Thai Cooking Class: Learn Authentic Recipes

Immerse yourself in the flavors of Thai cuisine with our morning cooking class. Visit a local market, learn about Thai herbs and vegetables, and cook traditional dishes in a small class setting. Join us at Grandma’s Home Cooking School for an authentic Thai cooking experience.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Grandma’s Home Cooking School - Embark on a Thai culinary journey in Chiang Mai to start your day. After being picked up from your hotel, enjoy a guided tour of a bustling local market, where you’ll explore vibrant herbs, spices, sauces, and seasonal vegetables. Discover how locals shop and how each ingredient enhances Thai cuisine.
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What's Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off (within 5 km of Chiang Mai city center)
  • Welcome drink (Thai milk tea, lemon tea, or butterfly pea flower tea)
  • Guided local market visit with instructor
  • Organic farm tour: rice fields, herb and vegetable gardens, chicken coop, and mushroom hut
  • Farm activities: feed & hug chickens, collect fresh eggs, pick mushrooms
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What's Not Included
  • Pick-up outside 5 km from Chiang Mai city center (extra charge or meeting point may apply)
  • Alcoholic beverages (available for purchase)
  • Tips or personal expenses
  • Travel insurance
Meal Options
  • Hot and Sour Soup (Tom Yam) / Coconut Soup (Tom Kha)
  • Thai Stir Fried with Rice Noodle (Pad Thai)
  • Green Curry (Gang Keaw Waan) / Kao Soi Curry (Khao Soi) / Red Curry (Gang Phed)
  • Mango Sticky Rice (Khao Niao Mamuang) (will be served)
  • Thai Milk Tea (Cha Yen) / Thai Lemon Tea (Cha Ma Nao) (will be served)
Additional Information

This unique class offers more than the typical cooking school experience by combining a vibrant local market tour with a genuine organic farm visit. Participants engage in activities beyond cooking, such as feeding and cuddling chickens, gathering eggs, and exploring a mushroom hut, all before cooking in a charming open-air kitchen. The class stands out…

Location
Charoen Charoen fresh market
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Shungl2024
Mar 20, 2026
Must do experience while in Chiang Mai - Very well organized. The farm was very interesting and educational. It helped me to understand how these wonderful dishes are created from so many complex flavors and aromas. Classes were fun and tasty! Our chef (Joyzza) was second to none!
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Julia_h
Mar 10, 2026
Wonderful experience!! - Incredible experience. Highly recommended. Garnet could not have been a sweeter, kinder or more helpful instructor/host. We made three truly delicious Thai dishes with a mango sticky rice for dessert. Come hungry. All recipes given at the end. They thought of everything!! Loved it!!
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M9126pfmichellee
Mar 6, 2026
Brilliant 🤩 - Such a fantastic experience. Jimmie was brilliant, cannot recommend this highly enough!
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Joycerk79yr
Feb 27, 2026
Thai cooking class - So much fun. Loved the tour of the herb garden and grounds. Brian our instructor was really funny and a great chef!
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Riobexley
Feb 8, 2026
Excellent experience - Excellent time and experience. Would highly recommend it. Including in the experience was a talk on the origins and purpose of the ingredients used in Thai cooking and preparing, cooking and eating 3 dishes.
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436rayant
Jan 24, 2026
Great experience! - Great experience at Grandma’s Cooking School in Chiang Mai. Our teacher, San, was excellent — very knowledgeable, well organised, and managed the class smoothly even though the start was delayed. The place was beautiful and the food tasted amazing. I feel like I know the cuisine much better and would happily do it again to learn new recipes. The only downside was transportation: pickup was delayed by about an hour, and drop-off took much longer due to traffic and multiple stops.
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R580oomichaels
Jan 24, 2026
An experience you should make on your trip to Thailand - We loved this experience, from start to finish. The organization is fabulous and the courses very complete. Recommended 100%
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Hanri_c
Mar 8, 2026
The actual market, and... - The actual market, and farm tour, and the cooking class was amazing!! It was at a steady pace, but felt totally manageable as an amateur cook. Only note on the logistics side: our big cooking group were split into several transport busses. We had to wait ~20 minutes for another group to get onto our bus before we could leave the market. We also waited for ~30 minutes after the set time to be picked up.
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Antonio_r
Feb 5, 2026
Fantastic class, chaotic pick up - The cooking class was fantastic! Patty was a great and funny host, she taught us about all the veggies and ingredients we were gonna use to make our dishes and great instructor when it came to actually cooking the food. The complex is also beautiful, well worth the visit. The only reason I don’t give it 5 stars is the pick up situation is chaotic. I didn’t receive any information on who and when they were picking us up. The reservation says 9am but the driver arrived at 8:15am and we were not ready. He was kind enough to wait for us but we would’ve appreciated a heads up when we were going to get picked up. I sent a message through the Viator app the night before and never received a response. However, after pick up everything ran smoothly and the food and experience were a 10/10. Would recommend this cooking class to anyone visiting Chiang Mai!
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Casey_b
Jan 28, 2026
Pickup was a bit chaotic... - Pickup was a bit chaotic (only the ticket states that pickup time ranges from 8:30 to 9 for morning session) so many people (ourselves included) were not ready. Once we made it to the facility, it was a great experience and very smoothly run. You make/eat tons of food so come hungry. Overall, would definitely recommend.
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From $37
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).