Thai Cooking Class Bangkok: Choose 5 Dishes + Market Tour

Pound curry paste by hand, cook five dishes you choose, eat what you make.

A hands-on Thai cooking class in Bangkok where you choose 5 dishes from 20+ options and cook each one yourself in a fully air-conditioned kitchen, starting with a local market tour to learn about authentic Thai ingredients and spices. The class runs 3.5 hours with an English-speaking guide, includes lunch or dinner depending on your time slot, all ingredients and equipment, and recipes you can take home. Located 2 minutes from BTS On Nut Station, it's easy to reach from central Bangkok.

The experience

What makes this different from most Bangkok cooking classes is that there's no fixed menu and no watching a chef demonstrate. You pick your five dishes from a list of 20+ options and cook every single one yourself. The morning starts at a local fresh market where your guide walks you through the herbs, spices, and ingredients that define Thai cooking, teaching you how to recognize quality and balance the four core flavors: sweet, sour, salty, and spicy. Then you move into the air-conditioned kitchen to begin cooking.

You'll pound fresh curry paste using a mortar and pestle, the traditional way, then choose your curry (green, panang, massaman, red, or khao soi) and cook it step by step. From there you pick a soup or salad (tom yum, tom kha, som tam, or laab gai), a noodle or rice dish (pad thai, pad see ew, drunken noodles, or pineapple fried rice), a stir-fry (chicken with cashews, black pepper beef, thai basil chicken, or morning glory), and finish with a dessert: mango sticky rice or fried bananas. Every ingredient is provided, every tool is there, and the chef guides you through the techniques without taking over the work.

You eat everything you cook during the class: lunch if you take the morning slot, dinner if you choose afternoon. You leave with printed recipes and online access to cooking videos so you can recreate the dishes at home. The class runs 3.5 hours total, including the market visit and all the cooking time. Children from age 7 are welcome. Those under 9 can participate with a parent's help in the kitchen.

What’s included

• Market tour to learn about Thai ingredients and spices.
• choice of 5 dishes from 20+ options across curry, soup or salad, noodles or rice, stir-fry, and dessert categories.
• all ingredients and cooking equipment.
• hands-on instruction from an English-speaking guide.
• the meal you cook and eat (lunch for morning class, dinner for afternoon class).
• printed recipes and online access to cooking videos.

Before you book

Days and timesMonday to SaturdayDeparts at 08:45

AgesAdult (12 and older) · Child (7 to 11 years) · Under 7: can't be included in the booking

Meeting point and pickupNo hotel pickup: you go to the meeting point. Ends back at the starting point.Operator's directions: “Located 2 minutes from BTS On Nut Station, easy access from Sukhumvit and central Bangkok. Take BTS to On Nut, exit Exit 3. Your instructor will meet you just outside Exit 3 on the upper level.”

Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24h before the start. After that, no refund.

Prices and times updated 8 days ago

Good to know

Public transport nearby

Operated by Culinary Training Co. Ltd.

Is this one for you?Book the morning class if you want to cook and eat lunch, or the afternoon slot if dinner works better for your schedule: both run the same length and cover the same market tour and five-dish format. If you're traveling with children ages 7 and up, they can cook alongside you with minimal help from a parent, making this a hands-on experience the whole group participates in together.

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Top questions

Can children come?

Yes. Ticket types: Child (7 to 11 years). Under 7: they can't be included in the booking.

Can I really cook everything myself, or will the chef do most of it?

You cook every dish yourself from start to finish. The chef teaches you the techniques and is there to guide you, but you're the one pounding the curry paste, stirring the pan, and plating the food. There are no demonstrations where you watch and take notes. You're working the whole time.

What's included in the 3.5-hour class?

The class includes the market tour, all ingredients and cooking equipment, instruction from an English-speaking guide, the meal you cook and eat, printed recipes, and online access to cooking videos. Sodas and alcoholic drinks are available to purchase separately.

How do I get to the kitchen from central Bangkok?

The class is located 2 minutes from BTS On Nut Station, so you can take the Skytrain directly there. Public transportation options are available nearby. Hotel pickup and drop-off are not included, but the station location makes it easy to reach on your own.

What if I don't like some of the dishes on the menu?

You choose your own 5 dishes from 20+ options across five categories: curry, soup or salad, noodles or rice, stir-fry, and dessert. If you don't want to cook a particular dish, you pick a different one from the same category instead.

Do I need cooking experience to take this class?

No experience is necessary. The class is designed for beginners and travelers with no cooking background. The guide teaches you each technique step by step, starting with how to use the mortar and pestle to pound curry paste from scratch.