Lanta Thai Cookery School: Four-Hour Class, Koh Lanta
Activity provider: Trip Store Krabi
Reviewed Sept 2026
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Lanta Thai Cookery School teaches in a teak-wood house just inland from the south end of Phra Ae (Long Beach) on Koh Lanta. Many of the herbs and vegetables come from its own organic garden. Two classes run each day, midday and evening, and each lasts four hours.
Your group chooses four dishes together from a menu that changes from class to class: salads, soups, stir-fries, noodles and curries built on pastes you pound by hand. The chef opens with a welcome drink and a walk through the ingredients, then you cook and eat what you made at the end. Leftovers go home with you. Every dish can be made vegetarian, vegan, mild or hot if you say so when booking. Children cook two dishes instead of four.
A songthaew (shared pickup truck) collects you from hotels on the main road between Saladan and Kantiang Bay. For the midday class, pickups run from 09:20 at Kantiang to 09:45 at Long Beach; for the evening class, 15:20 to 15:45. The school emails your exact time after booking. Classes take up to 12 people, and you leave with a cookbook and a certificate.
Insider Tip: The evening class suits the southern beaches. You start after the worst of the afternoon heat and get back in time for a late drink.
Watch out: Pickup only covers the west-coast road. Staying in Lanta Old Town or on the east side? Ask the school before booking, or plan a taxi.
This is a well-organised class in a pleasant garden setting, not a farm day. If you’d rather spend a day on the water, the Koh Rok and Koh Haa snorkel trip is the island’s other big outing.
Itinerary
What happens
Get a convenient pickup service by songtaew (a passenger vehicle in Thailand) from your hotel on Koh Lanta along the main road between Saladan and Kantiang Bay. Start the course with a welcome drink and get useful cooking instructions from the Thai chef with many years of experience. Learn how to cook healthy and delicious Thai food with a practical hands-on approach to surprise your family and friends at home as a gourmet souvenir from Thailand. Two classes per day are held in a spacious teak-wood house just inland in the south of Phra Ae Beach (also known as Long Beach), and many of the vegetables and spices are sourced from an on-site organic garden. Midday and evening classes last for 4 hours. The group will collaboratively choose 4 dishes from the available selections which change for each course. The menus offer a good mix of salads, soups, stir fries, noodle dishes and curries made from hand-made pastes, plus enjoy a feast of your own making at the end of the class! All dishes can be made vegetarian per request, please let us know upon booking.
Included
- Cooking book
- Bring back your left-overs of food to share with friends or family
- Drinking water, coffee, tea, seasonal fruits & rice
- Cooking certificate
- Hotel round-trip transfer
Not Included
- Gratuities
Good to know
Cancellation
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Before you go
All dishes can be either vegetarian, vegan, non spicy or as spicy as you like Children can choose only 2 dishes
