Thai Cooking Classes in Phuket: 5 Top-Rated Schools (2026)

A daily cooking school on Patak Road near Kata, run by Chef VJ, with a morning class that starts with a market tour and a shorter class without it. The site also sells a Northern Thai flavours class and a Phuket food tour, and mentions free pickup in certain areas for direct bookings.

A Phuket Town cooking class run by Tony with a fixed format: a fresh-market visit, then one soup, one curry and one stir-fry, plus spring rolls or mango sticky rice. Morning and afternoon sessions each last about four hours, and reviewers praise the well-organised, friendly class.

The cooking class of Sawasdee Thai Cuisine, the restaurant of a resort on Kade Kwan Road at Kata Beach. The site describes a class of about 2 hours with three courses (a salad, a soup and a curry or stir-fry), a local market visit for morning classes and a dessert for afternoon ones; reviewers mention small classes and good instructors.

A Karon cooking school offering half-day group classes with a Kata market tour and fruit tasting: Program B cooks three dishes, Program A four. Reviewers mention green curry, tom yum and pad thai, plus quality ingredients and friendly staff.

A cooking school on Nanai Road in Patong with a ladder of classes, from a 45-minute 900 THB starter class to a 4-hour market walk class at 3,000 THB, plus private master classes for up to two people. Reviewers mention learning Thai ingredients, sauces and a little Thai language.