Cooking Class & Farm Experience
Harvest & Cook: A Farm-to-Table Morning in Pai
Walk our organic garden, pick what’s ripe, and cook a Northern Thai lunch with Chef Moona — then hear the story behind the farm over the meal you made.
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Food, the way it should start — in the dirt
At Seedlings Farm just outside Pai, you’ll walk through the rows with Chef Moona, pick the vegetables and herbs that are actually ready that day, and bring them straight to an open-air kitchen to cook into a Northern Thai lunch.
This isn’t a staged cooking demo. It’s a small, hands-on group learning real farm-to-table cooking — how to read what’s in season, how classic Lanna flavors are built from fresh herbs and local chilies, and why growing food this way matters here in the Pai valley. Over lunch, guests are typically joined by Lyse, co-founder of Pai Seedlings Foundation, who shares the story behind the farm.
- Duration
- About 4 hours
- Group size
- Small & intimate — max 6 guests
- Price
- 1,000 THB per person
- Location
- Seedlings Farm, Tambon Wieng Nuea, Pai
What a morning looks like
From the garden to the table
A slow, hands-on half day — no two sessions taste quite the same, since the menu follows whatever’s ripe.
01 — WELCOME & GARDEN WALK
Meet Chef Moona, and the garden
Meet at the farm gate and walk the beds with Moona — what’s growing this week, and the low-impact methods used to care for the land.
02 — HARVEST
Pick what becomes your lunch
Basket in hand, harvest the vegetables and herbs for the day’s menu, and learn what “ripe” looks like for each crop.
03 — COOK WITH CHEF MOONA
Build classic Lanna flavors, step by step
Lemongrass, galangal, kaffir lime, dill, and Northern chili pastes — cook alongside Moona in her own outdoor kitchen, guided the whole way.
04 — LUNCH, TYPICALLY WITH LYSE
Eat what you made, and hear the story
Sit down family-style on the farm deck. Lyse, co-founder of Pai Seedlings Foundation, typically joins to share the heart of the foundation’s mission.
Your Guides
Meet the people behind the table
Guide & Cook
Chef Moona
Moona is the cook and gardener at Seedlings Farm. She’s spent years growing her own food and tending the land here, cooking the Northern Thai recipes she grew up with — herb-forward, chili-paste-driven Lanna flavors, built from whatever’s actually ripe that week. This session is her kitchen and her garden.
Co-founder, Pai Seedlings Foundation
Lyse
Lyse typically joins the group at lunchtime. After 15 years living in Thailand and 10 years building social and agricultural support for local farmers around Pai, she shares the story of why the foundation exists and what it’s working toward in the community.
What’s Included
Everything’s taken care of
- Guided farm tour and harvest basket
- All cooking ingredients and equipment
- Full cooking class instruction (Northern Thai dishes)
- Family-style farm lunch, including what you cooked
- Tea and water throughout
- Recipe cards to take home
- A Be LEAF take-home gift set — jam, tea, and a few other farm-made products
A Morning at the Farm
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Ready to join?
Reserve your morning at Seedlings Farm
1,000 THB per person · about 4 hours · max 6 guests · includes your Be LEAF gift set
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