Learn to make pad thai, curries, and more in half-day to multi-day courses — a hands-on experience of Thai food culture.
A typical class (4 hours, 500–1,500 THB) covers 3–4 dishes, shopping at a market, cooking techniques, and eating what you make.
Classes throughout Bangkok; popular ones near Sukhumvit and Old City; some hotels offer in-room classes.
All levels welcome; no experience needed; good for solo travelers, couples, and groups.
Half-day morning classes are standard; full-day immersive classes available if you want depth.
Most half-day classes teach 3–5 dishes — usually a curry paste from scratch, a stir-fry, a soup, and a dessert — with a market tour beforehand at the better schools; see the cooking school comparison for how the major Bangkok options differ.
Beyond recipes, a good class teaches wok technique, how to balance sweet-sour-salty-spicy by taste rather than exact measurement, and which fresh ingredients substitute reasonably at home versus which are genuinely irreplaceable.
Morning classes (starting 8–9am, including the market tour) are generally considered better value and better timed than afternoon sessions, since market vendors have the freshest selection earliest in the day.