Thai cooking class in Kathu- a la carte home style Thai food

During a holiday in Thailand food plays an integral part. Food here is part of the culture, when you enter someone's house the first question is always "Have you already eaten" or "Gin khao laew yang?".

People like to spend time together and eat either at home or at restaurants. Meals are often consumed seated on a floor mat, not at table. Food is shared, steamed rice is served on each one plate and everyone picks the food they like from the central bowls so all diners can enjoy different tastes. Thai people use spoon and fork to eat, no knife and chopsticks only for noodles.

Lunch or dinner normally includes three dishes which will include a combination of fish, vegetable, pork, chicken or eggs, a soup and steamed rice. Chilli is very important although not all meals are spicy.

Delicious Thai food

Sitting at a restaurant or during one of our tours you will enjoy authentic Thai food. From sweet and sour to curry, spicy to light soups. Thai food is a blend of many different ingredients including spices, sauces, coconut milk, chilli and....the secret ingredients that every chef or cook keeps for themselves.

Now the question is how to put all the ingredients together? When to add what? How much of each ingredient, especially chilli?

This is where we come in, with our private cooking classes that specialize in delicious real home cooked food.  Learn to cook with real Thai's in a friendly and informal environment. Let us introduce you and your friends to the secrets of Thai cooking.

Fresh ingredients

We run the classes in our own homes, making you part of our family. This way you not only learn about cooking Thai food but also about the culture surrounding it. You will get a "taste" of real life Phuket.

Thai cooking classes - ingredients

The cooking class can be done in the morning, then enjoy what you've cooked for lunch. Or you can do the class in the afternoon followed by dinner.

The private Phuket cooking class starts with shopping for the ingredients at the local fresh food market.  The fresh market is still central to Thai life despite the arrival in Thailand of supermarket chains and shopping with a English speaking Thai person at the market is an experience in itself, you will rarely see a Thai person happier than when they are at the market.

Craig, Patricia, Charis and Robert

The variety of colors and smells will delight your senses. It can be a shock at first, totally different to a what you are used to but you will soon get used to it and discover that it is really enjoyable. Your "teachers" will be with you all time and happy to answer all of your questions, they speak English.

shopping at fresh food market

They will teach you the names of everything plus we also provide cue cards with photos and names in Thai and English to help you identify each ingredient.

From lest - Chef Orn, Ann, Sri

Then the real cooking starts. Easy Day Thailand cooking classes are different to others in that the menu is not based on a set menu but "à la carte." You will learn how to cook only your favourite dishes. In one cooking class you should be able to learn all your favourite Thai dishes.

blend the spices

You will learn how to prepare the ingredients for each dish and how to subtly combine the various spices to produce delicious, flavourful meals.

Then enjoy a great home made lunch or dinner. Let us know your favourite local beer and enjoy it with your meal, it's included in the price.

Real cooking

Our Thai cooking classes are available every day with advanced booking. Class sizes are limited to four people however we cook enough food for six people so you can bring friends to enjoy your first attempt at real Thai cooking.

Craig and Robert - preparation

After the class we will email you the recipes in pdf format so you will always have them and can share them with friends.

Phuket home stay

The morning class starts with pick up at your hotel at 9:00 hrs, the afternoon class starts with a 15:00 hrs pick up. Our driver will return you to your hotel after the class.

Price: 2,500 Thai Baht per person

Inclusive of transfers from any Phuket hotel, all ingredients for up to four dishes, rice, seasonal fruits, soft drinks, local beers, drinking water, tax and insurance.

If you are staying in a private villa and would like us to come to you and teach you in your kitchen that's no problem, we can provide a private Thai cooking class at your place, the price is the same.

Robert and Craig - promoted !

For any information or to book your class please contact Sri directly at Sri@easydaythailand.com

She is also available if you need any tips or suggestions for cooking Thai Food at home.

Private Thai Cooking Class by Easy Day Thailand

Here is our new solution for a special experience in Thailand, a private Thai cooking class at a local house, so you will have a touch of home stay in Phuket.

Tools are ready

After being transferred from their hotel with a comfortable private minivan, our first guests Edmond & Margaux met our cooks at Kathu Fresh Market to buy the main ingredients for the tasty lunch they were going to cook.

From Kathu Fresh food market

Back from shopping at the local market we moved to the house where the cooking class took place, just a few minutes away, and put the special "easy day aprons" on ready for some kitchen action.

Thai spices - cooking class

Many of the vegetables and other ingredients are very different from those you could be used to, so it's very interesting to discover new things and tastes, learning about the various differences and how to use each ingredient.

Ingredients cards in English

Local restaurants and our expert housewives usually take just few minutes to prepare most of the Thai dishes but in this case our cooks calmly explained all the simple steps of the preparation so the whole lesson took a couple of hours.

Preparation - private cooking class

Time to cook - supervised by the Chef

After taking all these pictures during the preparation and especially smelling all the inviting scents I really was hungry! Finally all the dishes were ready, all looked very good, in fact in Thai culinary culture the visual presentation of each dish is as important as the taste.

Food ready

Congratulations everyone !

Ed and Margaux cooking class - Promoted

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