Cooking Classes

Chiang Mai Thai Cooking Class with Local Market and Organic Garden Visit

Name: Chiang Mai Thai Cooking Class with Local Market and Organic Garden Visit
Start: 2026-08-05T15:00:00
End: 2026-08-05T19:30:00

Head out of Chiang Mai to Siam Garden Cooking School, a lakeside garden campus with air-conditioned dining room and pavilions for a scenic experience.

Start with round-trip transfers in an air-conditioned vehicle from central Chiang Mai, then meet your English-speaking instructor at the school.

Visit a local market and organic garden for ingredients, then cook a 6 dish Thai menu at your own station with personal wok and curry mortar.

Make your own curry paste and sticky rice with mango, then enjoy your dishes in a Chiang Mai style dining room or pavilion, or pack them to go.

Get Thai recipes in a printed book and online, plus photo albums, drinks and water, free Wi-Fi, and menus for meat, vegetarian, vegan or gluten-free.

Cooking class session

English-speaking staff and cooking instructor

Round-trip transfers in air-conditioned vehicle

Visit to local market and organic garden

Ingredients, personal wok, curry-paste mortar

Tea, coffee, water, eat in or takeaway

Full-color printed Thai recipe book

Online recipe book and photo albums

Selectable 6-dish menu, meat, vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free options

Learn to cook sticky rice with mango dessert

Air-conditioned dining room and garden pavilion

Free Wi-Fi at cooking school

Experience services for non-participant visitors

Round-trip transfers from areas outside Old Town Chiang Mai

Pickup and drop-off from CentralFestival Chiang Mai, MAYA Lifestyle Shopping Center, Nimman Road, Old Chiang Mai Cultural Center, Chiang Mai Airport, Art in Paradise, and Chiang Mai Railway Station

You can cancel these tickets up to 48 hours before the experience begins and get a full refund.

Cook a 6-dish Thai menu at Siam Garden Cooking School with market visit, organic garden, and round-trip transfers from Chiang Mai.

Getting started

Begin with round-trip transfers in an air-conditioned vehicle from your accommodation in Old Town Chiang Mai to Siam Garden Cooking School, located outside the city. After check-in you meet your English-speaking staff and cooking instructor and join your selected Morning Cooking Class or Evening Cooking Class session. The first step is a visit to a local market to see key Thai ingredients before continuing to the school’s organic garden.

What to expect

Siam Garden Cooking School

Siam Garden Cooking School sits about 20 kilometers outside Chiang Mai and combines a hands-on Thai cooking class with time in an organic garden and Chiang Mai-style dining spaces.

Features

Start your cooking class session by exploring the local market and then the organic garden, where you see trees, plants, and a show area with spices and herbs that you will later use in your dishes.

Cook a selectable 6-dish menu, with 6 menu options so everyone can choose their own menu, using your own ingredients, personal wok, and individual curry-paste mortar to make curry paste from scratch.

Benefit from English-speaking staff and an English-speaking cooking instructor, with meat, vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free options available so different dietary needs are accommodated in the same group.

Prepare and cook everything with your own hands, including learning how to cook glutinous rice for sticky rice with mango dessert, then either eat all your food on site or take it away with you.

Spend breaks in the Chiang Mai-style dining room with air conditioning or dine in the open-air Thai pavilion at the garden, where you can relax at pavilions by the lake, listen to the sound of the waterfall, and enjoy the garden view.

Enjoy tea, coffee, and drinking water throughout the session along with free Wi-Fi at the cooking school, and later use the full-color printed Thai recipe book plus the online recipe book to recreate dishes at home.

After your class, access online photo albums that capture your time in the kitchen and garden, and then return to Chiang Mai with round-trip transfers in an air-conditioned vehicle included for participants.

What's not allowed

Non-participants: Non-participant visitors cannot use class services, except the air-conditioned vehicle.

Additional information

Participation note: Visitor and infant participation is not available, so please inform the school before booking.

Location: The cooking school is located about 20 kilometers outside Chiang Mai.

Travel time: The class is outside the city and may not suit travelers who do not like long drives.

Health restrictions: Travelers with heart problems or other serious medical conditions should not join this class.

Back problems: The experience is not recommended for travelers with back problems.

Pickup area: Free round-trip transfers apply only from Old Town Chiang Mai; other areas are on request.

Non-service areas: Pickup is not provided from CentralFestival, MAYA, Nimman Road, Old Chiang Mai Cultural Center, CNX Airport, Art in Paradise, or the railway station.

Post-booking contact: After booking, contact Siam Garden Cooking School or check your email and spam folder for pickup and menu details.

Schedule flexibility: Each course may finish earlier or later than planned, depending on the group.

Time-sensitive guests: If you are in a hurry or traveling with baggage, you should inform the school before booking.

Your voucher will be emailed to you shortly.

Display the voucher on your mobile phone with a valid photo ID at the starting point.

Please check your final voucher for the starting point details & specific instructions.