Phuket Thai Cooking Class: Choose 4 Dishes, Market Tour & Pickup

Pick your dishes, cook them yourself, eat what you made.

A hands-on Thai cooking class in Phuket where you choose 4 dishes from a wide menu and prepare each one with step-by-step guidance from a professional chef. The class includes a guided visit to a local fresh market, an individual cooking station, all ingredients and equipment, your prepared meal, digital recipes, and round-trip hotel pickup from select Phuket areas. Children ages 4–12 may share a cooking station with a fully paying adult. Children 3 and younger cannot participate in group classes.

The experience

You start with hotel pickup and head to a local fresh market with your chef, who walks you through Thai herbs, spices, vegetables, sauces, curry pastes and fresh produce. The building blocks of what you'll cook. Then you move to Phuket Thai Cooking Academy, where each fully paying participant gets an individual cooking station set up with all the ingredients and equipment you need.

Before you cook, you choose 4 dishes from a menu that includes Pad Thai, Tom Yum Goong, Som Tam, green curry, red curry, Massaman curry, chicken with cashew nuts, mango sticky rice, and others. Friends, couples and family members can each pick different dishes: nobody has to cook the same thing. Your chef demonstrates each recipe, then guides you through the prep, stir-frying, curry cooking, seasoning and the balance of flavors that makes Thai food work. After cooking, you sit down and eat the four dishes you just made. You also get access to a digital collection of Thai recipes to take home.

No previous cooking experience is required. Vegetarian and vegan menus are available, and gluten-free sauces and halal ingredients can be arranged with advance notice. The class runs 3.5 hours and includes air-conditioned transportation both ways from your hotel.

What’s included

• Hotel pickup and drop-off from select Phuket areas.
• guided tour of a local fresh market with your chef.
• individual cooking station for each fully paying participant.
• all ingredients and cooking equipment.
• instruction from a professional Thai chef.
• your choice of 4 dishes to cook and eat.
• digital Thai recipe collection to take home.

Before you book

Days and timesMonday to SaturdayDepartures at 09:00 and 13:30

Book up to4h before

GroupUp to 12 · max 7 per booking

Live guideEnglish

Meeting point and pickupHotel pickup is optional; you can also go straight to the meeting point. Ends back at the starting point.

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

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Good to know

Stroller-friendlyPublic transport nearby

Operated by Phuket Thai Cooking Academy

Is this one for you?Book this class if you want to cook, not watch. Each person gets their own station and makes the dishes they actually want to eat. The market tour at the start teaches you the ingredients before you use them, which makes the cooking part make sense instead of just following steps.

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Top questions

Can I choose different dishes than the people I'm traveling with?

Yes. Each guest picks their own 4 dishes from the menu, so couples, friends and family members can cook whatever they want. You don't all have to make the same thing.

What dishes can I choose from in the Phuket cooking class?

The menu includes Pad Thai, fried spring rolls, chicken satay, pineapple fried rice, Tom Kha Gai, Tom Yum Goong, Laab Gai, Som Tam, green curry with chicken, red curry with chicken, Massaman chicken, chicken with cashews, chicken with basil, sweet and sour chicken, mango with sticky rice, bananas in coconut milk, and deep-fried bananas.

Do I need cooking experience to join this class?

No previous cooking experience is required. A professional Thai chef demonstrates each recipe and guides you through every step of preparation and cooking at your individual station.

What's included in the class, and what do I need to bring?

The class includes hotel pickup and drop-off from select Phuket areas, the guided market tour, your individual cooking station, all ingredients and equipment, the four dishes you cook and eat, and access to digital Thai recipes. You don't need to bring anything except yourself.

What time does the class start, and how long does it take?

The class runs 3.5 hours and you can choose between a 9am or 1:30pm departure. Hotel pickup happens before the start time, and you're returned to your hotel after the meal.

Can children participate in the cooking class?

Children ages 4–12 may participate by sharing a cooking station with a fully paying adult. Children age 3 and younger cannot participate in group classes.