15 Cooking Classes in Ubud Worth the Early Start

1.Ubud Cooking Class Bali with Balinese Chef

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

Cook seven Balinese dishes at Ketut’s Bali Cooking Class with an English-speaking local chef, using your own station and utensils. Morning sessions include a 30-minute Ubud market visit and central Ubud pickup. Choose a vegetarian or non-vegetarian menu, then eat what you prepare.

“La manera de enseñar y la calidez y humor del profesor hacen la clase única. Toda la experiencia fue positiva y la recomiendo al 100%”

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

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

Join Putu for a private three-hour cooking class in her ancestral village near Ubud. Tour her family compound and garden, prepare five Balinese dishes with fresh farm ingredients, learn about Hindu customs and local remedies, then share the meal with family-style hospitality.

“Exceptional good cooking class, fresh ingredients and very tasty food to enjoy afterwards and you will be told interesting facts about life and living in an Indonesian family. You get a lot for what you pay!! One should know that the cooking class takes place about 40 min away from Ubud-Center. Just to keep in mind if you have plans after the cooking…”

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

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

Spend about five hours cooking nine Balinese dishes with a local chef, sampling market produce, and visiting rice paddies on the morning option. Yogi, Putu, Gus, Wayan, or Tata may guide different parts of the day. Choose regular or vegetarian dishes, with Ubud pickup included.

“This was such an awesome experience! The cooks who taught us were outstanding! Each course was spectacular! We highly recommend this cooking class!!”

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4.Balinese Farm Cooking Class by Pemulan Bali

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

You’ll meet in central Ubud, visit a morning market if you choose the early class, pick herbs and produce at Pemulan Bali’s farm, then cook six Balinese and Indonesian dishes in an open-air kitchen. The five-hour class includes central Ubud pickup, tea, coffee, recipes, and leftovers.

“On top , visit a local market , then arrive at the farm The place is top , top cuisine and kindness of the staff! Not to mention the very friendly guide! In short I recommend this moment 🩷Auto-translated”

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5.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 menus, with instructors such as Ron, Putri, Don, and Gusti guiding the class.

“This is a 5 star experience and if you don’t do it when in Ubud you are 100% missing out on an experience that delivers in terms of culture, culinary delight and fun. Our guide Ron was absolutely sensational and gave my daughter and I a very Read more”

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

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

Join Dewa and his family near Ubud for a four-hour Balinese food and culture experience. Walk through village gardens, learn about galangal, cacao, and nutmeg, cook five to seven home dishes over a wood-fired stove, then eat together. Private Ubud transfers, beer, water, and recipes are included.

“Dewa was a wonderful host and was able to impart his love of his country, his deep understanding of Bali’s history, culture and a little of his calm accepting personality and values. He and his family made us feel welcome and with his dirRead more”

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7.Balinese Cooking class with traditional morning market visit

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

Join local hosts Wayan, Dewa, or Putu for a six-hour Balinese food experience in Ubud. Shop at a morning market, learn to make a canang offering, cook several traditional dishes in a jungle setting, and sit down to eat what you prepare. Hotel pickup and air-conditioned transport are included.

“Fantastic cultural experience. The host was very friendly and welcoming and it was a memorable experience.”

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8.Jambangan Bali Cooking Class

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

Spend about five hours with Balinese chefs in and around Ubud. Shop for herbs, spices, meat, and vegetables at a local market, visit rice fields, cook in an open-air family kitchen, make a simple offering, play rindik music, and eat what you prepare.

“The best experience ever! Learned a lot about cooking, the different ingredients available in Bali, the culture - it was all so amazing!”

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

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

Start at 7 a.m. with hotel pickup from Ubud and a market visit with Putu. Choose seasonal ingredients at Pejeng Market, then cook two or three Balinese dishes in her family compound and share lunch with three generations.

“Putin’s was an wonderful, gracious host! Her family immediately made us feel welcome and like meme era of the family. The market tour was fascinating, trying new fruits, experiencing new scents, and watching daily Balinese life unfold. Both Read more”

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10.Authentic Bali Farm Cooking School & Organic Farm

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

Spend about five and a half hours learning Balinese cooking at Taman Dukuh, a community-run organic farm near Taro Village. Morning sessions add a traditional market visit. You will pick produce, prepare six or more dishes, eat the full meal, and take home printed and digital recipes.

“Great setting , lovely staff and wonderful food. Couldn’t ask for more. Loved licking own vegetables from the garden .”

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11.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. The morning option includes an Ubud market visit, followed by hands-on cooking in a traditional Balinese home. Prepare dishes such as banana-leaf fish and minced chicken satay, then sit down to eat what you made.

“Such a great way to spend an afternoon. The teacher made everything easy and fun, the space was absolutely stunning with views of the forest and the dishes were insanely delish!! Definitely recommend joining in!”

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

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 86 reviews · from $41

At Anandinii Organic Garden & Kitchen in Sidemen, you tour an organic garden, harvest ingredients, and cook a four-course vegan Balinese meal with traditional utensils. Allow about 3.5 hours. The class holds no more than eight people, and transport is not included.

“I ended up being the only one in the class but loved every minute of it. The staff was more than helpful and welcoming. I learned a lot about Balinese food and cooking and the food was DELICIOUS! I will be continuing to cook some of these recipes!”

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13.Bali Cooking Class with Culture Experience

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 78 reviews · from $62

Start at a morning market with a family host, then visit a Balinese home where Dewa serves coffee, tea, and banana fritters. A professional chef guides you through appetizers, main dishes, sides, and dessert before you eat what you prepared and take home a recipe booklet.

“This was an amazing experience, I highly recommend doing it! The Balinese home is absolutely paradise and all the ingredients are so fresh, the food you make is really healthy and delicious!!”

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14.Ubud Cooking Class with Optional Market Visit Pickup Included

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

Meet an English-speaking local chef, choose fresh ingredients at an optional Ubud market visit, then prepare several Balinese dishes and dessert in a traditional kitchen. Pickup is offered, groups can reach 20 people, and named staff in past sessions include teacher Eri and driver Ketut.

“amazing cooking class with delicious food. we were introduced to the common bali kitchen ingredients and cooked 5 course menu with desserts. we really enjoyed our time. totally recommended”

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15.Balinese Cooking Class with Traditional Market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 66 reviews · from $58

Start with a 7:30am hotel pickup and a walk through a traditional market with a local guide such as Nyoman or Ron. Then visit an organic garden, learn Balinese spice-making with a stone mortar, and prepare five dishes plus dessert in a traditional open kitchen before eating your meal.

“Really enjoyed the experience-learned a lot about Balinese culture and history. The cooking was full on but our efforts were rewarded by a lovely lunch (come hungry as we couldn’t finish it)”

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