The 15 Balinese Cooking Classes in Ubud That Earn Their Price

1.Ubud Cooking Class Bali with Balinese Chef

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,609 reviews · from $35Our pick

Spend about four hours learning Balinese cooking in English with a local chef and your own station. The morning option adds a 30-minute Ubud market visit, followed by seven vegetarian or non-vegetarian dishes, dessert, and a meal made by you.

“It was super fun. The chef was funny and very skillful. We had a great time whipping up yummy local dishes, and then an even greater time enjoying the fruit of our own labour. The food tasted wonderful and we had an amazing time.”

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2.PRIVATE Authentic Balinese Cooking Class in Ubud at Putu’s Home

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 644 reviews · from $75

Join Putu and her family for a private Balinese cooking class in their ancestral village near Ubud. Tour the garden and home temple, prepare five seasonal dishes with farm-grown ingredients, then eat together with rice, drinks, and local alcohol. Hotel pickup and drop-off from Ubud are included.

“Putu and her team rock! Great hospitality! Delicious and informative cooking class. We highly recommend her to you. She shares her delicious cooking experience, her family garden and compound, and stories about Bali culture and life. Such fresh ingredients! Such great flavours, all ending with a fabulous meal and recipe book to take home!”

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3.Balinese Farm Cooking Class by Pemulan Bali

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 410 reviews · from $39

Meet near Pura Dalem Puri Peliatan for a five-hour Balinese cooking class. Morning sessions add a traditional market visit. All sessions include garden picking, six dishes, tea, coffee, recipes, and a shared meal in an open-air farm kitchen.

“We took a tour of the garden and selected our greens and herbs. Then, we cooked 2 appetizers, 3 main dishes and a community desert. The food quality and instructions were exceptional.”

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4.Balinese Authentic Cooking Class in Ubud

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 239 reviews · from $39

Spend about five hours with Lesung Bali in west Ubud, visiting a morning market, traditional Balinese home, and farm before cooking six dishes. Choose regular, vegetarian, or vegan recipes, with classes led by hosts such as Ron, Putri, Don, Gustie, or Begul. Ubud hotel transfers are included.

“If you like to cook or admire cooking, this is the experience for you! Putri, a culinary genius, helped me prepare the most delicious meal that I’ve had in all my time in Bali. She taught the old traditional style of cooking which is easily adapted to Read more”

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5.PRIVATE Balinese Cooking Class in Ubud with Dewa with Transfers

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 213 reviews · from $69

Meet Dewa and his family in Keliki, north of Ubud, for a four-hour food and culture visit. Walk through village gardens, learn about Balinese herbs and spices, prepare five to seven home-style dishes over a wood-fired stove, then eat together. Private Ubud transfers are included.

“Excellent storytelling, great hospitality, nice people and most importantly, great food. Great atmosphere all around the place.”

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6.Balinese Cooking class with traditional morning market visit

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 161 reviews · from $35

Spend about six hours with local hosts Wayan, Dewa, or Putu, starting at a Ubud morning market before cooking several Balinese dishes in Laplapan village. You will also learn to make a canang offering, use traditional techniques, and eat the meal you prepare. Hotel pickup and air-conditioned transport are included.

“From the moment our driver Awan picked us up at our hotel the experience started. He told us about the sites we passed on the way, he was great. First, Wayan met us at the local market. Wow ! Such an array of fruits, which we tasted. Read more”

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7.Jambangan Bali Cooking Class

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 142 reviews · from $34

Join Balinese hosts such as Wayan, Made, or Putu for a five-hour cooking day near Ubud. Shop for herbs and spices at a morning market, visit rice fields, cook in an open-air family kitchen, and eat your meal in the garden. Afternoon and evening plans may differ.

“Fantastic cooking class! Our teacher Made and her cousin taught us a number of Indonesian dishes at her home. Since we took an afternoon class, we got to go to a coffee plantation and samples various coffees and teas. Made also took us to her family's rice paddies on our way to her home. My husband is allergic to chicken, but they made sure he was able to cook and eat with no problem. Everything tasted delicious! We'll definitely come back and take another class in the future.”

