Short answer
What is included in the Chiang Mai cooking class?
Hotel pickup and drop-off within about 3 km of the Old City, a local market stop, a guided tour of the organic farm, all ingredients, an individual cooking station, an English-speaking instructor, a recipe e-book, and a welcome snack, drinking water and seasonal fruit.
You learn to cook Thai food where the ingredients grow. The operator collects you from your hotel, stops at a local market on the way and drives on to an organic farm about 45 minutes from the Old City, near the San Kamphaeng hot springs. A guide takes you through the garden and you taste herbs, then you cook at your own station: curry paste and a curry, a stir-fry, a soup and spring rolls. There is no fixed menu, so you choose the dishes, make each one as spicy or as mild as you like, and every dish can be vegetarian or vegan. You eat what you cook, or take it away, and the recipes come as an e-book. Below: what the price covers, who it suits and how it compares with the other ways to do it.
The short answer
Yes for food lovers, first-time cooks and vegetarians who want to learn Thai cooking where the ingredients grow: it runs as a small-group cooking class covering Organic farm near San Kamphaeng, Chiang Mai, lasts About 6.5 hours and starts with hotel pickup in chiang mai, about 8:00-8:30 am (morning class) or 3:00-3:30 pm (evening class), so the day is handled from the door.
Pricing is From $30 per person. We confirm the date, pickup time and total on WhatsApp before you pay; how and when to pay for this tour is agreed with your booking.
Who should book it — and who should not
Book it for hands-on food and a slower day: you leave with the recipes as an e-book. If you would rather spend the day outdoors, the elephant sanctuary and Doi Inthanon tour is the long mountain day, and the Chiang Rai temples day trip is the long culture day.
What is included in the price
A booking of the Thai Cooking Class at an Organic Farm in Chiang Mai covers:
- Hotel pickup and drop-off within about 3 km of Chiang Mai Old City
- Visit to a local market
- Guided tour of the organic farm and herb tasting
- All ingredients and an individual cooking station
- English-speaking cooking instructor
- Recipe book for all the dishes (e-book)
- Welcome snack, drinking water and seasonal fruit
Before you book
Availability is confirmed once you send the date, hotel area and group size on WhatsApp. We confirm the date, pickup time and total on WhatsApp before you pay; how and when to pay for this tour is agreed with your booking.
The route stop by stop is in the travel guide; pickup times, the packing list and what shifts by season are in the schedule.
Questions and answers
What is included in the Chiang Mai cooking class?
Hotel pickup and drop-off within about 3 km of the Old City, a local market stop, a guided tour of the organic farm, all ingredients, an individual cooking station, an English-speaking instructor, a recipe e-book, and a welcome snack, drinking water and seasonal fruit.
How do I book?
Send us the date, your hotel and the number of guests on WhatsApp. We confirm availability, the pickup time and the total before you pay.
Can children join the class?
Guests aged 9 and over cook at their own station. Children aged 4-8 come as visitors and do not cook. Ask us about prices and about children under 4.
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