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Outdoor Thai BBQ & Dining Experience in Chiang Mai

All amenities

Family Friendly
Vegetarian friendly
Thai, English
House
Has animals
Cooking demonstration
professional cook
Cooking Experience
3 - 4 hours
Min 2, max 9 guests
Start times: 4:00pm
Start your Chiang Mai outdoor cooking class with a convenient hotel pick-up and a short drive to Pea’s home, where the experience takes place in her beautiful garden. Begin with a tour of her lush vegetable garden, learning how essential Thai herbs like lemongrass and holy basil are grown while discussing local ingredients, traditions, and Thai culture. Enjoy a traditional snack of miang kham before helping Pea prepare a Thai-style barbecue. Cook meat or fish, prepare fresh salads, and then sit down to enjoy the meal you helped create, paired with local beer. Your menu may include Thai-style BBQ chicken, beef, pork, fresh salads, pad thai, sticky rice, and dessert like coconut ice cream or seasonal mango sticky rice. This Chiang Mai cooking class is perfect for travelers seeking an authentic, hands-on Thai culinary experience.
Notes
Please be sure to include your Chiang Mai hotel name on the reservation form so your host can arrange for your pick-up. Please note that all the food prepared is gluten free; if you need a vegetarian menu, Pea can offer that as well, on request.

Sample menu

This is just a sample menu to give you an idea of the types of dishes the host cooks. Your menu will vary according to seasonal availability.

  • Miang kham | Fresh betel leaves filled with lime, coconut, peanuts
  • Thai BBQ | Grilled fish, chicken, beef, or pork (two meats)
  • Yam Yai | Traditional Thai salad with seasonal vegetables or glass noodles
  • Pad Thai | Classic stir-fried rice noodles
  • Sticky or steamed rice
  • Sweet coconut ice cream or mango sticky rice
  • Local beer, carbonated soft drink and water

More about Pea (outdoor)

Pea lives with her son, Jah, in a beautiful traditional teak home surrounded by lush gardens in Chiang Mai. She began cooking at the age of 12, helping her mother shop at the local market each morning. As the first daughter and fourth child in the family, Pea learned early how to choose the freshest ingredients and how quality and seasonality shape the flavor of every dish. Her creativity in the kitchen is legendary—she can even get her sons to enjoy bitter gourd, a vegetable most children avoid! “In our family, as soon as we finish one meal, we’re already thinking about the menu for the next. Cooking is a big part of my life. I love being in the kitchen.”

What others are saying

Nov 03, 2025
"My husband and I had a wonderful time starting from the pick up at our hotel. Jah, Pea’s son, picked us up on time and and enriched our visit to the cooking school by sharing a bit about himself,his family, his city and more The ride to and from the cooking school with him was a very positive and informative part of our evening. Thanks, Jah! It is definitely worth taking a class from Pea. She is quite the teacher—-organized, passionate, and very accommodating. I eat meat. My husband is a pescatarian, and she managed to have food choices for both of us to cook and eat We spent time in her lovely garden and learned how to create our own recipes using Thai cooking principles of flavor and ingredients available to us. The food was delicious and we ate every bite! We have taken cooking classes in several other countries. This one was unique as Pea stressed home cooking and how to adapt it to our own family. I highly recommend taking a private class from Pea instead of a group class somewhere else The personalized attention is worth every bit of your time. . Thank you, Pea and Jah! Come eat with us in Minnesota sometime!"
James
Aug 15, 2025
"It was an incredible experience. Much better than expected: the place, the explanations, the quality of the products and the recipes are just incredible."
Amicha

Cancellation

  • No worries booking: free cancellation within 24 hours of booking.
  • Cancel anytime up to 48 hours before your experience for a full refund minus service fees.
  • If your experience is cancelled within 48 hours of your experience, no refund is provided.

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