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8.PRIVATE Ubud Market Tour & Balinese Cooking Class with Putu

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 125 reviews · from $95

Join Putu for an early market visit, then cook two or three Balinese dishes in her family compound kitchen. You’ll shop for seasonal ingredients, learn about spices and medicinal uses, and eat lunch with three generations of her family. Private pickup from Ubud is included.

“My wife and I did this on our honeymoon and I will say it is one of the highlights of our trip. Our guide Putu was amazing. She took us around the markets and helped us cook the best meal we had on our trip. This tour is great way to get an authentic look at day to day life in Ubud.”

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9.Bali Ubud Paon Cooking Class

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 117 reviews · from $44

Spend about five hours learning Balinese cooking in a small group at Paon Bali near Ubud. Morning sessions include a traditional market visit, followed by hands-on cooking at a Balinese home with forest views. Prepare dishes such as banana-leaf fish and minced chicken satay, then eat what you make.

“the staff were so spontaneous and fun...the whole class was so beautifully organized and delicious...”

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10.Balinese Vegan Cooking Class with Fresh Harvesting & Garden Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 86 reviews · from $41

Spend 3.5 hours at Anandinii Organic Garden & Kitchen harvesting produce, touring an organic garden, and cooking a four-course Balinese vegan meal with traditional utensils. The small group, capped at eight, finishes with lunch overlooking plantations, hills, and distant Mount Agung.

“The whole experience was lovely, beautiful setting and the food we cooked was delicious. Generous portions so everyone was very full at the end!”

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11.Bali Cooking Class with Culture Experience

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 78 reviews · from $62

Start at a morning market with your Family Host, then visit a Balinese family compound for coffee, banana fritters, and a hands-on cooking class led by Dewa. Prepare a full traditional menu, eat what you make, and take home an illustrated recipe booklet. Central Ubud pickup is offered.

“This was an amazing experience. We started at the market where we gathered fresh ingredients for the meal we were going to prepare and we had the opportunity to try some fruit that we aren’t even able to get in the US. We smelled and talked about different herbs, wheRead more”

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12.Ubud Cooking Class with Optional Market Visit Pickup Included

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 70 reviews · from $18Best value

Meet a local chef, choose fresh ingredients at an Ubud market, then prepare traditional Balinese dishes and dessert in a small-group kitchen. You get hands-on instruction in English, hotel pickup, all dishes, and a shared meal in a peaceful Ubud setting.

“The chef was very knowledgeable about Balinese culture and cuisine and patient with each of us novice chefs. We made many delicious recipes and enjoyed eating all of them together in our group following our cooking class. We receivRead more”

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13.Balinese Cooking Class with Traditional Market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 66 reviews · from $58

Start early with pickup, a local market visit, and coffee and cake in an organic garden. Guides such as Ron, Nyoman, and Yoga introduce Balinese ingredients before you grind spices with a stone mortar and prepare five dishes plus dessert in a traditional compound kitchen.

“Excellent day spent at Lesung Cooking School…Starting with Hotel pickup, morning tour of local market where Ron explained the different vegetables and fruit and some of the Balinese traditions and then onto a Commune house for a reRead more”

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14.Bali Amazing Cooking Class

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 63 reviews · from $34

Spend about five hours exploring an Ubud market and rice fields before cooking 10 to 11 Balinese dishes in a local family home. You may work with hosts such as Nyoman or Ibu Dewi, use traditional tools, make a small offering basket, and eat your lunch or dinner together.

“This was an amazing experience. Everything was so organized and was a very smooth process. They had an amazing team that kept everything clean and all of us moving along well and involved. I really enjoyed this class and the people there. The food was also amazing!”

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15.Afternoon Cooking Class & Making Bali Offering with Dinner

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 38 reviews · from $46

Meet host Wayan Aris and cook with a Balinese family from 2pm. You’ll make a canang offering, prepare spice paste, cook nine local dishes, eat your meal, and receive a PDF recipe set. Afternoon guests do not visit the market, and pickup is free only in central Ubud.

“My husband and I attended the afternoon session at Subak Cooking Class. Although we couldn’t join the morning class due to our itinerary, and thus missed the market tour, it was still a wonderful experience! Staying in the Ubud area, our host made things very easy Read more”

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