Plan
The Ubud Food Festival, and a day you cook
Cook in Petulu on a day you are not at the festival
IDR 450.000per guest, shared class
The 2026 Ubud Food Festival ran 28–31 May at Taman Kuliner: free demos and a festival market. The Petulu class is the other visit: you shop at dawn and cook beside the rice fields.
By Chef Wayan Suryana, Warung Tumang BaliLast updated
The short answer
The Ubud Food Festival 2026 ran 28–31 May at Taman Kuliner, with free cooking demonstrations and a food market. Masterclasses were ticketed. It is not a village cooking class. At Warung Tumang Bali in Banjar Laplapan, Petulu, the 8:30am session shops a household market, walks the rice fields, and you cook the meal. Shared class IDR 450.000 per guest.
What ran in 2026
The Ubud Food Festival 2026 ran from 28 to 31 May at Taman Kuliner. The grounds opened at 10:00 and closed at 23:00 each day. The Ubud Food Festival site still describes that edition: free entry to the food market, the talks, and the cooking demonstrations. Masterclasses, the Chef’s Table, and food tours were ticketed.
There is no 2027 date on the festival homepage as of 25 October 2026. Check the Ubud Food Festival site before you plan around next year.
Their market, their stage, their kitchen
The festival asks you to taste and shop at its own food market inside Taman Kuliner. The morning class does a different shop: a working household market at 8:30am, for chili, shallot, coconut, and banana leaf, then those ingredients go to the stove.
The festival’s skill sessions are demonstrations and ticketed masterclasses on a stage. In Petulu you cook. Chef Wayan Suryana teaches at most eight guests. You grind the paste, then eat the meal you made.
The festival kitchen is a stage at Taman Kuliner. The class kitchen is Warung Tumang Bali in Banjar Laplapan, Petulu, looking onto working rice fields about 10 minutes from central Ubud.
Getting there, and not stacking the same morning
In 2026 the festival said there was no shuttle. Parking was at Taman Kuliner, a motorcycle lot on the left bank, and a central lot at Lapangan Lavolla Lungsiakan. The class pickup is different: free from a hotel or villa in the main Ubud area.
Do not stack them on the same morning. The class runs 8:30am to about 12:30pm, and the festival grounds were already open at 10:00, so the two mornings overlap. Use a festival day for Taman Kuliner and another day for Petulu. The shared class is IDR 450.000 per guest. A private kitchen is IDR 700.000.
Questions before the day
- When was the Ubud Food Festival in 2026?
- 28 to 31 May 2026 at Taman Kuliner. The grounds were open 10:00–23:00 each day. The festival homepage has not posted a 2027 date as of 25 October 2026.
- Was the festival free?
- Entry to the grounds, the food market, the talks, and the cooking demonstrations was free. Masterclasses, the Chef’s Table, and food tours were ticketed. Current prices are on ubudfoodfestival.com.
- Is the festival the same as a cooking class in Petulu?
- No. The festival is a public grounds at Taman Kuliner where you watch chefs and eat from stalls. The Petulu class is at most eight guests, you shop a household market, and you cook in a kitchen beside working rice fields.
- Can I do the festival and the class on the same morning?
- The mornings overlap. The class runs 8:30am to about 12:30pm, and the 2026 festival grounds opened at 10:00. Give Taman Kuliner one day and Petulu another.
Plan the rest of the day
- 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.
- Petulu rice fields on a food dayA short walk through working rice paddies in Petulu near Ubud: about half an hour on the bunds, 10 minutes from central Ubud, then the kitchen at Bali 80571.
- Ubud food tour or cooking classUbud food tours run USD 43–70 for tastings at several stops. The Petulu class adds the market, rice fields, and cooking your own meal for IDR 450.000.
Cook the dishes from this day
- 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.
- 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.
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.