Half-Day Phuket Easy Thai Cooking

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Phuket, Thailand

4 hours (approx.)
Pickup offered
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Offered in: English

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Overview

Learn to prepare a menu of Thai dishes for lunch or dinner during a cooking class in Phuket. Gain hands-on experience making homemade curry paste and preparing popular dishes such as chicken satay, Panang curry with chicken, and mango sticky rice. Collect fresh ingredients at a local market and enjoy your meal afterward. Round-trip hotel transport is included. Receive personalized attention in this small-group class, limited to 10 participants.

Hands-on Thai cooking class in Phuket
Hotel pickup and drop-off included
Prepare classic dishes such as Pad Thai, papaya salad, and Massaman curry
Select a morning or afternoon class
Small-group lesson limited to 10 people ensures a personalized experience
Visit the local market and enjoy lunch or dinner

Sample Menu

Main

Chicken Green Curry

For the curry dishes, all curry pastes are mde from scratch.

Main

Pad Thai

Pad Thai is Thailand's national dish, a flavorful stir-fry dish consisting of rice noodles, tofu, bean sprouts, eggs and dried shrimp or fresh meat.

Main

Tom Yum Kung

Tom yum kung is spicy shrimp soup, is the number one of the top ten Thai dishes.

Dessert

Mango sticky rice

Mango sticky rice is a traditional Thai dessert made with glutinous rice, fresh mango and coconut milk.

What's Included

Led by a certified Thai cooks, making for a highly personalized and rewarding experience.
The class cater for a small group with maximum of 10 people in a traditional open kitchen.
The package included roundtrip transfer in (Kata, Karon, Patong, Rawai and Phuket town).

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

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Pickup details

Phuket Easy Thai Cooking, 51/6 Soi Madsayid Rawai Mueng Phuket

What To Expect

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Minimum of 2 people per booking is required
Free for children under 7 years old, must be accompanied by an adult
Not wheelchair accessible
Extra charge THB 1,100 for non-cooking participants

A maximum of 10 people per booking
Infants must sit on laps
Infant seats available
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 8 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

Christina_R

This was one of the best experiences that I have had in Thailand! I love the spirit of the chef and her beautiful family! We made some delicious food and laughed the whole time. She picked us up that morning, then we went to the local market and picked up our fresh ingredients. We then headed to the main kitchen where she had a garden in front of her house where we pick fresh ingredients once all of the prep was done we proceeded to cook. The food was so delicious and she was so informative I will definitely book her every time I visit Phuket!!!!! 🙏🏽🤗💪🏾🇹🇭

Reviews

4.9

based on 124 reviews

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Awesome Food and Awesome Time!

Jonathan_B, Apr 2024

An awesome time! Tik is so wonderful and funny....and an incredible chef! The recipes are a great touch.

Lovely, private, patient and exactly what you are expecting: get to know how to cook delicious thai food!

Adrian_F, Apr 2024

It was very easy to book and we were writing in WhatsApp the day before about all the details. We came to the cooking place by ourselves (even if pick up was included) we could find it very easily. Lucky us another group cancelled their booking so it was a very private lesson just us two and Tik. First we want together to the market to get to know all the ingredients as well as how to make the right choices about freshness etc. After that we started to prepare everything discussed about the details, as well as about private things which it made very familiar (lovely). The meals were delicious and we hope to cook it at home as good as it was here with the recipe we get. Thanks to Tik and her helping hands - highly recommended!

Tik was a fantastic...

Aishlinn_C, Mar 2024

Tik was a fantastic teacher ! The trip starts with a visit to the market for fresh ingredients. The experience is a must do in Thailand to see and taste first hand the incredible food. Will defo be back next time I'm in Phuket

Great food & instructor but be warned very primitive set up

Julie_H, Feb 2024

Food & instructor great & we were easily able to prep, follow & cook 3 basic authentic Thai dishes! Delicious prawn soup, tasty Green chicken curry, Chicken Pad Thai noodles🙌Sticky rice & mango dessert demonstration was done for us as time was getting away! (allow at least an extra 60-90 mins)😊Clean but very primitive kitchen set up which really is cooking in a ‘hot tin shed’ with attached air conditioned dining, prep room. Pick up & drop off was great👍 Prior food shopping at local produce market was good & informative. Instructor speaks good English & has a great sense of humour 🙂If you want an upmarket experience, this is not for you. Best you do a class at your resort or hotel😉I enjoyed meeting other travellers & cooking with my friend. No aprons supplied though we didn’t seem to need them. Take away containers supplied & staff assistance during & at end of lesson was very helpful also👍Thank you ladies for your kind assistance 🙂

Delicious food!

