Bali · Approx. 3 hours
Cooking Class
From garden to open kitchen: fresh ingredients, traditional spice pastes, and a meal you cook yourself.
Duration
Approx. 3 hours
Group size
Up to 15 participants per class
Activity level
Easy, short walk plus standing kitchen work
Location
Open kitchen & foraging garden, Bali
About this experience
A day designed to be understood, not just visited.
The class opens with an easy trek through the foraging area so participants can see and handle the fresh produce and spices they are about to cook with.
Back in the open kitchen, a local cook guides the group through traditional Balinese dishes, starting with the base gede spice paste that anchors most of them.
Groups larger than 15 run in parallel classes so everyone actually gets to cook rather than watch.
Videos
What to expect
The day, step by step
Easy trek & ingredient walk
A short walk in the foraging area to meet the vegetables, herbs, and spices used in the class.
Spice paste session
Grind and build the traditional base paste with the local cook, learning the ratios by feel.
Cook together
Prepare a set of traditional Balinese dishes in the open kitchen, hands-on throughout.
Eat together
Sit down to the meal you cooked, with time for questions and recipe notes.
Sustainability impact
A short, honest supply chain
Ingredients come from the surrounding gardens and local markets, so the class runs on what is actually in season rather than an imported fixed menu.
Kitchen organics are composted on site, and the class avoids single-use packaging entirely.
Any program can be combined with a CSR or community-support component, matched to what the host village actually needs at the time of your visit.
Included & not included
What comes with your day
Included
- Local cook & English-speaking facilitator
- All ingredients & cooking equipment
- The meal you prepare, plus drinking water
- Recipe notes to take home
Not included
- International or domestic flights
- Travel insurance
- Personal expenses & tips
- Alcoholic beverages
Practical details
Before you go
- Maximum participants
- 15 per class. Larger groups run in parallel sessions.
- Dietary needs
- Vegetarian and vegan versions are straightforward. Tell us about allergies in advance.
- What to bring
- Comfortable shoes for the short walk, an appetite.
- Combinable with
- Foraging Tour or Tisane Activity in the same day.
- Languages
- English standard. Bahasa Indonesia and others on request.
Request to book
Tell us about your trip, we'll send a quote.
We handle every booking personally, so pricing is quoted based on group size, season and any customization. Usually one to two working days for a reply.
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