The day
Morning session or afternoon session
Join the morning market then the kitchen
IDR 450.000per guest, shared class
Morning or afternoon cooking class in Ubud? The 8:30am session adds the market and ends in lunch; the 2:30pm session ends in dinner. How to choose.
By Chef Wayan Suryana, Warung Tumang BaliLast updated First published
The short answer
Choose the morning, 8:30am to about 12:30pm, if you want the market. It ends in lunch. Choose the afternoon, 2:30pm to 5:30pm, if you start late or want dinner. It skips the market. Both walk the Petulu rice fields, cook at Warung Tumang Bali, and include free pickup in the main Ubud area.
Two shapes, one kitchen
The morning runs from 8:30am to about 12:30pm. You leave in time for the market, walk the rice fields, cook, and sit down to lunch. The afternoon runs from 2:30pm to 5:30pm. There is no market. You walk, cook, and eat dinner.
Both happen at Warung Tumang Bali in Banjar Laplapan, Petulu, with Chef Wayan Suryana. A shared day stops at eight guests. Pick one session. Doing both on the same day is too much food and too much heat.
How to choose
Choose the morning if you want the chili piles still high and you can leave central Ubud early. The ride is about 10 minutes from central Ubud, depending on traffic. The half-day food itinerary is that morning written out as a walk.
Choose the afternoon if the morning is already taken, you arrived late, or you would rather the feast be dinner. In the drier months the field walk is hotter then. A hat helps. If you are still on a European night, 8:30am is a hard pickup. Say which session you want when you ask about a date. The kitchen holds one group at a time.
What does not change
Pickup and drop-off are free from a hotel or villa in the main Ubud area. There is a welcome drink when you arrive. You cook. A printed booklet goes home with you. The price is on this page. Ask on WhatsApp or email to hold a date. This page is only the choice of shape.
The morning market note and the Petulu rice fields note are the two stops that decide whether morning is worth the early start.
Questions before the day
- Which session includes the market?
- Only the morning session. The afternoon starts with the rice-field walk.
- Can I do both sessions on the same day?
- No. Pick one. Both on the same day is too much food and too much heat.
- Which session is better in the wet season?
- The morning. Ubud rain often builds after midday, so the morning walk is usually drier.
- Is pickup included for both sessions?
- Yes. Pickup and drop-off are free from a hotel or villa in the main Ubud area.
Plan the rest of the day
- A half-day food itinerary from central UbudA half-day Ubud food plan: dawn market, Petulu rice-field walk, kitchen lunch by 12:30pm. One village kitchen in Bali 80571, not a 48-hour restaurant list.
- The Petulu herons at duskThousands of white herons fly into Petulu village near Ubud every evening. Arrive about 5pm, park by the north booth, and watch from the platform mid-village.
- The ride from central Ubud to PetuluCentral Ubud to Warung Tumang Bali in Petulu, Bali 80571: about 10 minutes, depending on traffic, free Ubud-area pickup, and pin -8.4945671, 115.2812928.
Cook the dishes from this day
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.