With Thai cuisine enjoying an outstanding world-wide reputation for its unique flavors and tastes, there is no better way to learn about this cooking style than in Thailand itself. Visitors have a choice of venues where they learn from Thai chefs and culinary experts.
Following your experience with Thai food, go the extra mile and learn how to prepare some of the local dishes. These cooking classes around the Land of Smiles will open doors to a new skill that could put a smile on your face. From Bangkok to Chiang Mai and Phuket, there are a number or premier cooking schools introducing rich Thai cuisine heritage. Offering personalized, individual, family, and group culinary courses, they generally aim to provide an insight into the unique art of Thai cuisine while demonstrating simple preparation techniques for traditional dishes.
For travelers, there are cooking schools operated by major hotels. As meals are generally included, the tuition fees are slightly more expensive. Despite this, they offer incredible choices of curricula based on menus served at their restaurants. Schools located in major tourist destinations usually offer classes on local specialties.
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Bangkok
Pink Chili on Sukhumvit 77 offers a 4-hour, 4-dish class and other cooking courses. Call +66 95 820 8659 or contact cookingschoolbangkok@gmail.com. Visit their website at https://www.cookingschoolbangkok.com.
Cookly organizes a 3-hour 30-minute Street Food Cooking and Explore the Biggest Local Fresh Market course with a visit to Khlong Toei market. Students get to make 4 dishes. For details, go to https://www.cookly.me/cooking-class/bangkok/.
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Chiang Mai
Smile Organic Farm Cooking School doesn’t only teach you how to cook Thai dishes in a beautiful relaxing atmosphere, you will also get to learn how to grow vegetables and taste herbs in their garden farms. Check out their courses at https://www.smileorganicfarmcookingschool.com. Contact info@smileorganicfarmcookingschool.com or call +6687 193 3221.
Founded in 1993, the Thai Cookery School on Moon Muang Road offers a traditional-style Thai cooking course for beginners ranging from one to five days. Contact +6653 206 388 or booking@thaicookeryschool.com. For details, go to https://www.thaicookeryschool.com.
Many hostels along the moat in the Old Town provide different cooking classes as well. Even if they don’t, they can provide useful information upon request.
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Phuket
Muk’s Home Cooking School offers a few classes, including one for kids and a private session at your villa. Call +6680 049 5898 or check out www.muks-homecooking-school.com or https://www.facebook.com/mukshomecookingschool.
The Blue Elephant cooking class is part of the famous namesake restaurant, offering traditional Thai cooking tuition from three to five hours, depending on the class you select. Call+6676 354 355. For details, go to https://www.blueelephant.com/cooking-school-phuket/.