@Tom *******

The Bangkok culinary school. One week cooking class costs THB . Since DTV has no small print, there is no data regarding can you switch to a cheaper school after getting the visa.

I was unable to determine the reliability of the school so I am in no way saying they are or aren't legit.

Best of luck.

@James *******

@Tod ********

Thank you both. I admire you for your patience and am glad that you are in the FB groups.

I might be going nuts because I have not seen any post stating a cooking school that was used successfully to obtained a DTV. This is all I am looking for. If there is one, I apologise for my blindness, which is different from laziness. I am doing my work and I have contacted about 30 schools in the country.

It makes sense one would prefer to hand a $500 deposit to a school that has some guarantees.

Talking with the schools and looking back at what I have done in Asia in the past five years I see that I have not cooked a single day because I was at the gym or the beach.

This shows that to truly honour the DTV purpose, a Muay Thai DTV would be more suited for me.

Also, the cost of one week cooking class, in the only school I have found, is THB 20,000.

The cost to sustain a Muay Thai DTV is about THB 4000 per month after the initial month deposit for the THB 12,305 for the DTV process.

@Dave ******

I will.

@Phil *****

There isn't really any valuable data doing a research in the forum. The threads are closed as well. I am just contacting a million cooking schools and then picking one.

@Lloyd *******

a non refundable deposit of 500 bucks. I might as well do some research first.