More intimate cooking than a large cooking school. Great to see a local family compound and cook in a smaller environment. Very well organized in terms of pre-cut dishes, and many delicious foods. Dishes are very tasty. Very friendly family. Highly recommend. However be cautious and ask if you will be visiting the market or plantation if you are going in the afternoon. Also recommend to contact them directly to book as the agencies take a big cut and you might get a discount from them directly.

Great experience, even when it's raining! Got picked up in the morning for the early class at the hotel and went to the market in Ubud. Having a guide (also the chef) there was really helpful because it can be quite overwhelming. The next stop was at a small coffee plantation where we learned about Balinese Coffee and had a coffee and tea tasting with all their flavours (all vegan/plant-based soymilk as cow milk is hard to come by in that area+expensive). You also have the chance to try the famous cat poo coffee (luwak coffee) for 50000 rupiah. I definitely would not miss out on that! It is really special! There is also a small shop where you can buy all the teas and coffees, which are also great souvenirs to bring home! After that we drove to the home of our chef, which is a very beautiful, traditional Balinese house where he also explained the architecture, which is very special! And then, finally, the cooking class started! We cooked many different traditional Balinese dishes and also one dessert, which were all SCRUMPTIOUS!!! Also, out of 4 people I was the only vegan person so we cooked two versions of each dish. The vegan versions did not lack in taste at all, the chef really knows how to prepare tasty, satisfying plant-based cuisine, I was really blown away!!!

We had a very enjoyable experience learning to cook with Made and his family. He and his wife were very kind and eager to teach all of us how to make some very delicious Balinese foods. He was very encouraging to the kids (ages 12 and 10) and gave them lots of freedom to prepare and cook the foods. Everything tasted amazing and he gave us all the recipes so that we can cook the meal ourselves when we return to Canada. This was definitely a highlight of our trip to Bali!