Thai Cooking Class at Organic Farm in Chiang Mai

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1/11

Duration6h

GroupUp to 12

LanguagesEN

PickupAt your hotel

Cook Thai food grown in the farm's own garden, then sit down to eat it.

A half-day Thai cooking class at Smile Organic Farm near Chiang Mai where you choose your menu from five cooking categories, learn about Thai herbs and vegetables in the organic garden, prepare your dishes with guidance from experienced instructors, and enjoy your meal in a relaxing atmosphere. Hotel pickup and drop-off are included, and you'll receive an e-book with all recipes afterward. All dishes can be made vegetarian or vegan, and you control the spice level.

The Experience

The day starts with pickup from your Chiang Mai hotel and a stop at a local market on the way to the farm, where you'll see how people in the countryside source their ingredients. Smile Organic Farm sits 45 minutes from the old city near San Kamphaeng Hot Springs, set on land where the owners grow everything they use—vegetables, herbs, and the produce that goes into every dish you'll cook. On arrival, you choose your menu from five categories: curry pastes, curries, stir-fries, soups, or spring rolls. Each one can be prepared vegetarian, vegan, or with meat, and you decide whether it's spicy or mild.

Before you cook, you walk through the organic kitchen garden to learn which herbs and vegetables go into Thai food and how they're grown. Then you move to the cooking stations, where an experienced instructor gives you personal help as you prepare your chosen dishes. The recipes are designed to be simple enough to recreate at home, and you'll get an e-book with all of them by email after the class ends. Once everything is cooked, you eat together in the farm's relaxing atmosphere—the food you made, from ingredients grown on the property.

The whole experience takes about six hours from hotel pickup to drop-off. All cooking ingredients are provided, and you travel in an air-conditioned vehicle. The farm also shares photos from the class on their Facebook page afterward.

What’s included

All ingredients for the cooking class.
air-conditioned vehicle with hotel pickup and drop-off.
instruction from an experienced guide in English.
e-book with all recipes sent by email after the class.
access to the organic kitchen garden to learn about Thai herbs and vegetables.
a meal of the dishes you prepared, eaten together at the farm.

Operated by Smile Organic Farm Cooking School

Is this one for you?Book this for a morning or afternoon when you want to learn something you'll actually use at home—the recipes are straightforward, the farm grows everything you cook with, and you eat the result in a calm setting instead of rushing to the next stop.