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US$ 37 per person

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Akha Kitchen Thai Cooking Class With Market Shopping

US$ 37 per person

5.00 (12)

Starting time

9AM

Duration

4 hours

Min. participants

2 Participants

Language

English

Free pick-up included

About

Akha Kitchen features a full English-speaking Thai/Akha staff. Chiang Rai has a Rich heritage of Hill-Tribe people. In the class, you will learn not only your Thai favorites but also delicious Tribal dishes like "SaPiTong", a traditional dish only prepared by the Akha people.

Our Chef, Jaruwan, is Born and raised in Chiang Rai where Graduated from culinary School.

Your half Day class includes:

Market Tour- where you will learn about and buy fresh ingredients for the day
Coffee or Tea and a treat while touring the market
5 course training session - Chosen by you for that day’s class specifically
Class is 4.5 hours and includes all drinks (including Alcoholic and Non-Alcoholic)

*If you are a solo traveler who wish to take this class, please contact us*

Schedule

Morning Class schedule:

8:30 am: Pickup from your Hotel or set meeting location
9:00 am: Local Market tour & refreshment inside Chiang Rai's main market facility.
9:30 am: Meet local Farmers and view there locally grown, Organic selections.
10:00 am: Travel to our Facility
10:10 am: Meet the staff and enjoy orientation & refreshments
10:30 am: Begin Preparing your dishes starting with your personal Curry paste
11:00 am: Cooking session 1 -First 3 courses
12:00 pm: Cooking Session 2- Course 4 & 5 along with dessert
1:30 pm: Return to your desired location or Hotel

Included Highlights

All ingredients

Choose your own dishes

Coffee and tea

Complimentary

Drinks included

Market tour

Vegetarian applicable

Additional Information

Pickup Option

We will Pickup and Deliver you and your guests to any location with a 10 KM radius of Chiang Rai. Other locations available at a small extra fee.

Confirmation

You will receive the confirmation of your booking's availability within 24 hours. Once confirmed, please present your booking reference number at the cooking school.

Cancellation

Full refund will be issued for cancellation made at least 48 hours prior to the activity

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Traveler Reviews

Verified 5.00 12 reviews

"Awesome!"

We’ve taken lots of cooking classes in many places. This was the BEST ever. Fascinating market tour. Class is in their house but it is specially set up as a professional cooking school. well equipped, spotlessly clean. Chef Jaruwan is knowledgable and engaging. She did a great job coaching us as we prepared our dishes. She shared her enthusiasm for cooking and also shared stories of her Akha culture. As advertised on the site, everything is included, even transfers to and from your hotel. Crazy value for money. High-end class at modest price.

"A must if you visit Chiangrai"

Jaru is really good at what she does. It’s a great learning experience and the food, all of which you make from scratch, is delicious.

"Great"

Everything was well organized and Jaru could explain very well, so everybody could cook his own tasty food. Thanks to Jaru

"MUST DO! Best class ever!"

This was the only cooking class we did in Thailand, and we were told by our cooking meats but it was definitely the best one they had been to! Jaru was an excellent hostess. Everything wais personalized, luxurious, well prepared, and of course delicious. Our trip through the market was at a very relaxed pace, complete with complementary coffee‘s and coconut ice cream which was amazing! She taught us a lot about how to shop local. Once we got back to her house, everything was so beautiful and the refreshing fruit and drinks before we started was a nice touch. Throughout the course of the class, we were told many stories of the Akha tribe and enjoyed getting to know Jaru better as well :-) apparently at other classes you don’t really do much cooking, you just throw the ingredients together, but here we got to slice, dice, crush, smash all the ingredients! It was so fun! It also went 2 hours longer than was advertised, which wasn’t a problem for us, actually pretty amazing, but just a heads up! Jaru was wonderful and her helpers gave us the best day ever!

"Amazing Experience!"

Linda and I had a wonderful cooking experience today, lead by Jay(Akha Tribe). First he took us to a local market and purchased the meat, fish and vegetables we would require. He thoroughly explained each of our 7 or 8 dishes that each person attending chose to make. This made it so much easier for us to prepare and complete each dish. We all sat and ate what we prepared and had about 3 sittings so I suggest you don't have a large breakfast before this wonderful and culturally culinary experience. Highly recommended.

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Location

693/2 BanKonRat Road Chiang Rai, 57000 Chiang Rai, Thailand