— What You Can Expect —

Make your own Thai food during a cooking class at Chiang Mai's Baan Hongnual Cookery School. Learn directly from professional Thai cooks who will teach you about the flavours, ingredients, and techniques of cooking Thai food. You'll get to taste the food as you go. At the end of your class, you'll get an apron and a certificate to take home with you. If you're one of the millions of budding cooks around the world who would love to experiment with Thai food, then this cooking class is for you.

— Highlights —

— Itinerary —

9:00 am
Pick-up at the hotel by an English instructor and head to the Nong Hoi Local Market via a van ride. Spend about 40 minutes joining the group in purchasing fresh ingredients (chicken, prawns, herbs, and vegetables) for the class as well as learning about the interesting tropical vegetation

9:50 am
Continue to Baan Hongnual Cookery School, situated on Chiangmai – Lam Pang Rd, which is only about 15 minutes away from the market

10:15 am
Arrive and receive a brief introduction to Baan Hongnual, which is an open kitchen in the Lanna Thai style. All students will be given aprons and headdresses as cooking uniforms

10:30 am
Wash your hands and get ready for the first dish. Before you start cooking, you will be introduced to all the kitchen utensils as well as the seasonings normally needed in Thai cuisine. Secondly, you’ll be shown how to prepare all the ingredients, and techniques to cook them. You will receive step-by-step instructions during your class. After the first dish is done, you’ll be given time to taste its delicious flavours

11:00 am
Go on to cook the second dish over the next 30 minutes, including food preparations, cooking, and tasting

11:30 am
Continue to cook the third and the fourth dishes, within about an hour including preparing, cooking, and having lunch with some steamed rice

1:00 pm
Take a small break of about 15 minutes for some tea, coffee, or herbal drinks (complimentary by the school). Students can spend time walking around the herbs and vegetable plantations, as well as see different kinds of fruits like longan, mango, rose apple, and many others

1:30 pm
Continue with the class to complete the fifth and sixth dishes

2:00 pm
Receive cookbooks in English, with coloured pictures once the class is complete

2:30 pm
Transfer back to the hotel

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