Thai Food Cooking Courses – Index
Thai cuisine is highly popular all over the world and backpackers and travelers flood to the country just to get a taste of the local street food. It’s famous for its lightly prepared dishes that have a bit of spiciness and strong aromatic components.
If you’re a Thai-food addict and want to learn how to cook Thai food, you can join both online courses on websites like Udemy and watch tutorials on YouTube. Today, you’ll learn about some of the most popular Thai online cooking classes and YouTube channels.
Let’s start and review two of the most popular courses that are available on Udemy.
Thai Cooking Class with Chef Kae (Udemy)
Thai Cooking Class with Chef Kae is one of the most popular courses on Udemy, so far, more than 2,000 persons have enrolled in the course. The course has a rating of 4.6, thus, it’s one of the highest-ranked courses on the website.
The instructor of the course, Kae, was previously trained as a chef in Chiang Mai and Bangkok and she has worked at two acclaimed Thai resorts. Thus, Kae is experienced and passionate about cooking Thai food.
The dishes that Kae teach you to make are quick and simple, but popular. Kae adds notes of the ingredients that you have to buy in advance. The dishes you’ll learn to cook are:
- Pad Thai – A Traditional Thai Favorite (2 lectures)
- Thai Sweet and Sour Salad with Salmon (2 lectures)
- Tom Yum Coconut Chicken (2 lectures)
- Panang Curry with Beef (2 lectures)
- Pineapple Fried Rice (2 lectures)
- Pad Pak Boong (Morning Glory) (2 lectures)
- Som Tam – Thai Papaya Salad (2 lectures)
- Larb Moo – Spicy Pork Salad (2 lectures)
To join the course, Kae recommends you to have the following:
- A safe and clean cooking environment
- A seasoned wok pan
- Mortar and pestle to crush peppers and more
- Good quality cookware and utensils
Summary
- Website: Click here
- Price: USD 9.99 (original price USD 19.99, discount 50% off)
46 Best Thai Food Easy Recipe (Udemy)
46 Best Thai Food Easy Recipe is run by Tipyapar Pla Traisombat who has a long experience in cooking Thai food. As you can hear by its name, in this course, you learn how to cook 46 different Thai dishes, which are easy to make.
The course has a rating of 4.5/5.0 as of the moment I’m writing this article.
The course is suitable for persons who want to make the most out of their time and weekly shopping. It’s recommended for beginners as you don’t need any knowledge of how to cook Thai food or about the cuisine in general.
She will help you with the preparations, list the ingredients you have to buy, and explain in a step-by-step guide on how you can cook.
Each course session explains what dishes you can cook with certain ingredients, for example:
- Everyday Dish with Eggs (8 lectures)
- Home Cooked Everyday Dishes (26 lectures)
- Stir-Fry with Holy Basil Leaves (5 lectures)
- Cooking with curry paste (5 lectures)
- Cooking with shrimps (6 lectures)
- Eat Out and Cook at home (10 lectures)
I recommend you to have a look at this course if you want to get a well-rounded knowledge of how you can store and cook Thai food.
Summary
- Website: Click here
- Price: USD 9.99 (original price USD 99.99, discount 90% off)
Mark Wiens (YouTube)
Mark Wiens is a famous person in the Thai street food community, he was originally born in the US, raised in DR Congo and Kenya, and later decided to move to Bangkok. Here, he is passionate about Thai food, especially street food, and he blogs about his international food adventures.
According to articles online, Mark Wiens’s net worth is as high as USD 2-3 million. On YouTube, Mark has around 6 million subscribers, which speaks for itself.
With hundreds of videos, he’s undoubtedly become one of the most popular Thai food reviewers on YouTube. Even if Mark is mainly featured when eating street food at various stalls and restaurants in Thailand and around the world, you can also find videos where he cooks or participates in cooking food.
Some videos that you should have a look at and where Mark participates in cooking Thai food are:
Pailin’s Kitchen (YouTube)
Pailin’s Kitchen is one of the most popular YouTube where Pailin “Pai” Chongchitnant teaches you how to cook Thai food. She is the author of the Hot Thai Kitchen cookbook creator of the YouTube channel mentioned, and the co-host of a Canadian TV series called One World Kitchen.
Born and raised in Southern Thailand, Pai has spent a great amount of time cooking Thai food, ever since she was very young. Her videos have received hundreds of thousands, and sometimes, millions of views.
Some of her most popular instruction videos on YouTube are:
The videos are easy to follow and she describes the cooking processes in a systematic way, showing the food from different angles, and with text boxes.
In addition to her YouTube channel, Pai also has a website called Hot Thai Kitchen. Here, she shares tips, recipes, tools, and more. Her website is a great source of information for persons who want to learn cooking Thai food.
Veecoco
If you’re a vegan or just fancy vegan food, you should have a look at Veecoco, a website that only focuses on helping people cook vegan Thai food. The website has two different memberships, including:
12-Month Membership: USD 250
The course includes:
- 270+ Videos
- 13 Courses
- New Courses that are released continuously
- Access to a private Facebook group
- Complete coursebook
- Course certificate
Single course: USD 197
- Full access to just this course
- Recipes, cooking tips and others more
- Access to a private Facebook group
- Complete coursebook
- Course certificate
The founder of the website, Ploy, is the owner of Baan Farm Thai Cooking school, which is an organic farm and cooking school in Chiang Mai. Her grandmother taught her how to cook and she has a long experience in cooking tasty Thai dishes.
If you’re serious about learning how to cook Thai food and willing to spend some extra money, you should have a look at this course.
Hi,
I am gunawan, indonesian.
I would to open a thai cafe in indonesia. How do i learn authentic thai food? Do you have any course that i can apply to?
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