Thai Cooking Master Class: Pad Thai and Green Papaya Salad

Learn the secrets to two classic Thai dishes, Pad Thai and Green Papaya Salad in a hands-on restaurant environment



3 hours Location South Wharf Class size 1 to 20 (public classes), 16 to 36   $119 (Afterpay available)

Join us at BangPop, Melbourne's funkiest Thai restaurant, for an incredible culinary adventure featuring two of Thailand's most beloved dishes: Pad Thai and Green Papaya Salad.
Our menu is a reflection of our philosophy of using fresh, fragrant ingredients to create delicious and fun dishes that will tantalize your taste buds.
In this workshop, our expert chef will guide you through the process of creating these two classic Thai dishes. You'll learn the secrets to perfecting the balance of sweet, sour, salty, and spicy flavours that are essential to Pad Thai and Green Papaya Salad. All while enjoying the breathtaking views of the Yarra River from our riverside restaurant.
Our masterclass is designed to be fun and informative, whether you're a beginner or an experienced cook. You'll leave with the skills and confidence to recreate these dishes at home and impress your friends and family with your newfound expertise in Thai cuisine.
What's on the menu?
Pad Thai
Pad Thai is a popular Thai dish that consists of stir-fried rice noodles, vegetables, egg, and tofu. It was originally created over 60 years ago as a way to deal with rice shortage in Thailand, and has since become a beloved staple in Thai cuisine.
The dish is flavoured with a combination of sweet, sour, and salty flavours, with a hint of spice from chilli pepper. It is typically served with a side of crushed peanuts, fresh lime, and bean sprouts to add a crunchy texture and zesty flavour.
Green Papaya Salad
Green Papaya Salad, also known as Som Tam, is a refreshing and healthy Thai salad made with shredded green papaya, tomatoes, carrots, green beans, and roasted peanuts. The salad is dressed with a tangy and spicy sauce made from lime juice, fish sauce, palm sugar, and chilli peppers.
At BangPop's Green Papaya Salad masterclass, you will learn how to create this flavourful and nutritious Thai salad with the guidance of an expert chef. You will learn how to prepare the green papaya and balance the flavours of the dressing to create a delicious and authentic Som Tam.
Vegan Option
We are excited to offer a special vegan option for our Pad Thai and Green Papaya Salad masterclass. For our vegan and vegetarian participants we substitute all sauces that contain animal products with vegan alternatives.
Please let us know at the time of checkout how many vegetarians / vegans will be attending so we can ensure we have enough ingredients on hand. Whatever your level of expertise, our Thai cooking masterclass is suitable for everyone and all dietary preferences.

Upcoming dates for Thai Cooking Master Class: Pad Thai and Green Papaya Salad

Times are Melbourne time. Dates and prices as of 22 Oct 2026, 12:26pm; availability and price are confirmed live when booking on this page.

1 upcoming date between 21 Nov 2026 and 21 Nov 2026.

  • Sat 21 Nov 2026, 11am-2pm
What you'll get
  • A mocktail on arrival
  • All ingredients and equipment required to make your dish
  • One hour and a half hands on cooking experience
  • A glass of wine or beer to enjoy with your meal for lunch
  • A how-to booklet with ingredients and methods so you can replicate at home
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Knowledge required
Beginner-friendly.
What to bring
Wear enclosed shoes and tie long hair back.
Suitable for

This class is great for individuals and couples as well as for a date idea, team building activity, Christmas party, birthday or hens party.

Suitable for adults, and kids (minimum 10 years old).

An adult must accompany any attending kids, and must pay for a separate ticket.

This experience would also be a unique gift for her, gift for mum, Xmas gift or gift for couples.

