Thai Cooking Class in Aonang: Learn 6 Dishes with Your Own Wok

You make curry paste from scratch using a mortar and pestle, then cook it into a real dish.

Smart Cook Thai Cookery School in Aonang, Krabi is a four-hour hands-on cooking class where you learn to prepare six Thai dishes at your own wok station, with a maximum of 12 students per class to ensure individual attention. Hotel pickup from Aonang, Krabi Town, Khlong Muang or nearby areas is included. Single travelers from Krabi Town or Tub Kaek pay a transfer fee. All dishes can be made vegetarian, vegan, spicy or mild to suit your taste, and you receive a recipe book and culinary certificate to take home.

The experience

You arrive at a clean open-air kitchen in a Thai home and take your place at your own cooking station with a wok. The instructor (a friendly, knowledgeable Thai cook) walks the small group through the fundamentals: how to cook rice and sticky rice, the herbs and spices that define Thai cuisine, and the technique for making curry paste by hand using a mortar and pestle. Everything you need is provided, and the class size stays under 12 so the instructor can watch your work and correct technique as you go.

Depending on which menu set you choose, you'll prepare dishes like spring rolls, hot and sour prawn soup, chicken in coconut milk, fried noodles, and savory beef salad, or swap in seafood options like steamed fish with lemon and stir-fried prawns in tamarind sauce. The Dinner Set adds fried chicken with cashew nuts and red curry paste. Every course can be adjusted to your taste: vegetarian, vegan, spicy or mild. You also learn to make sticky rice with mango, a famous Thai dessert.

After the class, you sit down and eat everything you've cooked. You leave with a printed recipe book so you can recreate the dishes at home, a culinary certificate, and the muscle memory of how to balance Thai flavors. Hotel transfer back to your accommodation is included in the price.

What’s included

• All ingredients and cooking equipment including your own wok and cooking station.
• instruction from a friendly Thai cook in English.
• preparation and tasting of six dishes plus sticky rice with mango.
• water.
• a printed recipe book to take home.
• a culinary certificate.
• hotel transfer from Aonang, Ao Nam Mao, Krabi Town, Khlong Muang or Tub Kaek.

Options for this experience

2 options

Daily SetGuide in English · 09:00 and 13:00Learn to cook six Thai dishes from the Daily Set menu. Duration: 4 hours. Departure times: 9:00 am and 1:00 pm. Pickup times: 8:30–9:00 am and 12:30–1:00 pm. Pickup is included.

Dinner SetGuide in English · 17:00Learn to cook six Thai dishes from the Dinner Set menu. Duration: 4 hours. Departure time: 5:00 pm. Pickup time: 4:30–5:00 pm. Pickup is included.

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Before you book

Days and timesEvery dayDepartures at 09:00, 13:00 and 17:00

Book up to10h before

AgesAdult (4 to 80 years) · Under 4: can't be booked

GroupUp to 10

Live guideEnglish

Meeting point and pickupHotel pickup included.You can choose from 28 pickup points.

Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24 h before the start. After that, no refund.It may be canceled due to bad weather or if the minimum number of travelers isn't reached. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund.

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Is this one for you?The small class size and your own cooking station mean you're not watching a demonstration. You're making each dish yourself with the instructor watching your technique. Book this if you want to leave with real skills and recipes you can use at home, not just a memory of watching someone else cook.

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Top questions

What happens if it rains?

It may be canceled due to bad weather. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund. Free cancellation up to 24 h before the start.

How many dishes do I actually cook in the class?

You prepare six dishes across the four hours, plus sticky rice with mango for dessert. The exact dishes depend on which menu set you choose at checkout (Daily Set, Special Set A, Special Set B, or Dinner Set), but each includes rice preparation, a curry paste you make from scratch, and several cooked dishes you plate yourself.

What's included in the class price?

Smart Cook includes all ingredients and equipment, the English-speaking instructor, water, a printed recipe book you keep, a culinary certificate, and hotel pickup and drop-off from Aonang, Ao Nam Mao, Krabi Town, Khlong Muang or Tub Kaek. Single travelers from Krabi Town or Tub Kaek pay an additional transfer fee of 500–600 THB.

Can I make the dishes vegetarian or less spicy?

Yes. All dishes can be prepared vegetarian, vegan, spicy or non-spicy to suit your taste. Tell the instructor when you arrive or let the school know when you book.

What if someone in my group doesn't want to cook?

A companion who comes along but doesn't participate in cooking pays an extra 300 THB and can watch and taste the finished dishes.

How small is the class?

The class is limited to a maximum of 12 people, which means the instructor can give individual attention and watch your technique at the wok. A minimum of two people is required to start a class.