Krabi Thai Cooking Class with Recipe Book & Hotel Pickup

Cook Thai food the way locals do, starting at the market in Ao Nang

You shop the local market with the chef, then spend the day learning to make curry paste, pad thai, red curry and Thai salads from scratch using a stone mortar and traditional techniques. Lunch is the food you cooked. You leave with a recipe book and the confidence to cook Thai food at home. Hotel transfer is included.

Options for this experience

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From US$ 43 per person, depending on the option and date you choose.See dates & book

Evening Cooking Class 18:00 Guide in English or Thai Pickup is included. Pick 4 dishes from this list: Massaman Curry, Green Curry, Panang Curry, Red Curry, Fried Rice, Pad Krapow Gai, Pad Thai, Stir-fried Morning Glory, Chicken in Coconut Soup, Spicy & Sour Shrimp Soup (Tom Yum Goong), Green Papaya Salad (Som Tam), and Mango Sticky Rice.

Daily Cooking Class 09:00 and 13:30 Guide in English or Thai Pickup is included. Pick 4 dishes from this list: Massaman Curry, Green Curry, Panang Curry, Red Curry, Yellow Curry, Pad Thai, Fried Rice, Chicken with Cashew Nuts, Stir-fried Chicken with Holy Basil, Stir-fried Morning Glory, Coconut Soup with Chicken (Tom Kha Gai), Spicy & Sour Shrimp Soup (Tom Yum Goong), Green Papaya Salad (Som Tam), Spicy Minced Chicken Salad (Larb Gai), Deep-fried Spring Rolls, Fresh Spring Rolls, Mango Sticky Rice, and Sweet Rice Dumplings in Warm Coconut Milk (Bua Loy).

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Step-by-step itinerary

Learn authentic Thai cooking techniques

• Choose fresh ingredients
• Discover secrets of Thai cooking
• Prepare curry paste using mortar
• Cook dishes like Massaman Curry and Pad Thai
• Enjoy the Thai specialties prepared

What’s included

Your day includes hotel round-trip transfer, a market visit with the chef to select fresh ingredients, the full cooking class with professional instruction, all ingredients and traditional utensils, lunch featuring the dishes you prepared, a recipe book in English, and drinking water throughout. All meals and ingredients are provided, and dishes can be adapted for vegetarian preferences or spice tolerance.

Times

• Monday to Saturday 09:00 13:30 18:00

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Before you book

Group Up to 8

Live guide English and Thai

Meeting point and pickup Hotel pickup is optional; you can also go straight to the meeting point. Ends back at the starting point. You can choose from 7 pickup points.

Ages Adult (12 and older) · Child (4 to 11 years) · Under 4: can't be booked

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

Operated by Trip Store Krabi

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The experience

Ya, the chef who runs the school in Ao Nang, doesn't start you in the kitchen. She starts you at the market. You walk through the stalls together, and she points out which chilies have the heat you want, which herbs are fresh that morning, how to pick a coconut that will give you the right milk for curry. It's the part most cooking classes skip, and it's the part that changes how you cook when you get home. The class runs the full day, small groups only, and everything happens in English so you're not guessing at what comes next.

Once you're back at the school, you begin with curry paste: grinding chilies, garlic, galangal and lemongrass together in a stone mortar, learning how the texture and smell shift as you work. That paste becomes the base for the dishes you'll cook: red curry chicken, massaman curry, spicy prawn soup, pad thai, stir-fried chicken with cashew nuts, mint salad. Ya moves between stations, correcting your knife angle or the heat under your pan, and you taste as you go. The balance of salty, sour, sweet and spicy isn't something you read about. You taste it wrong, adjust it, taste it right. By the time you finish, you've cooked five or six dishes from scratch using traditional techniques, not shortcuts.

Lunch is what you made. You sit down and eat the food you spent the morning preparing, and that's when it lands. You actually know how to do this now. Before you leave, you get a recipe book in English with everything you cooked, so the skills don't fade the moment you're back in your own kitchen. Hotel pickup and drop-off are included, and any dish can be made vegetarian or adjusted to your spice tolerance.

Top questions

What languages is the tour guided in?

Live guide in English and Thai.

Can children come?

Yes. Ticket types: Child (4 to 11 years). Children under 4 can't be included in the booking.

How long is the cooking class?

The full day. It starts with market shopping and ends after you've eaten lunch, which is the food you prepared.

What dishes do you learn to cook?

Curry paste, red curry chicken, massaman curry, spicy prawn soup, pad thai, stir-fried chicken with cashew nuts, and Thai mint salad are typical options. The menu can vary.

Is hotel pickup included?

Yes, round-trip transfer from your hotel in Krabi is included.

Can you make dishes vegetarian?

Yes, all dishes can be adapted to vegetarian preferences or adjusted for spice level.

Do you get the recipes to take home?

Yes, you receive a recipe book in English with instructions for everything you cooked.

Is the class in English?

Yes, the class is taught in English.

What's included in the price?

Market shopping, all ingredients, the cooking class, lunch, the recipe book, drinking water, and hotel transfer.