Morning Thai Cooking with Grandma - Market Visit & Farm Tour
Recommended by 99% of travelers
Chiang Mai, Thailand
- 4 hours (approx.)
- Pickup offered
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Prepare your own Thai dishes during a cooking class at Chiang Mai, where you’ll start the experience at a local market for an introduction to ingredients and how to select them. Then pick fresh vegetables and collect eggs at an organic farm before taking your place at your cooking station in an open-air kitchen. Cook four authentic dishes, which may include hot and sour soup, green curry, or pad Thai, with hands-on guidance.
- Cook four Thai dishes with step-by-step guidance
- Take a break from another restaurant meal by making your own Thai dishes
- This class is enhanced with a market visit and an organic farm tour
- Transport from Chiang Mai included for your convenience
Sample Menu
Main
Hot and Sour Soup (Tom Yam) / Coconut Soup (Tom Kha)
Main
Thai Stir Fried with Rice Noodle (Pad Thai)
Main
Green Curry (Gang Keaw Waan) / Kao Soi Curry (Khao Soi) / Red Curry (Gang Phed)
Dessert
Mango Sticky Rice (Khao Niao Mamuang) (will be served)
Dessert
Thai Milk Tea (Cha Yen) / Thai Lemon Tea (Cha Ma Nao) (will be served)
What's Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off (within 5 km of Chiang Mai city center)
- Guided local market visit with instructor
- Organic farm tour: rice fields, herb and vegetable gardens, chicken coop, and mushroom hut
- Farm activities: feed & hug chickens, collect fresh eggs, pick mushrooms
- Hands-on cooking class with your own station (small group size)
- Cook 4 Thai dishes with step-by-step guidance
- Complimentary Mango Sticky Rice dessert served at the end of the meal
- Digital recipe e-book to recreate dishes at home
- Welcome drink (Thai milk tea, lemon tea, or butterfly pea flower tea)
- Unlimited bottled water and free herbal drink during class
- Pick-up outside 5 km from Chiang Mai city center (extra charge or meeting point may apply)
- Alcoholic beverages (available for purchase)
- Tips or personal expenses
- Travel insurance
Meeting and Pickup
You can head directly to the meeting point, or request pickup
What To Expect
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Grandma's Home Cooking School
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Infants must sit on laps
- Infant seats available
- Children under the age of 10 are welcome as visitors.
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 100 travelers
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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
Julia_H
Incredible experience. Highly recommended. Garnet could not have been a sweeter, kinder or more helpful instructor/host. We made three truly delicious Thai dishes with a mango sticky rice for dessert. Come hungry. All recipes given at the end. They thought of everything!! Loved it!!
Reviews
5.0
based on 155 reviews
Julia_H, Mar 2026
Incredible experience. Highly recommended. Garnet could not have been a sweeter, kinder or more helpful instructor/host. We made three truly delicious Thai dishes with a mango sticky rice for dessert. Come hungry. All recipes given at the end. They thought of everything!! Loved it!!
Hanri_C, Mar 2026
The actual market, and farm tour, and the cooking class was amazing!! It was at a steady pace, but felt totally manageable as an amateur cook.
Only note on the logistics side: our big cooking group were split into several transport busses. We had to wait ~20 minutes for another group to get onto our bus before we could leave the market. We also waited for ~30 minutes after the set time to be picked up.
Antonio_R, Feb 2026
The cooking class was fantastic! Patty was a great and funny host, she taught us about all the veggies and ingredients we were gonna use to make our dishes and great instructor when it came to actually cooking the food. The complex is also beautiful, well worth the visit.
The only reason I don’t give it 5 stars is the pick up situation is chaotic. I didn’t receive any information on who and when they were picking us up. The reservation says 9am but the driver arrived at 8:15am and we were not ready. He was kind enough to wait for us but we would’ve appreciated a heads up when we were going to get picked up. I sent a message through the Viator app the night before and never received a response.
