Cooking Classes · FARM COOKING CLASSES IN THAILAND
This is the shortlist you would send a friend: 11 farm cooking classes in Thailand worth the money, each with its price, its traveller verdict and the one thing to know before you book.
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.”
Chef Lat leads a four-hour, hands-on Thai cooking class at Island Organics Samui. Tour the organic micro-farm, harvest herbs and vegetables, make four Thai dishes, curry paste, coconut cream, and a herbal drink. Vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free options are available.
“This is a great hands-on Thai cooking experience. Chef Lat takes you into her garden to explain organic farming techniques. You will handle the knife, the wok and the ladle, matching her moves as you prepare amazing aromatic dishes. Her kitchen assistants are busy helping too. This was a fun and in-depth half day with a teaching pro!”
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.”
Meet Suwannee near Chiang Rai’s Old Clock Tower for a four-and-a-half-hour Thai cooking class. Visit an organic market, choose ingredients, cook papaya salad, tom yum, green curry, and banana dessert, then eat together.
“Our host was a real gem. She taught us the science behind the cooking and planning for taste, texture and color variety and timing. Best part was we all could pick a menu together and then cook in unison. Other courses I've taken were chaotic with different menus. She was inspiring to be creative.”
Join Lanna for a four-hour Chiang Rai cooking class that begins at a local market and continues at Give Green Farm House. Choose soups and curries, stir-fries, salads, or desserts, then prepare several dishes with garden ingredients. Pickup, an English-speaking instructor, and a recipe sheet are included.
“It was definitely one of our highlights in Thailand. She is not only an extraordinary cook and good guide at the market - we had so much fun during this activity. Humerous, super-friendly and helpful, we felt as we visit a good friend’. Very good food, beautiful restaurant. Could not recommend it more! Thank you so much for wonderful time!”
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