The cooking class that starts with a market tour before you cook — seeing where ingredients come from changes everything.
A guide takes you through a local market (often Or Tor Kor or a neighbourhood wet market) explaining ingredients before heading to the kitchen to cook 4–5 dishes.
Identifying Thai herbs and vegetables; the flavour balancing philosophy; why the order you add things matters; how street food is actually made.
1,500–2,500 THB for half-day including market tour, cooking, and eating what you make.
Anyone seriously interested in Thai food; couples; those who want more than pad thai and green curry.
Classes typically build a full meal — a soup like tom yum, a stir-fry, a curry from scratch (including pounding the paste), and a simple dessert; most run 4–5 dishes across half a day.
Book at least a couple of days ahead in high season, since class sizes are kept small; morning classes get first pick of market produce, so choose those over afternoon sessions if given the option.