takes you from a Chiang Mai market to its organic garden, where instructors such as Gift and Cream explain Thai ingredients before you cook six dishes, one wok per person. Choose vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, mild, or spicy options, then eat your meal in an air-conditioned room or garden pavilion.
“Tour operators, Gift & Cream, were enthusiastic to make a fun while making the different foods by ourselves. Lots of enjoy. I can try to make Thai style foods after back home. Could be more fun with more tourists in on season.”
Start with hotel pickup, then visit a Chiang Mai market and organic garden before cooking six Thai dishes with Gift, Fon, or another English-speaking instructor. Choose your menu, spice level, and dietary options, then eat in an air-conditioned dining room or garden pavilion.
“We enjoyed our cooking class. The food was good and the herb garden behind was beautiful. They also had a wonderful room for us to enjoy our food with air conditioning!! A plus on a hot day in Thailand 🇹🇭”
Start at 8:30 am with a 30-minute visit to Somphet Market, then head 13 kilometers outside Chiang Mai to an open-air farm kitchen. A Thai chef guides you through seasonal dishes, garden herbs, knife and wok work, and fire cooking. Pickup, lunch, and recipe cards are included.
“We booked this tour and were picked up from our hotel, taken on a tour of the local market and got to try lots of tit bits and also were given info on what different types of food were. Then we were taken to a lovely farm with an undercover but open air cooking area whicRead more”
Start at Charoen Charoen market, then visit Grandma’s farm to collect eggs, pick mushrooms, and gather herbs before cooking four Thai dishes. Instructors such as Kiki, Pat, Ryan, Noi, or Joy may lead the class. Hotel pickup is included within 5 km of central Chiang Mai.
“I highly recommend this activity. I loved the lead trainer was hilarious and really engaging. The dishes were simple yet delicious. I also like how were taught about the different herbs and ingredients and the best ways to infuse them in a disRead more”
Spend an evening at Grandma’s Home Cooking School outside Chiang Mai, touring an organic farm before preparing five Thai dishes at your own station. Guides such as Kiki, Mac, Brian, Joy, and Anne lead the class, which includes mango sticky rice, local drinks, pickup, and a digital recipe book.
“This cooking class experience was top notch! We were picked up promptly at our hotel and then had a 30 minute ride to a farm outside of Chiang Mai. Once we arrived we met our chef and she gave us a quick tour of the property before we began. We had about 10 minutes to grab a water, soda, or beer (soda and beer are extra) and roam the property. Afterwards we put on our aprons and hats, and she took us on a tour through the garden. We were able to see so many ingredients being grown locally and even taste them (lemongrass, holy basil, lemon basil, sawtooth coriander,…”
Thai Cottage Home Cookery School combines a local market visit with hands-on cooking in an organic garden. Choose your dishes, make curry paste and mango sticky rice, then eat what you prepare. Groups are capped at eight, with instructors such as Toey, Kat, Mac, Wave, and Gataii.
“The food was great, our instructor was great, it was one of the highlights of our entire trip. They give you the recipes you use so you can recreate your meals, the market we saw was vibrant, overall a fantastic experience!”
Spend five hours learning Thai cooking with an English-speaking instructor such as Wave, Anya, Toy, or Balloon. Visit a local market, choose dishes, cook at your own station, and eat in an organic garden or city kitchen. Vegetarian and vegan menus are available.
“We did the cooking course with Thai. Not only did he do a great job of explaining all the cooking steps, he was also funny and super understanding of all the vegetarians in the group and our non-spicy-loving European stomachs. Many thanks for the great experience!”
Join a small group in Chiang Mai for a market visit, organic farm tour, and hands-on Thai cooking class. Choose six dishes, learn sticky rice, and cook with instructors such as Nune, Tommy, or Olive before eating your meal in a bamboo hut.
“Super unique cooking class. Tommy makes the whole thing in my option. He has such energy and humor and amazingly enough with all the many dishes he had to account for the food turned out great. If there was a way to do something witRead more”
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