Exclusive Authentic Balinese Cooking Class at Family home

About this tour

A hands-on cooking class in Payangan village where you shop at a traditional market with a local chef, then prepare and cook an entire meal in a family compound. The six-hour session covers Balinese flavour-building techniques—grinding pastes in stone mortars, chopping on wooden blocks—and teaches you to make dishes like satay lilit and dadar gulung. You'll eat what you've made, take home a recipe book, and leave with a certificate. Free pick-up from Ubud and Payangan; vegetarian options available.

Highlights

• Pre-dawn market visit with chef, Balinese-style bargaining included
• Stone mortar and wooden block spice-paste preparation
• Cook satay lilit, dadar gulung, and chayote soup from scratch
• Eat your own dishes at lunch or dinner
• Tour working herb and spice gardens at family home
• Small groups: maximum 12 people, one-on-one stations
• Recipe book and culinary workshop certificate take-home

What to expect

You'll be picked up early or mid-morning and driven to a local market where your chef points out ingredients while you handle purchases. Back at the family compound, you get your own cooking station stocked with tools and everything needed. The chef demonstrates traditional techniques—how to grind turmeric and galangal into paste, balance heat and timing—then you replicate each step. Prep, cooking, and plating are all yours. Morning classes finish with lunch; afternoon ones with dinner. Expect flour dust, hot pans, and the satisfaction of tasting food you've actually made. It's physical, warm work, but paced so beginners keep up.

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