Cook in Bali
A family cooking class in Bali
Cook in Bali with the family
IDR 450.000per guest, shared class
A family cooking class in Bali at Warung Tumang Bali, Petulu, Ubud: children cook and eat with you. They pay IDR 450.000, the same as adults, and count toward eight seats.
By Chef Wayan Suryana, Warung Tumang BaliLast updated
The short answer
A family cooking class in Bali at Warung Tumang Bali is in Petulu, Ubud, with Chef Wayan Suryana. Children cook and eat the same food and pay IDR 450.000 per guest, the same as adults. They count toward eight seats. Morning shops the market and walks the rice fields. Afternoon skips the market and ends in dinner.
One table, adults and children together
A family cooking class in Bali here means the group cooks at Warung Tumang Bali in Banjar Laplapan, Petulu, Ubud. It is not a hotel demonstration in Seminyak. Chef Wayan Suryana teaches in English. Children who come cook and eat the same food as the adults.
Children pay IDR 450.000 per guest, the same as adults. They count toward the eight seats. Say the ages when you book so the pace of the mortar and the walk matches the group. There is no separate children’s price.
What small hands can do
The morning starts at a working household market, then a flat walk on the rice-field bunds, then the stove. Everyone takes a turn at the stone mortar for base genep. Sambal matah is slicing. Dadar gulung, the green pandan crepes, is the roll children usually want to finish.
The afternoon session skips the market, walks the fields, cooks, and ends in dinner. Use that one if a dawn market and a longer walk is too much. Both sessions include a welcome drink, the meal you cooked, and a printed recipe booklet.
If the family wants the kitchen alone
A shared day can include other guests, up to eight in total. A private kitchen is IDR 700.000 for your group only, same stove, and a morning private booking can still include the market. Pickup from a hotel or villa in the main Ubud area is free. From south Bali the optional shuttle is IDR 650.000 once per booking, not per person.
The Ubud plan for the same class, including which morning not to stack with other sights, is the family cooking class in Ubud.
Questions before you book
- Can children join a cooking class in Bali?
- Yes, at this kitchen. Children cook and eat with the adults. Tell Wayan the ages when you check dates so the walk and the mortar match the group.
- Do children pay less?
- No. Children pay IDR 450.000 per guest, the same as adults. There is no separate children’s price.
- How many people can a family bring?
- A shared day stops at eight guests, adults and children together. A private kitchen is IDR 700.000 if you want the stove to yourselves.
- Where in Bali is the class?
- Warung Tumang Bali, Banjar Laplapan, Petulu, Ubud, Gianyar, Bali 80571, about 10 minutes from central Ubud. Pickup in the main Ubud area is free.
More on cooking in Bali
- Private vs shared cooking class in BaliPrivate vs shared cooking class in Bali at Warung Tumang Bali. Shared IDR 450.000 per guest, max 8. Private kitchen IDR 700.000 for your group — once per booking.
- The morning market cooking class, step by stepWhat to expect at the 8:30am Balinese cooking class in Petulu, Ubud: 45 minutes at the market, a rice-field walk, two hours of cooking, and lunch by 12:30pm.
- A Balinese cooking class beside working rice terracesBook a cooking class beside rice terraces near Ubud: walk Petulu paddies, cook in an open kitchen with terrace views, eat what you made. IDR 450.000.
The recipes, written down
- Dadar gulungHow to make dadar gulung: thin green pandan crepes rolled around grated coconut cooked with palm sugar. Eight rolls, 45 minutes, from a Petulu kitchen.
- Sambal matahHow to make sambal matah: paper-thin shallot, chili, lemongrass, and lime leaf, dressed with hot coconut oil. Same-day raw sambal from Petulu, Ubud 80571.
- Base genepHow to make base genep (bumbu Bali): pound shallot, garlic, roots, and candlenut, then fry 8–10 minutes until the raw smell is gone. From a Petulu kitchen.
Plan the day around it
- A family cooking class in UbudA family cooking class in Ubud at Warung Tumang Bali, Petulu. Children pay IDR 450.000, the same as adults. The shared table stops at eight. You cook together.
- The Ubud morning market, before the heatWhen to walk a working Ubud morning market: just after dawn, chili and coconut still piled, then leave. How the Petulu class uses those stalls, not souvenirs.
- Morning session or afternoon sessionChoose the 8:30am Petulu morning (market, rice walk, cooking, lunch) or the 2:30pm afternoon (rice walk, cooking, dinner). Same kitchen, pickup, and group size.
Where the kitchen is
Chef Wayan Suryana at Warung Tumang Bali, Banjar Laplapan, Petulu, Ubud, Gianyar, Bali 80571. The kitchen is about 10 minutes from central Ubud, depending on traffic. Pin -8.4945671, 115.2812928.