Grandma's Home Cooking School

Had an awesome time at Grandma’s for the full day cooking course! We debated for a while about whether to do the full day or half day, but glad that we went for the full day in the end. The school is a lil ways out of the city, so better bang for your time, but the main reason was that I actually did want to learn how to make a bunch of the dishes that are only included in the full day. Make sure you check the menus on their website beforehand, because they vary by day of the week. Something that surprised me — this school is an OPERATION. There are like 6-7 cabanas of different sizes with multiple classes going on. I think they said they can handle like 300 people a day max. But individual classes are quite small and private. Ours only had 7 people. Our instructor, Levin, had us hype the whole day and kept us laughing, and very clearly knew his stuff. The course itself was really well-paced, and they do just enough prep for us (e.g. slicing the papaya for the salad) that we can save a bit of time but still learn the important bits. And honestly, I was kind of surprised at how good the food even I could make was. Everything was very fresh. We literally took eggs warm from the chicken’s bum.

This was so worth it! I did the Northern Thai (Lanna) cooking class, and Roger was the best teacher: funny and making the best silly jokes, informative and explaining each step of the cooking process. . He even taught me some Thai words. The organic garden tour was very nice, and they will show you all the ingredients you use. Every single dish was delicious, and there is so much preparation that makes you appreciate your food. You will have a lot of (delicious) food leftover that you can take home! The staff were also very kind, and thankyou to them for preparing all the ingredients. For the price, this is a must-try experience and the level of service and quality of everything is so good. Everything is the best, I can't find a single thing that was lacking. Lastly, please be warned, some of the activities are physically intensive, like making your own curry paste in a mortar and pestle, and grating coconuts. You should also know how to use a knife, as the pace was moderately fast. Best experience I've ever had in Thailand.

We loved our cooking class at Grandma’s Home Cooking School! Our instructor, Roger, was funny, informative, and a great teacher! All of the meals we made were fairly easy, but totally delicious. We appreciated that they gave us the recipes at the end, along with professional photos taken throughout the class (complementary too!). The farm and instruction space were beautiful too. The only negative was the pickup - our driver got lost and was late, but the school staff were very apologetic and made sure we still got to complete the full class. We would highly recommend adding this to your Chiang Mai itinerary!