However, after pick up everything ran smoothly and the food and experience were a 10/10. Would recommend this cooking class to anyone visiting Chiang Mai!
Casey_B, Jan 2026
Pickup was a bit chaotic (only the ticket states that pickup time ranges from 8:30 to 9 for morning session) so many people (ourselves included) were not ready. Once we made it to the facility, it was a great experience and very smoothly run. You make/eat tons of food so come hungry. Overall, would definitely recommend.
Jeanette_C, Nov 2025
So much fun. They picked us up at our hotel and took us home afterwards. The group we were with we all had individual cooking areas. We created our own menus. We walk through the garden and learned about everything. Even got to have fresh eggs from the chickens who were laying them. It was just amazing experience and we loved our chef hostess who was Tay.
Carolina_D, Oct 2025
Lovely way to spend a day. Come hungry! We're vegetarian and every single recipe was easily adapted. Stunning surroundings and cute chickens.
KB_A, Jun 2025
We loved this! The food and experience were great! Stopped at a market on the way for just the right amount of time!
Jonathan_B, Feb 2025
The "farm" where we cooked was nice. Enjoyed the chickens and relationship of the cook with the chickens. Meals were good. I thought we were supposed to get a copy of the recipe. We never received a copy for any of the meals we prepared.
Response from Host, Feb 2025
Thank you for joining our cooking experience and for sharing your feedback. We’re delighted to hear that you enjoyed the farm setting, the chickens, and the connection our chef has with them. It’s also great to know that you liked the meals!
Regarding the recipes, we provide e-recipes that can be downloaded using a QR code placed on the dining table. We’re sorry if this was unclear during your visit. If you missed downloading them, our customer service team is happy to send you the link—please feel free to reach out, and we’ll make sure you receive them.
We truly appreciate your visit and your review, and we hope to welcome you again in the future!
Best regards,
Grandma’s Team
Jenny_C, Apr 2024
Learned a lot about herbs and vegetables used in Thai dishes. Was helpful to have the market visit prior to starting cooking as well. The cooking experience was very well facilitated with a good amount of the prep work already done but now I feel ready to recreate these dishes at home! It was also very cool to be able to make the curry paste from scratch. My chosen cooking menu shown here: tom yum soup, pad thai, and panang curry.
Jenny_L, Feb 2024
What a great morning! Kiki hosted my group's cooking class, and it was fantastic! We first stopped off at a market where she went through lots of different Thai food bits before we all got the bus to the cooking class location. What a beautiful place! The whole morning was well organised and was like clockwork. Kiki was so knowledgeable and friendly and just a great host.
The food we made was spot on - so stunningly beautiful and delicious!
Would highly recommend this tour!
Shereen_B, Jan 2024
I highly recommend this activity.
I loved the lead trainer was hilarious and really engaging.
The dishes were simple yet delicious.
I also like how were taught about the different herbs and ingredients and the best ways to infuse them in a dish.
I was solo but honestly everyone in the class was really nice and friendly.
They also offer hotel pickup so that was an added bonus.
I was so full at the end of the class and really happy.
Wendy_D, Jan 2024
Picked us up from hotel which was appreciated. The stop at the market was super informative. The outdoor venue at Grandmas is gorgeous and the learning kitchens are fantastic. We made 3 scrumptious Thai dishes with Chef giving clear instructions to all 10 in our group. This tour is worth every cent!!!
Kasey_W, Jan 2024
I loved getting a tour of the market to see the fresh ingredients and the dried/packaged versions we could take home. The class itself was so fun! I really feel like we could recreate these dishes in our own kitchen and we’re excited to enjoy our own Thai cooking at home.
Chuay_F, Nov 2023
Our guide was very knowledgeable and professional. The cooking school was a great place in terms of facilities and ambience. Great experience!
Grace_L, Oct 2023
I only had 24 hours to explore Thailand during my short stay, and this was the perfect way to start the day and get an authentic taste of the culture☺️ I’m so grateful for the good explanations and the market tour, so I will know how to find the ingredients back home in order to replicate the meals we made! Was a wonderful and very fun experience.
