The 9 Khao Lak Cooking Classes That Earn Their Price

1.Thai Cooking Class in Khao Lak by Amazon Prime Series Chef

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 661 reviews · from $59Our pick

Meet Chef Wandee Rathanapan and her team for a four-hour Thai cooking class in Khao Lak. Visit Bang Niang Market, learn about herbs, seafood, spices, and coconut milk, then cook traditional dishes in a bamboo hut at Pakinnaka Thai Cooking School. Hotel pickup, lunch or dinner, recipes, and drop-off are included.

“What an amazing experience. From the local market to preparing the foods and meeting people from all over the world, this was a highlight of our trip!”

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2.Riverside Thai Cooking Half Day Class

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 276 reviews · from $71

Chef Apple leads this four-and-a-half-hour Khao Lak class with help from her family and team. You may visit a local market, learn about Thai herbs and curry pastes, then prepare spring rolls and a Thai dish of your choice in an outdoor kitchen. Eat what you make, receive recipes, and request vegetarian, vegan, or allergy-friendly adjustments.

“Loved going to the market. Learning about the different fruits and vegetables. Tasting delicious fried jackfruit. The drive to Apple's place was was beautiful with so many palm trees in rows. It was fun making the dishes and Apple was very knowledgeable, extremely friendly. As it is low season, we were the only ones in the coming class so it was a private class. We had some food allergies and Apple was very flexible accommodating us.”

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3.Thai cooking class &Market tour by Amazon Prime Series Chef.

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 266 reviews · 4 hours · from $70

Chef Wandee, a mentor on Amazon Prime’s The World Cook Season 2, leads this small-group class from hotel pickup through Bang Niang Fresh Market and a hands-on cooking session in her garden kitchen. Choose dishes from a 29-recipe menu, make curry paste from scratch, eat what you prepare, and take home recipes and cooking videos.

“Fantastic morning. Enjoyed the market experience. The cooking course was informative and great fun. Highly recommend”

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4.Riverside Thai Cooking Class in Khao Lak with Market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 140 reviews · from $68

Chef Apple leads this four-hour Khao Lak cooking class, beginning with a local market visit for the morning session. Choose Thai dishes, prepare curry paste, make spring rolls, learn simple food carving, and eat what you cook. Hotel pickup, ingredients, drinks, English recipes, and a recipe booklet are included.

“Fabulous cooking class. Excellent teaching and food was amazing. Highly recommend.excellent value also. Okay”

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5.4-Hour Traditional Thai Cooking Class in Khaolak

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 44 reviews · from $79

Spend four hours learning Thai cooking with Apple, Da, or Wandee, beginning at a local morning market and ending in a tropical garden kitchen. Choose from 32 dishes, cook with a small group, eat what you make, and take home a cooking certificate. Hotel pickup, market transport, soft drinks, and an English-speaking guide are included.

“It was a wonderful experience. We cooked four different delicious dishes together as a family (ages 11 and 13). "Da" was a fantastic guide, we were able to follow her very easily and everyone had a great time.”

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6.Khao Lak Pui’s Authentic Thai Cooking Class

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 17 reviews · 4 hours · from $70

Chef Pui’s four-hour Khao Lak class starts with hotel pickup and a 45-minute market visit. You choose from more than 40 Thai dishes, learn preparation and cooking in a spotless open-air kitchen, make spring rolls, share the meal family-style, and take home English recipes plus mango sticky rice.

“The visit to the local food market was really interesting & informative. Great to be given a choice of so many different dishes which we could cook, and also to taste everyone else's dishes during the group meal at the end. The garden setting for Pui's cooking class was lovely!! Smooth, hassle-free pick up and drop off from our hotel.”

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7.3 hours Khao Lak Cooking Class and Market Visit

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 15 reviews · from $87

Spend three hours with an English-speaking local chef, visiting a market, choosing ingredients, and cooking Thai dishes such as Pad Thai, Tom Yum Goong, Som Tum, and mango sticky rice. You may meet guide Tony, enjoy market snacks, and finish with fruit carving or coconut milk preparation. Hotel transfers, equipment, and ingredients are included.

“i had an awesome time my class was so small that it was only me so i had a really good hands on experience. The trip to the market was fun and i saw lots of different things, the cooking class was really good to my guides made it very funny and enjoyable whilst still educational. The food tasted AMAZING! i loved the pad thai it was so tasty i can't wait to make it again.”

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8.Khao Lak: Half-Day Cooking Class and Ingredient Hunt

★★★★★★★★★★3.9 · 10 reviews · 4 hours · from $72

Spend four hours with an English-speaking Thai cooking guide, shopping at a local market before preparing four to nine dishes in an open-air garden kitchen. Apple and Pui are named instructors, and the class includes hotel pickup in southern Khao Lak, recipes, drinks, a full meal, and takeaway options.

“Mega. Auch für Kinder und Jugendliche geeignet, toller Markt, superschönes Kochstudio und bezaubernder Kochcoach, Rezepte und Essen unglaublich lecker Bin selber über Empfehlung gekommen, hat sich gelohnt”

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9.Khao Sok: Private Authentic Jungle Cooking Experience

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 4 reviews · 3 hours · from $57Best value

Spend three hours at an organic jungle garden near Khao Sok with a local English-speaking chef. Pick herbs and vegetables, cook chicken, tom kha gai, bamboo rice, tempura, and stir-fried vegetables, then eat your meal. Hotel pickup and drop-off in Khao Sok are included.

“Fantastyczne doświadczenie wspólnego gotowania w dżungli. Przemiła gospodyni krok po kroku wprowadza w tajniki tajskiej kuchni. Opowiada o używanych składnikach a nawet zdradza przepis na "specjalność domu" - potrawę której nie zjecie nigdzie indziej a jest przepyszna. Serdecznie polecam”

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