Phuket Thai Cooking Class by Chef VJ

We booked the advanced session the day before and everything from the first WhatsApp conversation to the actual cooking was extremely well organised. 1. The team drove us to the food market where they gave us a really nice tour, introduced us to some of the ingredients we'd be using and gave us a bunch of local fruits to taste! 2. Our instructor Gigi carefully guided us throughout the session which included preparing chicken satay, crab curry, chilli lime fish and tamarind prawn. They also let us join the mango sticky rice demo although it wasn't technically on the list which was nice. I can safely say, nearly all the dishes we prepared were the best versions we'd had so they really have nailed the recipes. Thanks to the entire team for this experience. We'd highly recommend it! My only piece of feedback would be for VJ. Every session had its instructor and she was running the main one, but would've been nice to have had a little chat with her or if she'd checked in and said hi given it's "Cooking class by VJ". Only a minor thing and Gigi was brilliant!

This was a great experience and I would recommend it to anyone remotely interested in food, you don't really need to enjoy cooking itself, you will enjoy it. I would recommend taking the option with the market visit, you will try and learn about the local foods and taste some produce when you are there, opportunity to buy as well. The class is well done, with everything prepared for you and you just having fun with working the ingredients and then cooking which is a fast process. The 3 dishes you cook are great and tasty as well! Definitely would recommend when you have a chance to do this class!

I was slightly skeptical about this due to the price but it is so worth it. I would recommend including the market tour - it is interesting and I enjoyed tasting all the fruits. You then get in a minibus to the kitchen where you get your own individual preparation station and a cooking station. You get guided through how to prepare and cook four different dishes. The teachers and assistants are super helpful and funny!