Local Market Tour and Traditional Balinese Cooking Class with a Family in Ubud

Highlights

  • Learn from your chef-instructor how to make several authentic dishes

  • Visit a Balinese family compound for a cooking class and meal

  • Hotel pickup and drop-off from Ubud provided

Summary

Putu lives in her ancestral village in a traditional family compound. When you arrive you will meet her grandparents, her husband, Pasta, as well as their three children. Putu learned to cook as a child, helping her grandmother prepare the daily meals. Her cooking skills have grown into a career and personal passion. Putu works as a cook at two private villas, creating fresh and creative Balinese dishes to delight her guests. She takes pride in her presentation and artfully decorates the dishes with delicately carved fruit and vegetables. At home, she is responsible for making the temple offerings, from the small offerings to the large fruit towers that she carries on her head during temple ceremonies. Putu also makes homemade jamu, traditional health tonics made from turmeric.  Putu’s grandparents are rice farmers and you will be served their homegrown rice with the meal. Putu and her family will take you on a tour of their compound and show you their family temple and explain about the objects in the temple. They have a lovely orchard where they grow jackfruit, cacao, durian, coffee and bananas. They also keep pigs, ducks, chickens and a cow. Notes: Prices include round-trip transport from your hotel in Ubud.

Tour info

Duration
5 hours
Group Size
Pricing (From)
Commentary
Meeting Point
Dropoff location

Why take this tour?

Discover Bali’s flavorful cuisine during a private half-day culinary experience in Ubud that begins with a market tour, followed by a cooking lesson at a private home. Your local host brings you to Pejeng Market where you see typical ingredients, then return to the family compound for the cooking lesson, which covers multiple recipes. Finish by sitting down to the meal with your host and her family.

What’s included?

  • Private market tour and cooking class with your host Putu

  • Homecooked lunch

  • Non-alcoholic beverages

  • Round-trip transport from Ubud hotel

  • All taxes, fees and handling charges

  • Gratuities

  • Alcoholic Beverages

  • Round-trip transport from outside of Ubud (extra charge)

Things to know

Before you book

  • Duration: 5h

  • Mobile tickets accepted

  • Instant confirmation

Cancellation Policy

    For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.

Operated by:

Traveling Spoon

About operator:

Traveling Spoon provides travelers with private, authentic food experiences, from homemade meals to cooking classes and market tours, with local hosts in their homes.

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