Location

BangPop, South Wharf Promenade, South Wharf VIC

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Recent reviews of Thai Cooking Master Class: Pad Thai and Green Papaya Salad

  • 5/5 from Jan Harris, attended Oct 2026: The staff and food are equally amazing. Fun, easy, well organised and a great way to spend a great activity to do with your friends.
  • 5/5 from Antoinette Gerada, attended Jul 2026: Malcolm was sensational and explained step by step for the class to achieve almost Thai homestyle cooking - the two lovely girls were extremely helpful too - highly recommended this wonderful experience
  • 5/5 from Ola Oconnor, attended Jul 2026: We had fantastic time, everything was very well organised. The chef was great, the food came out delicious. Thank you.
  • 5/5 from Narani Smyth, attended May 2026: The class was fantastic and really interactive. Our teacher was knowledgeable and spoke so warmly. My favourite part was getting to eat as we cooked, tasting each dish along the way. Highly recommend!
  • 5/5 from Andrew Miller, attended May 2026: So simple and the great guidance made it so easy to understand the things which we normally do that go against achieving the best outcomes. This is my second class with Malcolm and it certainly won’t be the last
  • 4/5 from Steve Fryman, attended Apr 2026: The chef was lovely, very helpful. the other staff were great. It would be good if the recipes could be printed out for everyone to have a copy. The only issue is that the lessons could be a bit slower so that we can keep up!
  • 5/5 from Wendy Bisscheroux, attended Mar 2026: This was my Christmas present. What a fantastic idea. Interactive fun class picking up great pointers to make fantastic food. Cooking level easy. Highly recommended.
  • 5/5 from Kath de Bruin, attended Jan 2026: Fabulous experience! Teacher was extremely knowledgeable & communicated very effectively. He gave all sorts of helpful tips & the food was delicious & fresh. I'm keen to do another class! Beautiful setting on the Yarra as well. The salad was so tasty & it was a perfect day to sit & enjoy lunch on the terrace in the sun with a glass of whatever you felt like. Thanks Bangpop!
  • 5/5 from Susan Kerr, attended Jan 2026: Super organised, a lovely and helpful team, friendly people and lots of fun. Good stories and tips and advice. Very enjoyable.
  • 5/5 from Bretlyn Bailey, attended Dec 2025: Great teachers and great food.
  • 5/5 from Olivia Hines, attended Oct 2025: Nice and quick hands on class. Complementary drinks provided.
  • 5/5 from Juanita Sumner, attended Sep 2025: A really fun class. Learnt a lot in a short amount of time. Very well organised and all the staff were friendly and helpful. It was a present for my Birthday and I can highly recommend to others as a great gift idea. Food we made was delicious!
  • 5/5 from Lian Carter, attended Sep 2025: Teacher and helpers were amazing, made it fun, not too serious, very knowledgeable
  • 5/5 from Jessica Stevens, attended Sep 2025: Exceeded expectations! Highly recommend this class
  • 5/5 from Ruth Young, attended Aug 2025: It was a great experience and delicious result. The chef that taught us was very knowledgeable and set it all out in easy steps for us, overall a fantastic class!
  • 5/5 from Nicola Sutcliffe, attended Aug 2025: Great class easy to follow, chef was funny and engaging and learnt some great general tips too as well as how to make the delicious dishes.
  • 5/5 from Steve Crawford, attended Aug 2025: We absolutely loved it. The teacher was friendly and approachable, the dishes were made simple and tasted delicious, and the staff were all lovely. Absolutely fantastic and recommended
  • 5/5 from Mohammad Anas, attended Jul 2025: Amazing class! Fun, engaging, and informative!
  • 5/5 from Andrea McMahon, attended May 2025: Great fun, and well-explained, step by step directions to ensure we all made the best dishes! Would definitely do this again! Thank team!!!
  • 5/5 from Jackie de Pradines, attended May 2025: Fantastic!!!! Very professional and high quality class. The teacher was great, entertaining and very knowledgable. I would definately reccomend getting a group together and doing the Pad Thai and green papaya salad clas.
