Cooking Schools around Bangkok
Many would agree that eating Thai food is a pleasure only slightly above that of cooking and preparing it.
The romance of learning to cook with authentic Thai ingredients is a formidable one, and cooking classes in Bangkok are easy to find, affordable, and fun.
Some schools offer hands-on practice while others are of the “watch and eat” variety.
All teach basic skills that will enable you to make your favorite dishes at home, while others offer training specific to the requirements of a professional chef.
Virtually every major hotel offers Thai cooking classes, but much of the fun in taking cooking classes is getting out on your own to the non-hotel venues.
Here’s a short list of Bangkok-based cooking schools offering courses on Thai cuisine.
Each offers one to multi-day courses, the ambiance and class size differing in each (also visit Cooking Schools in Chiang Mai).
Blue Elephant Cooking School & Restaurant, 233 South Sathorn Road, Bangkok 10120. Tel: (02) 673-9353.
This school is located in an exotic three-story colonial house just south of the BTS Surasak skytrain station.
Classes start at 2,800 baht, and are followed by a meal at their well-known restaurant.
www.blueelephant.com/school
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Institute of Culinary Art, 703-705 Silom Road, Bangkok. Tel: (02) 635-3135.
Classes meet here for three hours a day for five days, and start at the beginning of each month.
Located near the Sala Daeng BTS station.
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Cooking school on the barge
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Mrs. Balbir’s Cooking School, 155/18 Sukhumvit Soi 11/1, Bangkok. Located near the BTS Nana skytrain station, Vinder Balbir here offers classes in both Thai and Indian cuisine.
Classes start at 450 baht for a two-hour course, and she also offers customized classes for individuals at 5,000 baht.
Perhaps the most intriguing of all is her one day cooking class (www.mrsbalbir.com/cooking_barge.htm) held on a barge plying the the Chao Phraya River.
www.mrsbalbir.com
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The Thai House, 32/4 Moo 8, Tambol Bangmaung, Amphoe Bangyai, Nonthaburi, 11140. Tel: (02) 903-9611.
This school is located in Nonthaburi, 22 km north of Bangkok, and sits on the grounds of a beautiful modern Thai traditional house, that also offers home stays.
If you’re taking a two or three day class here, staying at Thai House could enhance your experience.
Thai House will pick you up at your hotel at 8:30 am, then take you by van or boat to the school.
A van will return you to your hotel by 5 pm, unless you elect to stay.
Courses start at 3,500 baht per person (minimum two persons).
www.thaihouse.co.th
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UFM Baking and Cooking School, 593/29-39 Sukhumvit33/1, Bangkok. Tel: (02) 259-0620.
This large school, located near the BTS Phrom Phong skytrain station, teaches a comprehensive series of courses in Thai cooking, baking, and deserts, and offers courses in Chinese and Vietnamese cuisine as well.
Most classes are taught in Thai, but classes for four or more English speakers can be arranged.
www.ufmeducation.com
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Wandee Culinary School, 294/16-17 Pradipat Road, Phayathai, Bangkok, 10400. Tel: (02) 279-9844, (02) 279-9845.
Located near the BTS Sala Daeng skytrain station, Wandee specializes in Thai cooking and deserts, and has a Thai flower-arranging course as well.
www.wandeethaicooking.com
