Ya Thai Cooking Class In Krabi With Recipe Book

We had a great time at the class, loved learning how to make the different curry pastes and ate so much at the end.

What a fantastic experience! The tour guides were so friendly, engaging, and patient through it all. The food was out of this world from the first dish to the very last dessert dish. It was unbelievably delicious! I would highly recommend this excursion if visiting Krabi Thailand

Excellent fun experience- highly recommend Great fir a rainy day

This experience was one of a kind, the lady’s running the class were so friendly and knowledgable. My friend is also vegetarian and they catered very well for her. We got to make 4 dishes each, and it included a free cooking book at the end for the things we had made. Would definitely recommend to anyone staying in Ao Nang area.

after booking, we received several WhatsApp messages to keep us informed of the upcoming event. We were picked up from our hotel very promptly. Everything was laid out ready for us upon arrival & we started once the rest of our group had arrived & introductions made (we attended the evening group - nice small group of six people with one teacher 👏🏼😊) We were given a choice of 3 x dishes each to cook & then mango sticky rice as the desert. Our group decided to cook everything & then sit down to eat together at the end - which allowed for social interaction and sharing travel experiences. There was plenty of food and some leftover which we were able to takeaway with us along with our recipe book! Overall, a very enjoyable evening, good fun with a lovely bunch of travellers and a cheerful knowledgeable teacher 😁 Highly recommend this activity & we felt it was very good value for money. Allow four hours total to include pick up and drop-off time.

Extremely well organised. Pickup from our hotel was efficient. Friendly helpful staff with a great sense of humour. Such an enjoyable experience.

Awesome hands on experience! Great food was made. Very authentic! Even made new friends at the class. Come hungry!

Fun and informative introduction to Thai cooking. You will prepare plenty of food that you will eat so don’t fill up on the first dish! Each participant creates their own dishes so everyone gets what they want.

My husband and I thoroughly enjoyed this cooking class. They picked us up from the hotel on time and even made sure we were back in time for another activity we had planned. There were some other people there, including children aged between about 8 upwards - 7 of us in total. The ladies at the cooking school were very organised and helpful, giving us plenty of options and explaining the dishes as required. They had excellent knowledge of the ingredients and were able to share this competently in English. The ladies were very kind and friendly, helping us to adapt our dishes to suit our tastes (e.g. mild or hot spice). We were not rushed, given time to eat our dishes and also provided with bags to take what we could not manage away. We were even given a little recipe book to take home. We really enjoyed it and would strongly recommended to anyone who wants to learn how to cook some delicious Thai dishes. Thank you

We really enjoyed the class! We made many different dishes and learned a lot. They can also adapt almost every dish into a vegetarian version which was much appreciated! The class is quite high tempo but you get a recipe book afterwards. One small detail: the recipes in the book are always the non-veggie variant, so it would have been nice to get the book at the start of the class to be able to make some adaptations 😇

Definitely a must-do activity in Ao Nang! Was so much fun and food was delicious! Would recommend this to anybody of any skill level.

This was a great class, especially for 2 people who already do a lot of cooking. My husband, in fact, was a fine dining cook for 20 years. This class was informative, the instructor kind and knowledgeable. We know we can go home and cook exceptional Thai soups, egg rolls, curries and pad Thai for ourselves, friends and family! Thank you, Ya’s cookery and the fun people who run it.

It’s really not like us to leave a bad review but our experience does not match the rest of the reviews and I hope our review makes you think twice before booking. It was incredibly chaotic, confusing and thoroughly unenjoyable and stressful - probably because of the excessive size of the class (there was around 30 of us in total and definitely not enough staff to be “max 8 per group” making the description misleading and, quite frankly, a lie). The combination of the range of things they “teach” you to cook and the size of the class makes it impossible to follow what you need to do as everybody is making different food and there’s not enough staff to help.

This experience was fantastic! We were offered many choices of recipes and each person could personalize their dishes. The instructors were really charming and easily showed us how to prep and cook. The food was delicious and we were so stuffed and had leftovers. Absolutely the best class.

We are family of 4 adults. The experience started off on the wrong foot as I did not realize the ground transportation offered for an additional fee was in the back of a pickup truck. This turned out to be a relatively minor point; I suggest you take a Grab instead. But the overall cooking experience was top notch. Ying and her team of ladies were super -- teaching and coaching each step of our meal prep. We left stuffed and satisfied with the experience. Highly recommend.

