Thai Cooking Class in Hua Hin: Learn 5 Dishes at a Teak House

Cook five Thai dishes in a 100-year-old teak house, starting at the market

This four-hour cooking class in Hua Hin teaches you to prepare five authentic Thai dishes (red curry paste, red curry with pork, papaya salad, chicken with cashew nuts, and mango sticky rice) in a traditional teak house kitchen. The day begins with a visit to Talad Chat Chai, Hua Hin's 100-year-old fresh food market, where you shop for ingredients with your instructors. You then return to the teak house to cook and eat lunch together. Pickup and drop-off within Hua Hin town are included, as are a recipe booklet, certificate of completion, bottled water, snacks, coffee and tea.

The experience

The cooking school is set up inside a traditional Thai teak house with multiple relaxation areas, Asian antiques and a koi pond. You start by visiting Talad Chat Chai, the famous seaside market that has supplied Hua Hin for a century, where you'll shop alongside your instructors and select the fresh produce and pastes you'll use that morning. Back at the teak house, you make red curry paste from scratch, then prepare four dishes: gaeng ped moo (red curry with pork), som tam (papaya salad), gai pad med mamuang (chicken with cashew nuts), and khao niaow ma muang (mango with sticky rice).

Your instructors guide you through each step in English, and you cook in the teak house kitchen itself rather than watching a demonstration. The class runs four hours total, with lunch built in so you eat what you've made. You leave with a recipe booklet and a certificate of completion, plus the ingredients knowledge to recreate these dishes at home.

What’s included

• Recipe booklet and certificate of completion.
• shopping at Talad Chat Chai market with your instructors.
• bottled water, snacks, coffee and tea throughout the morning.
• lunch of the dishes you cook.
• pickup and drop-off within Hua Hin town.

Before you book

Days and timesEvery dayDeparts at 09:00

Book up to4h before

AgesAdult (12 and older) · Child (6 to 11 years) · Infant (under 6)

GroupUp to 15

Live guideEnglish

Meeting point and pickupHotel pickup is optional; you can also go straight to the meeting point. Ends back at the starting point.Operator's directions: “The Clocktower is a meeting point where most hotel shuttles pick up and drop off. There is a Starbucks coffee adjacent and Hua Hin Temple is opposite. It is located at the junction of Petchkasem Rd and Naebkehardt Rd.”

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

Prices and times updated 10 days ago

Good to know

Stroller friendlyPets welcomePublic transport nearby

Operated by Thai Cooking Course Hua Hin

Is this one for you?Pickup within Hua Hin town means you don't need a car or to navigate to the teak house yourself. The instructors handle the market stop, so you learn to shop for Thai ingredients as part of the class rather than arriving with groceries already chosen.

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Top questions

Can children come?

Yes. Ticket types: Child (6 to 11 years); Infant (under 6).

What five dishes do I learn to cook in this class?

You prepare red curry paste, gaeng ped moo (red curry with pork), som tam (papaya salad), gai pad med mamuang (chicken with cashew nuts), and khao niaow ma muang (mango with sticky rice). Each one is a Thai classic you'll cook from start to finish.

Does the class include a visit to the market?

Yes. The day starts at Talad Chat Chai, Hua Hin's 100-year-old fresh food market, where you shop for ingredients with your instructors before returning to the teak house to cook.

Is lunch included, and what do I eat?

Lunch is included and consists of the four dishes you cook during the class (the curries, salad, chicken and mango sticky rice) eaten together at the teak house.

How long does the class take?

The full experience runs four hours, from the market visit through cooking and lunch at the teak house.

Is pickup from my hotel included?

Pickup and drop-off within Hua Hin town are included in the class price, so you don't need to arrange your own transport.