Thai and Akha Cooking Class in Chiang Mai

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Summary

Experience Details

What You’ll Experience

Where to Meet

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Location

Chiang Mai

Duration

6 hours

Number of Guests

1 - 8 guests

Accessibility

Stroller Accessible

Language

English

Other

Vegan, Vegetarian, Pescetarian, Wheelchair Accessible, Family-friendly

Digital Ticket

Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Master the art of Thai and Akha cuisine in Chiang Mai. Experience hands-on cooking with our native Akha chef. Includes market tour and hotel transfer. Immerse in culture and flavors.

For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Experience Details

Learn how to cook Thai and Akha dishes during your holiday in Chiang Mai with our master chef, a native Akha people. You will learn some unique cooking style and dishes, plus the history and culture of this ethnicity. Light refreshments, tour to local market (for morning class) and hotel transfer is included.

Sample Menu

STARTER

Start by two Appetizers

The class will start by preparing the famous Papaya Salad and the perfect Fried Spring Rolls.

DESSERT

Making two Desserts

Mango Sticky Rice and Pumpkin in Coconut Milk

MAIN

Three Akha Dishes

In Akha traditions, every meal must have a Chilli Sauce (Sapi Thong), one Salad, and one Soup.

MAIN

Pick one out of four Curry and Curry Paste

You can choose one of the four most popular Thai curries; Red curry, Green curry, Panang curry, or the Massaman curry.

MAIN

Pick one out of three Soup

You can choose between the Chicken & Coconut Milk (Tom Kha Gai), the Hot and Sour Prawn Soup (Tom Yum Gong), or the Clear Soup & Egg Tofu

MAIN

Pick one out of four Stir-Fried

You can choose Pad Thai, Chicken with Cashew Nut, Chicken with Hot Basil, or Sweet and Sour Vegetables.

MAIN

Everyone can choose their own menu individually

All recipes can be adapted to be cooked: Vegan, Vegetarian, Gluten-Free. Alternative solutions are available for any food allergies.

What You Get

Hotel pickup and drop-off (only within 3 km from city area)

Local market tour (only for morning class)

Individual cooking station

Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)

Good To Know

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Public transportation options are available nearby
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Specialized infant seats are available
Come with empty stomach
Wheelchair accessible

What You’ll Experience

Morning Cooking Class + Market Tour Thai Akha Kitchen will take you to the Local Market to see the real lifestyle of local people + Cooking Thai and Akha foods. Evening cooking class excluding Market tour only cooking. Why choose Evening Cooking Class? Fits around a busy day schedule First home-cooked Thai dinner in Thailand. No need to worry or plan where or what to eat for dinner just come and cook! It’s cooler in the evening, actually a much better time to be cooking.

Meeting & Pickup

Pickup Point

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Pickup Details

Our Cooking School has moved to a new Garden location since January 2020. Our new location is just 5 minute walk from Chiang Mai South Gate, so it is 15 minutes walk from the center of the old city. For more info, please visit our website page: Pick-Up Area and Meeting Point

Meeting Point

14/10 Soi Rat Chiang Saen 2 Ko., Soi Rat Chiang Saen 2 Ko., Amphoe Mueang Chiang Mai Chang Wat Chiang Mai, Thailand, TH, 50000

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Meeting Point for Walk-In: Morning Cooking Class: Meeting at Wat Pan Whaen Temple, by 9:00 am There is where we meet before starting the market tour. Evening Cooking Class: Meeting at Cooking School Location by 5:00 pm

End Point

This experience ends at the meeting point.

Cancellation Policy
Cancel your booking at least 24 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund.
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Reviews

4.9

based on 4594 reviews

(TripAdvisor)

Fantastic cooking and eating

June 20, 2026

Great market tour and class, excellent guide!

(TripAdvisor)

GideonW

June 20, 2026

Great experience, much more interesting than i imagined

(TripAdvisor)

It was a really great experience and I had a lot of fun learning about the different thai dishes.

June 20, 2026

I had a really fun time and ate chef who taught us how to cook was very nice and welcoming to us of us. It was cool to see how to cook certain thai dishes.

(TripAdvisor)

Great Experience

June 20, 2026

Great experience. Staff was friendly. Food was good.

(TripAdvisor)

Must do in Chiang Mai!

June 19, 2026

Amazing experience, the host is very sweet and lots of fun to talk to. Totally worth the price and you get to eat a lot of food! (so come with an empty stomach). The 5 hours fly by. Must do in Chia...read more

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