Penelope_H, Jan 2024

A fantastic experience! Karn was an excellent teacher and made sure we had a great time. The food was absolutely delicious and it was wonderful to visit the market and learn about the ingredients.

Great

lorraine_c, Nov 2023

Overall a great experience. The food was great! The market trip was fascinating. Teacher was interesting and knowledgeable. A couple minor things. 1. The demonstration room was very cold. 2. There were no aprons. We were working with turmeric and other things that could stain our clothes. 3. Timing was a bit off. Lots of time talking about the spices for the spice mix so we ran out of time and had to take our dessert home. I liked that she gave us the recipes beforehand do we could make notes as we went along. I’ll be making these at home!

Simple and easy recipes loaded with flavor

Ivy_C, Nov 2023

Great experience and very simple recipes/ingredients. Got to go to the local market to shop for our ingredients too. Highly recommend

Good Fun Beginners Cookery Class

Steven_C, Oct 2023

This was a great fun activity to try if you're in Phuket and have half a day to spare. We were picked up from our hotel and taken to meet Karn the cookery teacher. We were a small class of 5 which was great. We started off in the market where she introduced us to the different fresh produce we'd be using before she bought it then we headed to the kitchens to start our cookery class. It was all done with great humour and joking but the cooking and the way the dishes turned out was excellent, definitely aimed at novices like me but even serious cooks will enjoy. Would definitely recommend

Best Thai cooking class

Dawn_B, May 2023

Our teacher was wonderful.She was fun, funny and had great recipes.I cannot wait to make these at home.I highly recommend this class!

Fantastic cooking school

Stacey_G, Oct 2022

Way back in 2019, we had done the dinner menu with Kaan. We wanted to return and opted for the Friday lunch menu this time. From shopping at the market, so browsing through Kahn’s home herb garden, this is a must do if you are interested in learning about Thai cuisine. It’s the little tricks that make the flavour and Kaan is an expert at passing on that knowledge. Can’t wait to come back and try a Tuesday menu.

Great experience!

Benjamin_R, Oct 2022

We were picked up from our resort and taken to a vibrant market and taught about the common ingredients in Thai cooking. Then we went to a small shop where they explained the purpose of each ingredient. After prepping all the food we went to the kitchen to cook 3 traditional Thai dishes. The food was delicious

Best homemade Thai food

May_T, Aug 2021

My husband and I absolutely love it! I think we have cooked the best Thai food! The place was clean the food was fresh and we were taught professionally.

Response from Host, Aug 2021

Thank you for taking your valuable time with a great review. Me and my niece very proud of your review. We was happiest in the classroom with you too. Thank you for a wonderful day!

Excellent

denleb, Jan 2020

Perfect after a visit to the market to by ingrédients we went to the class and we were the two of us

Amazing Thai Cooking Class

Mary_S, Nov 2019

My boyfriend and I booked the afternoon class and had the most amazing time! The visit to the market, the small intimate group size, the hands on demonstration and delicious food we cooked/enjoyed was beyond our expectations. I highly recommend booking this class!

Please book her NOW!!! 🤗 Best Thai Cooking Class!!

Christina_R, Sep 2019

Great experience

Sharon_P, Aug 2019

A great experience!! We had a great, education and left full! The instructors were awesome! Highly recommend

Fun, Delicious and stimulating.

Brad_T, Jul 2019

Loved learning from Karen and her small team. What fun we had laughingband preparing awesome Thai food. Cooking was intense as air all happens so fast and I m a complete novice. Loved it! 😎

Wonderful experience

Meredith1970, Jun 2019

Great time with delicious food. My mom fell in love with the Tom Yum soup. The market visit was very educational.

Wonderful experience

Timothy_B, Jun 2019

Great time with delicious food. Such a fun experience. Leaned a lot and I can't wait to try it at home.

Fantastic

Annemarie_L, May 2019

Was an awesome day. Great food and recipes included. Highly recommend. Can wait to cook those dishes back home.

Fun easy cooking!

calsyd99, Nov 2018

From start to finish Khan made this a fun class! Going to the market to shop for the food and preparing it on your own individual wok was enjoyable and easy! I'd highly recommend this class to everyone! Maureen

We had a wonderful time learning how...