  • 4/5 from Hashini Ranasinghe, attended May 2025: Well organised session. It was very helpful to have ingredients all portioned out. Chef was explaining at a good pace. Wonderful staff adjusting and keeping the space clean. Loved the complimentary drinks and ability to enjoy the food on site. Wonderful to have the television to see what the chef is doing up high. Thank you so much for sharing your talents with us! Improvement: just an idea: to print bagpop logo on the aprons as souvenirs Love, @ourstory_dh ️
  • 4/5 from Kate Bellamy, attended Mar 2025: Fun class, it would have been nice to have aprons though!
  • 5/5 from Vinnie Welihinda, attended Feb 2025: The teacher was very informative and knew about the history of the dishes, explained the instructions well and gave us time to make sure we felt comfortable with the steps and had a great sense of humour
  • 5/5 from Vilma Santoro, attended Feb 2025: Great Class. I attended the class with my daughter-in-law and we found the class very enjoyable and the instructions were easy to follow, but if you needed help, there was plenty of help available. The food was fresh and delicious. The class was well prepared with all ingredients portioned and ready to go. We loved it and both had a great time. Thanks for an entertaining and informative morning!
  • 5/5 from Marcus Taylor, attended Feb 2025: Chef was friendly and informative, dishes were easy to prepare and delicious to eat. Nice glass of wine in good company with our pad Thai creation
  • 5/5 from Quincy Malesovas, attended Jan 2025: The class was well-organised, interesting and informative. And the dishes we made were tasty and pretty easy to prepare. I took the box from my pad thai prep to reuse as a takeaway box because I didn't finish my dishes. I'd encourage other guests to do the same.
  • 5/5 from Carolyn Brien, attended Jan 2025: Loved the class and easy to use the gift card.
  • 5/5 from Darren Croton, attended Jan 2025: Wonderful food! Easy to follow along and informative. Nice sit down between each dish to eat it and chat with a complementary wine.
  • 4/5 from Jennifer Quick, attended Jan 2025: I really enjoyed this class. It was a shame I had 2 really tall people in front of me, it was hard to see at times. Maybe check the height of people attending to get the best position for all. But a good class!
  • 5/5 from Michelle Mercer, attended Oct 2024: Thanks, Sam and team. The class was fun and well organised. Everyone in our group left with full bellies and keen to try cooking the meal again. We’d love to do another class.
  • 5/5 from Hannah Brown, attended Jun 2024: ‍ Thai Cooking Glass Review ‍ OMG! This Thai cooking glass my BF got me for my birthday was amazing! The instructor was friendly, the food was yummy, and they even printed out the recipes! Highly recommend! ‍️
  • 5/5 from Warren Reed, attended May 2024: YUM - food was great - instructor gave great directions - fresh ingredients. Going to another course in Thai
  • 5/5 from Scarlet Curnow, attended Apr 2024: The teacher and support staff were amazing, very friendly and knowledgeable. All cooking materials were provided for a two course meal, with two complimentary drinks, a fruit mocktail (yuuuum) and a wine. Authentic ingredients were used with recommendations on where to buy them in Melbourne. The food was delicious and would be super easy to make!
  • 5/5 from Kathryn Whyte, attended Apr 2024: Teacher and staff were great. Explained everything clearly and easily. Very informative. Would come again.
  • 5/5 from Charlotte Louise Jones, attended Dec 2023: The team really enjoyed learning how the food was prepared, alongside the eating process. Being able to cater and tailor to a large group was ideal.
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Fresh, Fragrant & Fun!
It’s the philosophy behind Melbourne’s funkiest Thai restaurant – BangPop.
Adopting a ‘no worries’ attitude and full of colour.
BangPop is welcoming to all and provides an exceptional standard of refined salads, curries, hawker-influenced dishes and exceptional Australian produce complimented by great cocktails!
Whether you're a novice or an experienced cook, our masterclasses are designed to be fun and informative, giving you the skills and confidence to recreate these Thai favourites at home.

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