Private Tour
Online Thai and Akha Cooking Class
Overview
Available languages
1 hour 30 minutes
Mobile ticket
The chef will walk you through each recipe step-by-step to make sure you completely understand.
The online class features lots of technical advice, cooking tips and tricks. if some of the ingredients you need aren’t available, don’t worry, just send us a message, and we’ll offer you solutions and alternatives.
Vegans and vegetarians are welcome to participate.
After class, you’ll be able to repeat the recipe again on your own.
The course runs on Zoom app, It's completely free to download.
After your reservation made. We'll contact you as soon as possible to schedule the meeting:
During the first (video) meeting we will cover
- The ingredients & tools checklist.
- How to set up Zoom app and camera.
Next, It’s time for you to go shopping:
- Pick up the ingredients and tools.
- Make sure your kitchen and ingredients are prepared.
Class Time:
We’ll provide your Zoom Meeting ID and the Password to join the course, within 10 minutes before the course begins.
Additional Info
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What‘s Included
Private course in the comfort of your own kitchen.
Full color a digital copy cookbook with features lots of technical advice, cooking tips and tricks.
Private face-to-face instruction with a real expert Thai-Akha food instructor.
Ingredients
Kitchen Equipments
What To Expect
Let Your Tastebuds Travel Learn to cook Thai food in the comfort of your own kitchen, with real-time expert advice from a Thai-Akha instructor. Discover the culture and cuisine of the Akha, an indigenous hill tribe of Southeast Asia, with the help of your native host. We have successfully run a cooking school in Chiang Mai, Thailand for more than six years, hosting more than 30,000 students from all over the world. Now we are offering our coursework online through a virtual, hands-on cooking class that you can enroll in anywhere in the world. An English-speaking instructor from Thai-Akha Kitchen will guide you through traditional Thai-cooking techniques, sharing insight into Thai and Akha heritage along the way. The class is suitable for beginners, but can also be tailored to chefs who know their way around the kitchen and want to learn to cook something new straight from the source. The instructor is a friendly, well-traveled, and knowledgeable chef with firsthand insight into Thai and Akha history. Welcome! to discover the culture and cuisine of the Akha, an indigenous hill tribe of Southeast Asia, with the help of your native host.
Sample Menu
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Khao Soi - Chiang Mai Noodles
This is a must-try dish for anyone visiting the north of Thailand. It referred to as “Chiang Mai Noodles”
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Tom Yum Soup
Tom Yum Goong is one of the most famous Thai dishes among foreigners and people from Thailand, alike.
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Akha Fish Filet in Tomato Sauce
This recipe is my favorite of my grandma’s fish recipes. If you’re trying to lose weight or improve your diet, you should probably eat more fish.
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Stir-Fried Vegetables
This dish is very clean and healthy, garlicky, crunchy, and flavorful with a little kick from its chilies.
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Leng Saap - Famous Thai street food
Learn to make Thailand’s most ridiculously portioned street food! Get ready for an Instagram-worthy tower of pork.
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Massaman Curry - Creamy and rich curry
The rich taste comes from the local flavors. Thai red curry paste combines with exotic spices: cardamom, cinnamon, star anise, and bay leaves
Options
Course 02 - Tom Yum Soup
Online Tom Yum Soup Cooking: Tom Yum Goong Soup remains a top choice among our students.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes: We'll meet before the class to covers the ingredients and tools needed
Can be Adapted for Vegan: This recipe can be adapted to be gluten-free, vegetarian or vegan.
Course 01 - Khao Soi
Online Khao Soi Cooking: Soon, you’ll be able to make this famous dish at home in your kitchen.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes: We'll meet before the class to covers the ingredients and tools needed
Can be Adapted for Vegan: This recipe can be adapted to be gluten-free, vegetarian or vegan.
Course 03 - Akha Fish Filet
Online Akha Fish Filet Cooking: “If you eat fish, it makes you smarter, and the smell of lemongrass will relieve your stress.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Can be Adapted for Vegan: This recipe can be adapted to be gluten-free, vegetarian or vegan.
Reviews
68 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Excellent experience would definitely recommend!
Noah D,
Nov 8, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Unbelievable experience. Food was so good!! Our teacher was also so great! Would definitely recommend!! Best cooking class we have ever taken! The classroom is incredibly clean and everything is perfectly laid out for you to follow along.
Beautiful cooking class
BeatricePartemi,
Oct 11, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Great experience! I attended the evening cooking class. There is pick up at the hotel and during the cooking class hours many dishes are cooked, from appetizers to first courses to desserts. The girl running the lesson made the experience unforgettable, very fun and engaging. You learn a lot about the culinary culture of northern Thailand and especially the Akha culture. Would gladly recommend
great class!
Passport29669486758,
Aug 27, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00This cooking class was amazing, would recommend to anyone! It was great to learn more about thai cooking, especially about the akha people and their traditions. Class was very professional and organised, easy to follow and our teacher was really funny and helpful. Food was delicious and getting to keep a recipe book was such a nice touch.
A culinary experience, unforgettable
96xax,
Aug 14, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Just perfect. Welcoming at the top. There were three of us with our 14-year-old son and a couple of two people we didn’t know. Our son simply loved doing Thai cuisine, especially as we then enjoyed the dishes we had prepared in a casual and fun Mood. We recommend this experience that you can live with family. Thanks to our chef who was adorable and explained the dishes very well in perfect English.
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Sightsee53240171812,
Jun 28, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Teacher fluent English, overall experience excellent, fun and have to eat. Highly recommended for those who come to Chiang Mai to arrange a day to experience. This slow city is worth living slowly
Very pleasant, local and delicious
Escape12769204812,
Jun 28, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00From the sourcing of ingredients there is also a recognition of making them into cooking, very fun and achievement, and to make very savory and delicious, teachers are also kindly guided, the environment is also clean and comfortable, overall very recommended, be sure to experience!
Recommended cooking course
NorthStar41682218059,
Jun 28, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Jasmine is very kind and enthusiastic, in the market to bring us to experience a lot of special delicious things, teaching the process of cooking is also interesting, learned a lot of cuisine, eat very full
Wonderful Thai Cooking Experience at Home
LightPacker802754,
Jun 20, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00My son and daughter have this class to me as a Fathers Day gift and they and their spouses joined me and my wife in the class. Our instructor was Niti. She could not have been more kind, patient, and friendly. She knows how to keep three different couples on time and on task. We will be back for more. Best of all the dish (Khao Soi Soup) was delicious and tailorable to each person’s taste and heat (spicy) tolerance.
Fantastic
X4167NMlaurenn,
May 15, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00We absolutely loved this activity in Chiang Mai 👩🍳 We learnt a lot, the food was fantastic and we had a wonderful time. Aon was a great host and we’d highly recommend it for a great evening!
The best cooking class!!!
N9152OPannes,
Apr 11, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00We had the best evening. The people are very friendly and the food that you make looks mouthwatering and it tastes even beter. We also loved the atmosphere!!! Really recommend it!!!
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