Join Kookai, your experienced Thai chef, for an immersive cooking class in Koh Samui. With over 20 years in the restaurant industry, Kookai will guide you through crafting authentic Thai dishes from scratch. Experience a vibrant local market, source fresh ingredients, and even savor a traditional Thai coffee. Gain essential kitchen skills, including perfecting your knife technique and mastering classic recipes like Pad Thai. Choose four of your favorite dishes and learn step by step. After cooking, enjoy a delightful meal, showcasing the freshest flavors that rival any restaurant. Kookai’s fluency in English ensures a clear and fun learning experience.
Welcome to Cook With Kookai, where I, Kookai, invite you to delve into the rich and flavorful world of Thai cooking. Having dedicated my life to mastering Thai cuisine with over 20 years of experience as a restaurant chef, I am excited to share my passion with you through engaging cooking classes. Together, we will embark on a journey starting at my local Thai market, where I will introduce you to the freshest ingredients, sourced on the very same day. Enjoy a cup of authentic Thai coffee while we chat about the unique flavors that define our cuisine. Back in my kitchen, I will guide you through essential skills, from knife handling techniques to crafting the perfect Pad Thai. You can select any four of your favorite Thai dishes for us to prepare together, ensuring a personalized experience tailored to your taste. With clear instructions in English, you’ll feel confident as we create delicious meals. Finally, we’ll sit down to savor the incredible dishes we’ve made, showcasing the freshest local ingredients that will impress any food lover. Join me for an unforgettable culinary adventure in Koh Samui!
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Cook With Kookai is perched on a picturesque hilltop overlooking 84330, Thailand
Cannot recommend Kookai highly enough. Prior to our day communication was exceptional. We met at 8.30 at Mae Nam market to buy the ingredients and headed off to prep and make four dishes. It was without a doubt one of the best experiences in Koh Samui. What a wonderful host and teacher. We learnt loads and feasted like kings ❤️Worth every penny…
Can’t recommend Kookai’s class more highly. As a family of 4 (kids 7 & 10), we met at the local market and shopped around for the ingredients for the dishes we agreed to cook beforehand. Kids were fascinated by the local produce especially the raw meat on the tables. Went back to Kookai’s kitchen and prepared each dish and ate each dish after each preparation. The kids got to learn some knife skills and chopped up vegetables and meat, all well supervised. We made fish cakes, pad se ew with chicken, panang beef curry and sticky rice with mango. All so fresh and delicious. Such a warm and fun experience, unlike more clinical hotel provided cooking experiences. Thanks Kookai and Mark!
Cook with Kookai was a simply fantastic experience for our Texan family of 6! We accompanied Kookai and her staff through an authentic local open-air market as they selected fresh ingredients for our dishes. We stopped in the market to get delicious Thai coffee and tea before returning to her kitchen. The dishes our family chose were Chicken Pad-Thai, Pork Panang Curry, Clear Noodle Soul with minced Pork, and for dessert, Mango with Sticky Rice (Yum!!!). We each had our own work station where we were guided step-by-step to make our own portions of each delicious dish. Kookai was the most gracious host and guide we could’ve asked for. Her English was great, and her sense of humor, high energy, and charismatic personality made this class a highlight of our trip to Thailand. Thank you Kookai!
I had a great day at the cooking class. She is a chef and it shows. I learnt a lot about combining flavours, the right way to prepare and making the tastiest (self-selected) Thai dishes. So you not only have an instructive fun day but also delicious food right away. I loved it and her! 🥰🥰
We loved this! Easy to find and to communicate to make the booking. We were even collected and dropped off at our hotel. Started at the local market where we got fresh veg and meat and ended with local Thai tea. Continued to Kookai’s house and started with this dishes. We chose to do coconut chicken soup, pad Thai and panang curry. Additionally we’ve made mango sticky rice as well.It was relaxed and fun environment. It was only me and my friend, so felt very private.Overall great experience and 100% recommended!!
I really enjoyed this cooking class! It started with a coffee or tea and a walk through the market. Afterwards we went to her place and cooked three meals and a dessert. I liked how clean the kitchen was and how she cleaned it after every meal with new cutting boards. Thank you for the experience 🙂
I had a great day with Kookai. She is a great cook, but also a great hostess and a great teacher. I had an amazing time with her at the market first, learning about all kinds of fruit, vegetables and ingredients, and then we went back to her house to prepare 3 dishes I had chosen. I learnt so much! We each cooked beside each other as I was the only student that day, so I had a private lesson which I fully appreciated!We cooked and ate for 4 hours, and then I stayed around for a drink and a chat for another hour. Everything was so pleasant!Kookai is lively, funny and dynamic, and I had the best day with her! Thank you so much, Kookai!
We had an awesome morning learning cooking homestyle Thai favorites with Kookai. Starting with picking up the freshest ingredients at the Maenam Morning Market, we were educated in the flavors and methods of Thai cooking. She gave us the option to choose our dishes ahead of time: Shrimp Pad Thai, Pork with Holy Basil and Green Curry. Kookai was an entertaining teacher that kept our class fun. Highly recommend!