Stephanie_E, Oct 2023
The cooking instructions were provided by Ryan and his delivery was lighthearted, and presented with so much information about spices, fruits, vegetables and flowers. The class was not only educational but Ryan made it fun and the food we prepared was delicious.
Ryan_A, May 2023
We had a wonderful experience at Grandma’s Cooking School. The location was peaceful and beautiful for the class and we really enjoyed spending time in the market and garden to go with the cooking. The dishes were amazing as well! Tom Ka Kai might be my new favorite food!
Chelsee_B, Apr 2023
If you are Chiang Mai, Thailand please make some time to do this tour especially if you love Thai food the way that I do. This day was the most I’ve ate in Thailand because of how many dishes they made us cook & the food/ingredients were super fresh & tasty. The scenery was also to die for, they had some beautiful decor where you could literally have a photo-op
Gorka_C, Apr 2023
Everything fantastic and interesting. Good time for all of us. Lovely place and people. Food great as well.
Thandi_C, Apr 2023
Such a lovely and relaxing experience. Our teacher was so lovely. The food was incredible! The location is beautiful, definitely worth the money.
Erin_O, Apr 2023
Grandma’s Home Cooking School was the highlight of our entire Chiang Mai trip! The transportation to the farm was timely, and it was nice to be outside of the busy city-it felt like a peaceful retreat. We learned so much touring the farm, and being able to use freshly picked organic ingredients made the dishes taste extra delicious! The setting of the cooking stations were so nice (outdoor, covered patios with separate dining area), and the set up was super efficient and organized. We had a variety of dishes to choose from to cook, including a noodle, curry, and soup. We were then served a sticky rice and mango for dessert. The service was excellent and the experience was so much fun! Come hungry!
Abby_Z, Mar 2023
Highly recommend this cooking class. Pat was a great teacher and made class both easy to follow and enjoy. We were worried we’d need to have breakfast due to how long cooking might take but by the end we were so stuffed. You eat as you make each course so they are all hot and fresh. We got to learn about the ingredient both in the market and at the farm. This also allows us to try dishes we might normally not order. They were also very accommodating for allergies.
Eda_K, Mar 2023
We were happy with our guide, environment. It was very nice experience overall. They also serve ice-tea during the class. We supposed cooking will took long, so we had strong breakfast. I suggest to not eat fully before you have cooking class. Thank you for everything.
Stefanie_K, Mar 2023
It was a great experience. The location is unbelievably beautiful and you can learn something new as a hobby chef. It was great that there was a choice in the recipes. Our teacher (Pat) was very nice and funny and made us feel good.
Ryan_H, Mar 2023
This tour far exceeded my expectations, and expectations were high looking at the description and pictures online. Our guide/instructor was SO good. Funny, charming, patient, and so helpful during the cooking process. Only problem with this tour is it makes all of the cooking classes we have in the states look terrible by comparison.
Kris_P, Mar 2023
Our family of 12 had a great time attending this cooking class. Our instructor KiKi was adorable. She was organized and very informative. We enjoyed going to the local market and cooking the dishes they were delicious! Some of the best food we had and excited to try them at home.
grarogers, Feb 2023
Professional setup, full workstation for everybody. Full instructions to all dishes, food was terrific. Only minor criticism was 'momento recipe book was a download.
Recommended five hours
Dorothy_L, Jan 2023
Lots of fun. Learned a lot about the food and cooking in Thailand. Beautiful property as well. We would recommend.
Matthew_R, Sep 2022
I absolutely loved this experience. Everything was well organised, the location and the cooking pavilions perfect, our instructor Noi was wonderful. Of course, you get to create a great meal (plenty of food!) and come away with enough knowledge of ingredients you're looking for and what to do with them that you can try at home. Really highly recommended.
Paulina_P, Jul 2022
It was great experience and surounding were really beautiful! My teacher was very nice person :) highly reccomend
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