The class was very good, clear instruction. There was help if needed. They had a very good understanding of our language so everyone understood. They allowed everyone’s taste to be explored. Three of us did the course this morning and would recommend this to anyone wanting to learn the flavours of Thailand. A lot of food cooked, eaten and taken away x

The class was amazing, very thorough and interactive and great for adults and teens and any kids interested in cooking (and eating). Come hungry, you will make a range of different Thai dishes and have it all to eat. It was delicious, under the expert guidance of the chefs who made us all feel welcome.

Interactive experience with great cooking instructors. We learned about key ingredients to make curry pastes and the different ways to make Thai curries (green, red, yellow, panang, and massaman). Aside from curry, there were options to cook other popular Thai dishes including fried rice, pad Thai, chicken cashew, chicken basil, laab, morning glory, tom yum, spring rolls/egg rolls, bua loi, and mango sticky rice. Come hungry. If you go with a group of friends, choose different dishes to cook. You’ll have an opportunity to see how other dishes are made and you can eat family style at the end.

This experience will assure you Thai cooking is actually not difficult! Loved every bit of it. Go for it!

SO MUCH FUN!! This is a great option if you want an activity for a chill afternoon or a rainy day in monsoon season. The teachers were so friendly and funny and great teachers. I learnt a lot and had a lot of fun and walked away with a recipe booklet on what we learnt! The food taste like it’s from a restaurant!! Advice: skip breakfast and come on an empty stomach so much yummy food to eat :)

This was one of the best things we did in Thailand. Pick up from the hotel and drop off was very straightforward. The chefs who took the class (there was only the 2 of us!) were fantastic! So lovely, friendly and educational. The food was absolutely wonderful, I've never eaten so well! It was no problem at all that we were vegetarian. We stopped off briefly on the way there for some ingredients and everything was so fresh! It was so clean and such a lovely atmosphere. We were allowed plenty of time to relax and eat. There was also plenty of p Leftovers which were packaged up for us. Just wonderful, thank you so much

We were so lucky to have the Thai cooking class all to ourselves — and it turned out to be one of the most memorable parts of our trip! The instructor was incredibly welcoming, patient, and passionate about Thai cuisine. We learned so much about the ingredients, techniques, and the culture behind each dish. Being in a private setting made the experience even more special — we got to ask lots of questions, go at our own pace, and really enjoy every moment. Plus, the food we made was absolutely delicious — we’re still dreaming about the curry! If you’re visiting Thailand and love food, this class is a must. It’s a hands-on, heartwarming experience that goes beyond just cooking. Highly recommend!

The class was so fun and the food was delicious. It was one of our favorite things we did in Ao Nang. You get a recipe book at the end which is great for making the recipes again sometime

The cook we worked with was lovely and did a great job guiding us through the cooking process. We got to pick our curry, main dish, and soup to make with sticky rice with mango for dessert. The setting was very nice - a spacious outdoor area. They seemed to be missing someone from the staff the day we were there - our cook was also the driver who picked us up and was trying to do a lot of behind the scene prep work while we were cooking. It didn't detract from my experience personally though. We got a hard copy of a recipe book to take home with us!

It was truly amazing how the 3-4 women working there managed to coordinate a bunch of people with no cooking experience, and help them make 4 incredible dishes. You really should not eat breakfaat before doing this class, or else you will be stuffed before the 3rd dish. Bonus: you receive a book in the end, with all the recipes you made, and also the ones you did not.

This cooking class was so fun!! Highly recommend for anyone looking to make some delicious Thai food during their visit to Krabi. The staff were all very kind and helpful and we couldn’t believe how good the food turned out. We made curry, noodles, and soup that we ate together and we also given fresh mango sticky rice that they made for us. This was definitely one of the best parts of an amazing trip!

Very organised. Yummy food. Lovely ladies who teach the cooking and all of the behind the scenes preparations.

Wonderful way to learn about some of the basics of Thai cooking. I would recommend going when you are hungry as you are expected to eat everything you made…. Which for us was impossible as we made 3 dishes each and it was 11.30 in the morning when we finished. You can take food away but that’s not always convenient either depending on your accommodation facilities. We got some really good instruction and information on basic Thai curry pastes but we felt the actual cooking part was very rushed and there wasn’t a lot of time to really think about what we were doing.

Absolutely loved the experience while there but unfortunately my partner and I both got severe food poisoning the next day. There’s a potential the food poisoning didn’t come from Ya’s, however that’s the only thing we’d eaten the same in days and the chicken was left out in the heat for a solid hour before it was cooked. Great experience, great tasting food and lovely hosts, just be mindful of the potential food poisoning.

