Thai Cooking Class in Koh Samui

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Thai Cooking Class in Koh Samui

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Experience Details
What You’ll Experience
Where to Meet
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Duration
4 hours
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Number of Guests
1 - 6 guests
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Language
English
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Vegan, Vegetarian, Family-friendly
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Digital Ticket
Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Unleash your inner chef with our Thai Cooking Class in Koh Samui. Enjoy hands-on lessons in creating authentic dishes with vegetarian options, using fresh local ingredients. Small, intimate classes.

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10 meals

Experience Details

Experience the culinary adventure of a lifetime during your visit to Thailand by trying out the Thai cooking classes in Koh Samui. Learn just how to cook deliciously authentic 3 dishes Thai food and the delicious banana coconut milk in the dessert, each with vegetarian/vegan options available. Get detailed, step-by-step instructions from your English-speaking teacher as they demonstrate the right techniques. You'll either visit a local organic garden that's filled with herbs, vegetables, fruits, and even some edible flowers, or Bophut Fresh Market, the newest and cleanest markets in the city, where you'll get to see fresh produce with vibrant colors as you wander around the maze of stalls. After the meal, you'll receive a small gift from the staff, as well as a copy of the recipes that will surely impress your friends and family back home! Because the classes have a maximum number of 6 guests, the class is always personal and intimate.

Sample Menu

MAIN
Soup
1.The favorite hot and sour soup, 2.Coconut soup with galangal and lemongrass.
MAIN
Salad
1.Chicken Salad (with fresh mint, shallots) 2.Beef Salad (with pineapple, fresh mint, shallots) 3.Papaya Salad (The famous one!)
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Salad
4.Green Mango Salad (with crispy little fish and chili) 5.Seafood salad (prawn, squid, tomato, shallots, chilies)
MAIN
Stir-Fried Noodles
1.Pad Thai (the famous one!) 2.Pad See Ew (large rice noodle with many vegetables)
MAIN
Curry
1.Red or Green curry paste 2.Green Curry (creamy in a plate or in a bowl you choose!)
MAIN
Curry
3.Massaman Curry (not spicy! .. with potatoes, peanuts, and chicken) 4.Red curry (the spiciest one! with kaffir lime leaves)
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Curry
5.Panang Curry (with basil leaves and kaffir lime leaves) 6.Yellow Curry (with onions, baby corn, egg)
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Stir-Fried
1.Fried Chicken Cashew Nuts 2.Fried ginger with pork or chicken 3.Garlic and pepper (with fried chicken or pork)
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Stir-Fried
4.Sweet and Sour (with pineapple, tomatoes) 5.Pad Kaphao (Fried basil leaves and chili's) 6.Steam Fish (with ginger, chilies, lime)

What You Get

Individual working spaces
Free Hotel Pickup: Maenam, Bophut, Bangrak, Choeng Mon, Chaweng, Chaweng noi, (Lamai on request)
All the Cooking equipment you will need

Good To Know

  • Extra charge for followers (not cooking) over 10 years old 800 baht and children under 10 years 500 baht (Payable directly to the driver)
  • Any dish can be made with chicken, beef, pork, prawn, squid, fish or vegetarian version
  • There is a minimum of 2 people required to run this tour! A maximum of 6 people
  • This activity is not suitable for guests arriving by cruise ship or large boat.
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • You will choose 3 dishes before the market tour

What You’ll Experience

Your journey begins with a quick transfer from your accommodation in Koh Samui to the Cookery school, with pick up roughly 30-50 minutes before your scheduled start time. All our classes have a max of 6 people for a more personal learning experience. Join us for a 30 min tour at a local Thai market where we will quickly teach you all you need to know about the herbs, vegetables, and spices used in Thai food. After the lesson in the market, you will be ready to start your 2-hour lesson in our kitchen, which is fully equipped with everything you will need to get started. Learn just how easy it is to cook deliciously authentic Thai food with our certified Thai teacher. Savor a mouthwatering Thai lunch or dinner made by yourself and transfer back to your hotel.

Meeting & Pickup

Pickup Point
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Pickup Details
• Or, you can also get picked up from anywhere in Koh Samui. • Free Hotel Pickup: Maenam, Bophut, Bangrak, Choeng Mon, Chaweng, Chaweng noi, (Lamai on request). • Please plan to meet your tour guide at your hotel lobby at least 10 minutes prior to the scheduled pick-up time • If you arrive more than 10 minutes late or after we have moved from your hotel, you may be considered a no-shows
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Meeting Point

Smiley Cook Thai, Koh Samui สุราษฎร์ธานี, Thailand, TH, 84320

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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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spending more time picking up other people than cooking!
August 12, 2025

our hotel pick up was cancelled a few before the start of the activity as our hotel was too far out (not an issue for the elephant or zip lining experience). paid for a taxi to be there at 3.30pm a...read more

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avoid at all cost
August 02, 2025

our pick up was cxld a few days before start of event as our hotel was outside the zone. we were told to be on site at 3.30pm so had to pay for taxi. when we arrived we had to go in a van and we dr...read more

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Smileys cooking school highly recommended
June 22, 2025

Was amazing…English explanations easy to understand and going to the market before we started to cook gave us all a solid explanation of all the ingredients. We had a fantastic time and our chef ha...read more

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Fantastic cooking course
June 18, 2025

The staff were amazing as is…we were taken to a market where we learnt all about the different Thai ingredients and what the uses were. The actual chef spoke good English had a fantastic sense of o...read more

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Toller authentischer...
April 02, 2025

Toller authentischer Kochkurs, mit einer flexiblen Auswahl an Gerichten und einer tollen kleinen Gruppe, gerne wieder!

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