PRIVATE Chiang Mai Cooking Class in Pea's Traditional Teak Home

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Chiang Mai, Thailand

3 hours (approx.)
Pickup offered
Group discounts
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Rather than just eating Thai dishes in a restaurant, learn how to cook authentic Thai-Chinese dishes during a cooking class at a traditional Chiang Mai home. Begin by selecting fresh ingredients straight from your chef's lush vegetable garden, then head to the kitchen to prepare her signature recipes—think miang kham (a betel leaf snack), bold curries, stir-fried veggies, and rice noodles. Once the cooking is done, sit down at the family table to savor your creations, finishing off with a sweet treat like mango sticky rice or creamy coconut ice cream.

Hotel pickup and drop-off from centrally-located Chiang Mai hotels
Choose a lunch or dinner slot depending on your schedule
Learn professional tips and tricks to getting the dishes right at home
This private tour promises one-to-one attention

Sample Menu

Main

Traditional Thai Menu

Kai Kraphrao Khai Dao (stir fried chicken), Larb (minced meat salad), Thai Green or Red curry, seafood or vegetables, Somtam (papaya salad)

Main

Thai-Chinese Menu

Fresh or fried spring rolls, Yam Woonsen (Thai glass noodle), Pad See Eiw or Pad Kee Mow drunken noodles, Northern Thai Kao Soi curry noodles

Dessert

Mango Sticky Rice (seasonal) or Ice Cream

What's Included

Private cooking class in a traditional teak home
Pick-up and drop-off from centrally located Chiang Mai hotels
Organic garden tour and home-cooked Thai meal
Alcoholic Beverages

Local beer

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Pickup details

You will be picked up by private car from the concierge desk of your Chiang Mai hotel listed in your booking and driven to your host's beautiful home in the Sankampang neighborhood of the city. You will be dropped off at the end of your culinary experience. If you are located more than a 7km radius from the center of the Chiang Mai square, Pea charges an extra transfer fee.

What To Expect

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
If any travelers in your party have any allergies or dietary restrictions, please advise at time of booking
Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
Not wheelchair accessible

Stroller accessible
Service animals allowed
Near public transportation
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Featured review

James_D

Very accommodating as our flight was delayed. When we arrived we were warmly greeted and felt very welcomed. It was evening hours, so we were not able to tour the garden, but were told about everything in it. From the beginning we heard her story on how she began cooking, and then teaching. Her directions were easy to understand and at a pace we could follow. The food was amazing. We were able to create our own dishes exactly how we wanted. The whole experience was fun, educational. and the directions on what ingredients to use and how to use them were very easy to understand. I would definitely recommend this personal cooking class. Something very important to us was also the fresh whole ingredients that were all organic with no pesticide or herbicide use. During our experience Pea took our photos so we could have memories. She sent them to us in email afterwards. An experience we will never forget and also highly recommend. Thank you Pea for teaching us how to make the perfect Thai meal. We can't wait to make it ourselves at home.

Reviews

4.8

based on 32 reviews

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Exceptional experience.

maria_m, Feb 2026

Our host Pea was a pillar of her community and a fabulous host. I wish we could have spent the day at her home, garden and culinary facility. I learned so much and she treated us like family. An exceptional experience

Very accommodating as our...

James_D, Feb 2026

Incredible experience

Hannah_W, Mar 2025

Amazing cooking class with Pea. Both her and her son were so kind and welcoming. We made four dishes in total all incredibly delicious. Pea even gave us a grater which are difficult to find in the UK so that we could try the recipes at home. Lovely experience.

Great time. Highly recommend.

Allen_W, Jan 2025

My wife and I were picked up at our hotel by Pea’s very kind son John in a very nice and comfortable mini van and driven to an incredibly beautiful home about 20 minutes from Chaing Mai. Pea walked us through her wonderful garden that was more like a mini farm in her yard and explained many of the ingredients she grows that we would be using in her class. As farm to table as it gets. Pea explained the basics of Thai cooking and with her guidance we made 4 yummy dishes in her kitchen classroom. Her English is perfect and clear. She has a great sense of humor and was so much FUN to be with. A day with Pea is a truly worthwhile experience.

A wonderful culinary experience

Michael_B, Oct 2024

We had a great time at the class - the instruction was clear and easy to follow and the food was fantastic. It was also great getting to see all the ingredients coming directly from the garden. Would highly recommend to anyone who likes cooking and wants to get well versed in Thai cuisine!

Very disappointed

Neil_L, Sep 2024

We booked this class through Viator. We had a receipt for payment and we had a confirmation # for the booking. We were looking forward to the class very much! It was a rainy day in Chiang Mai the day that our class was scheduled, and we were happy to have an indoor activity planned. We waited in our hotel lobby for pick-up. The ride never showed. When we contacted the woman who leads this class, she said that she knew nothing of our booking, and because she was out of town, there was nothing she could do for us. Thankfully Viator gave us a refund. Because no one ever got back to us as to how our booking was lost, or whose fault it was, I, unfortunately, cannot recommend this class.

Response from Host, Sep 2024

Hi Neil, we are so sorry that you weren't able to experience our cooking class with Pea that you were so looking forward to. I can imagine how disappointing it must have been. Our records don't show a booking so we worry that we did not receive it from Viator. Please may we request you to send us your booking reference number by emailing reservations@travelingspoon.com so we can see what went wrong here and why we didn't receive it from Viator? We want to get to the bottom of this to ensure it never happens again but can't find a booking under your name in our system from Viator. Thank you so much and we are so sorry again that you didn't get to experience a culinary experience with our host Pea.

Don’t skip this!!!

Anna_B, Nov 2022

Don’t let the number of reviews deter you from this class!!! This cooking class was so amazing and personal. The pick up and drop off process was a breeze and pea’s son is super great and gave us great recommendations! Pea is such a great teacher and even changed the menu last minute to make my favorite dish!! Her garden is beautiful as well. We learned a lot from this class it was definitely a highlight of the trip. We had an thai snack, made a green curry, Two appetizers and drunken noodle.

interesting experience. more time...

Amy C, Jan 2016

interesting experience. more time to be spent on preparing ingredients by attendants are preferred

Response from Host, Sep 2019

Dear Amy, Thank you so much for taking the time to give us your honest and thoughtful feedback and for letting me know about your experience. I was glad to know that you had a good time at Pea's home. However, I was disappointed to hear that you didn't have an outstanding experience overall, which is the level of experience and service we strive for. We are sorry that you didn't receive the hands-on cooking class that you expected. We have taken steps to ensure that Pea offers a more involved cooking class. The value of our experiences, we hope, is in the cultural connection that travelers have with a local in their home. While these are not professional experiences in professional cooking studios, we certainly intend for them to be hands-on, if that is your desire as a traveler. We want you to be able to participate in the full experience, from chopping vegetables to grinding ingredients to cooking on the stove, learning to make recipes as a local would in their home. It sounds like this is not the experience you had and we are working to improve this with Pea. We take reviews very seriously and truly try to incorporate every piece of feedback we receive so that we can improve experiences for future travelers. Again, I am truly sorry that you did not have an outstanding experience and sincerely apologize that your experience was not what you expected. Thank you again for providing your valuable feedback and for your interest in the success of our company. We hope that you might give us a chance in the future and sincerely hope we can exceed your expectations the next time you book with us. Warm regards, Aashi