Had a lovely evening making loads of Thai food with my son. So much we couldn’t eat it all. Choice was superb, food was amazing and thoroughly enjoyable. 5*

Great experience! Wanted to learn how to cook some of the dishes I buy ready prepared at home and this experience exceeded our expectations. My husband is also a chef in Wales and picked up some really handy hints. The school itself is lovely in a beautiful setting and the hosts were fabulous. Thank you so much x

Authentic cooking course run by lovely ladies in a small group (5) with plenty of options to choose from. And you get to eat all the delicious food afterwards 😋

Really good fun, informative and Ying and her colleagues were really helpful and informative. We were picked up from our hotel along with 4 other people - 8 of us altogether , we made several Thai dishes from scratch and got a choice what to make, there was a choice of beer or soft drinks if we wanted which we had to pay for - at the end we sat together and enjoyed what we had made. Then we were given a summary cookery book to take home - a lovely evening with such nice people - thank you Ying and your colleagues x

It’s a wholesome evening and is not to be missed. The ladies shown us how to cook our favourite 3 Thai dishes. The food was delicious actually best food I had eaten in Thailand, we were very full. It’s something everyone should experience

Good atmosphere, i enjoy thoroughly the all experience with great team. Highly recommended! The provide you at the end all the recipes. Which is a big plus!

Great communication from the start. They picked us up and dropped us back from our resort. The class was very authentic from start to finish and the recipes were excellent.

I took the class with my partner, we were in a group of 6 which is an ok size for a cooking class. We cooked different curries, papaya salad, tom yam, pad thai and pad krapow - every person got to choose the dishes they wanted to cook which meant that you could observe others recipes. However, it all goes quite fast and the teachers takes over quite often, therefore not sure how much we actually learned. But you get a recipe book in the end so you can practice in the calm of your home. Overall a fun activity, friendly teacher and delicious dishes, recommend!

Fantastic hands on cooking experience, with choice of dishes, 4 made in total. Each group of 6 people was very well run. We chopped, stir fried, made curry paste and curry, salad or soup and enjoyed eating it all. Take small cash bills for water coke beer. Highly recommend whether you cook or not!

Such a fun night, so much tasty food and lovely hosts. The cooking school could cater to vegetarian needs without issue. 10/10, would go again

So much fun! Ingredients were really fresh, the food we made was seriously yum and the staff were so friendly! Had a great afternoon!

Delightfull night out learning how to cook your favourite Thailand cuisine. Great fun and experience

Amazing cooking class. We learned how to make Green, Red and Panang Curry, Pad Thai, Coconut Chicken Soup, Sticky Mango Rice and other dishes. The food was fantastic and Ying and the other teachers were so fun and knowledgeable. Great company and fun conversation. Highly recommend

Great experience! The instructors were friendly, fun, and helpful - you feel that you’re in good hands. The food came out delicious. The Panang Curry was incredible! And you get the recipes to take home. Bang Bang!

We had a lovely experience cooking a wide variety of popular Thai dishes. The instructors are knowledgeable and very fun. The ingredients used are top quality and the food made during the class is exceptional.

Couldn’t have decided on a better way to spend a few hours. Came upon this last minute and so glad we did. Ying was a great teacher and humored our American jokes. There was plenty of food for the three course meal with mango sticky rice as the icing on the cake. Definitely a highlight of my trip in Krabi!

We had a blast learning to cook traditional Thai dishes. The instructions are extremely knowledgeable and helpful so you feel confident in skill. I will absolutely be back!

The cookery class was great. You get three rounds of cooking where you get multiple options for each round. The people working there were very helpful and gave clear advice on how to make your chosen dish. You get to mingle abit with the other people there an its a good laugh. You even get a cook book at the end so you can make the stuff you've learnt at home. Would definitely recommend this class.

The woman who learned us how to make the thai dishes was really helpful and nice. She knew everything about the thai kitchen and told us lots about it. Really great activity!

Wonderful experience cooking authentic Thai food. I visited during the low season and was lucky enough to have a VIP cooking course. Everything was prepared: all ingredients, apron, working station and a cooking book to bring home. The chef was really kind and experienced. She shared lots of tips & tricks about the ingredients and preparation techniques. At the end, you get to enjoy your dishes in a beautiful open air space. I totally recommend the experience!