The 15 Best Cooking Classes in Indonesia

Ubud Cooking Class Bali with Balinese Chef - At your own station with a 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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PRIVATE Authentic Balinese Cooking Class in Ubud at Putu’s Home

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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Balinese Ubud cooking school (9 Dish Cooking and Market Tour)

3.Balinese Ubud cooking school (9 Dish Cooking and Market Tour)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 540 reviews · from $58

Meet your Balinese guide at Ubud Palace for a five-hour food and culture experience. Morning groups visit a local market and rice paddies before cooking nine dishes with a Balinese chef. Choose regular or vegetarian recipes, then eat what you prepare and take the recipes home.

“My husband and I loved our class. We made 9 different dishes and were walked through the process. There’s a veg vs non veg option. We got to eat everything at the end, and anything left we were given to option to pack it up to take back to the hotel. This was truly a great experience”

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Balinese Farm Cooking Class by Pemulan Bali

4.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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Learn to cook Indonesian food at Gili Cooking Classes Trawangan

5.Learn to cook Indonesian food at Gili Cooking Classes Trawangan

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 352 reviews · from $33

At Gili Cooking Classes beside Trawangan Dive, you prepare and eat three, four, or six Indonesian dishes in a small group of up to 10. Local chefs explain ingredients, techniques, and substitutions, with vegan and vegetarian options available.

“Probabaly the best experience on our trip in Bali so far! The chef teachers were amazing and the dishes were so tasty. Really wholesome experience, even though we were part of a group we felt we got given so much individual guidance. 10/10 experience.”

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Balinese Cooking Class in Seminyak

6.Balinese Cooking Class in Seminyak

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 281 reviews · from $66

At The Amala in Seminyak, Chef Putu and his team guide you through a three-course Balinese meal, from spice preparation to the final table. Choose a meat, seafood, or vegetarian menu, add a morning Jimbaran market visit, then eat what you cooked and take home your apron and certificate.

“This was a great tour and experience. We did go with the chef to the local market and this I thought should be a must by all, but was provided as an option. It was nice for the chef to point out what was good and what was bad. He taught us how to pick the freshest Red Snapper the redder the eyes the better and one other secret. It was nice to see the real parts of the country and where your meal comes from. I will mention we were staying where most are in Nusa Dua south of South Kuta and it cost us 250,000 more Rupiah to…”

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Anggrek Putih Lombok Cooking Class

7.Anggrek Putih Lombok Cooking Class

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 253 reviews · from $30Best value

Join a three-hour cooking class at Anggrek Putih in Lombok. You’ll tour the Little Eden vegetable garden, plant seeds, cook regional dishes with a stone mortar and pestle, then share lunch. Pickup is offered from Mataram and Senggigi, with vegetarian and allergy-friendly options available.

“Fun class. Enjoyed the beautiful organic garden tour. Their was a feast for eating at the end. They accommodated for vegetarians and allergies.”

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Balinese Authentic Cooking Class in Ubud

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

9.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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Nia Balinese Cooking Class

10.Nia Balinese Cooking Class

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 202 reviews · from $45

Meet at Warung Nia in Seminyak for a morning market visit, then prepare nine Balinese dishes with chefs such as Tommy and Komang. You will share the cooking, eat a full lunch, and leave with recipes and a certificate. The five-hour class is social, practical, and food-heavy.

“Awesome experience would highly recommend so much knowledge was shared with us was very professional and fun!”

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Balinese Cooking class with traditional morning market visit

11.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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Jambangan Bali Cooking Class

12.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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Nia Bali Seminyak Cooking Class

13.Nia Bali Seminyak Cooking Class

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 127 reviews · from $71

Start with an 8 am pickup in Seminyak, visit a traditional market, then cook up to 12 Balinese dishes with Chef Tommy Ford and the Nia team. You will eat the meal you prepare, and take home a cookbook and certificate. Lunch and coffee or tea are included.

“At first it was not what i expected was looking for something smaller in group size etc.. but it was super fun, Our chef was excellent and learnt so much.. As a pescatarian thought i would not enjoy but everything is tailored for each persons dietary requirements.. the end result was a banquet of delicious food…which was excellent… would recommend!!!”

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PRIVATE Ubud Market Tour & Balinese Cooking Class with Putu

14.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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From Ubud: Authentic Bali Farm Cooking School & Organic Farm

15.Authentic Bali Farm Cooking School & Organic Farm

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 122 reviews · from $38

Spend 5.5 hours at Taman Dukuh, a community-run organic farm in Taro Village north of Ubud. Morning sessions add a traditional market visit. You will pick produce, cook six or more Indonesian dishes, eat what you make, and take home printed and PDF recipes with substitutions and video links.