Joel K, Jun 2018

We had a wonderful time learning how to make home made Thai dishes. Karn arranged for transportation from our hotel in Kamala. She met us at a local market and showed us how to select the produce for our class. She emphasizes making the cooking easy on yourself and adjusting the flavors to your liking. She's a great host/cook/teacher and we had a lot of fun. We made green curry learned how to make the paste which is one of the main reasons I selected Karn's class, Tom Yum soup, Pad Thai, and Mango Sticky Rice with Coconut sauce. All were awesome and can't wait to make these at home.

The key is in the name Easy Thai...

David N, Apr 2018

The key is in the name Easy Thai Cooking, and it's clear that the intent is to ensure you can make the dishes again once you get home. The morning starts in the local market where we got shown how to select the fresh ingredients and honestly what some of them were. Then a series of demo's then practice on preparation for each of 4 dishes, followed by cooking demo then practice. The other piece of wisdom was You Eat What You Cook, So Adjust as you Want. One other thing I really liked is that a few times were were explained what the traditional way was to prepare something, and then told what the easy way was with contemporary kitchen equipment. We made spring rolls, pad-thai, Green Curry and mango sticky rice.This was a fun activity for both my wife a capable cook, and me I'll just say, less skilled, so anyone can do this and enjoy themselves.

Very fun experience, food was amazing i...

Erron S, Apr 2018

Very fun experience, food was amazing i cant wait to try it at home!

Fabulous experience. Kaan picked...

Colin M, Mar 2018

Fabulous experience. Kaan picked us up from our hotel in Karon Beach in her lovely car and drove us to her spotlessly clean cooking school. We were the only two people for that particular class. We stopped along the way to buy fresh ingredients from a local market and also fresh coconut milk from a little factory. We cooked Tom Yum soup, green curry making the curry paste from scratch, pad thai our favourite! and sticky rice with mango. Kaan was just so lovely, very helpful and had a great sense of humour. We ate our dishes for lunch and had the pleasure of sharing them with a couple of members of her family who were visiting. After the class Kaan drove us to Patong and dropped us at the shopping mall which was an extra bonus. A really fabulous experience and the highlight of our trip to Phuket. Highly recommended to travellers of all ages - we are both in our 70s!!

This was such an amazing experience...

Rachel_S, Mar 2018

This was such an amazing experience. We were the only 2 people on this tour and our guide still ran the tour. She was absolutely fantastic with a private pickup from our hotel and then stops at two local markets to purchase all of the ingredients for our cooking. Then we proceeded to her kitchen where she provided bottled water, a recipe book which we were able to take home with us, along with hands on instructions on how to make several authentic Thai dishes. The food we made was absolutely amazing and my friend and I thoroughly enjoyed the experience. To top things off our guide even had to go boxes ready so we could take our leftovers of yummy Thai food back to our hotel to enjoy over the next few days. This was an absolutely phenomenal tour and I would recommend it to anyone visiting Phuket.

I would highly recommend this tour...

Jordan_I, Mar 2018

I would highly recommend this tour!! The lady who delivered the class took us around the local shops for ingredients and also plucked some plants directly from her garden!! She made the course fun, friendly and unforgettable. The portions were great, the kitchen was clean and the food was amazing!

Kam was very hospitable and warm...

EEIMM_C, Mar 2018

Kam was very hospitable and warm. Her green curry was the best I have ever tasted. before that, I have never liked green curry. her mango sticky rice was pretty good too. it was a totally enjoyable experience!.

Brilliant half day cooking class...

Gillian H, Feb 2018

Brilliant half day cooking class plus lots of extras. Karn was a lovely host who spoke excellent English she also speaks Russian and Chinese !. First we went shopping in the local supermarket for ingredients and then to get some coconut milk - made as we waited and ate some lovely little pancakes. Then to Karn's home for the class. Before starting to cook, Karn showed me the herbs and other plants in her garden and we picked some for the dishes. She also made me a beautiful tea from blue flowers. The tea was a rich blue colour which changed to deep purple when I added some lime juice. As I did the Sunday class I got to chose my dishes which was great, being green curry with tofu, pad thai, fishcakes and mango sticky rice. Karn showed me how to make a green curry paste from scratch and prepare the ingredients for all the dishes, adjusting amounts to my taste - it was all so easy. The actual cooking was very quick, all done in a wok. We then sat down to some of the most delicious Thai food I've had and I'm not just saying that because I made it - haha. I got to take the leftovers with me and Karn drove me back to my hotel. I had such a great time, learnt so much and have copies of the recipes so I can make them again at home. Thanks Karn - I hope to learn more dishes with you when I return next to Phuket.