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The focus of the Pesantian Bali Cooking Classes is to inform and immerse the cooking class participants in local ingredients and culture. Through a hands-on experience you will be guided to make a range of Balinese dishes, supported by our experienced Chef, Santika. Your senses will be alerted as you feel, smell and taste the fresh, organic ingredients that you may have picked up at the local market that morning.
If you wish, you might like to begin your cooking class with a tour of a local food market where our Chef will guide you through the stalls, explaining and purchasing ingredients for your class. A market visit will introduce you to unusual fruits and vegetables, spices, meat and fish, as well as inform you of the important part that a local market plays in the everyday lives of Balinese people.
The Chef
Ubud Cooking Class by Pesantian Villa & Warung is the culmination of the dream of two families, who have shared an appreciation of good food, a love and respect for the Balinese culture and the possibilities of what can be achieved in working together on this exciting restaurant and accommodation project near Ubud.
After meeting through a cooking class almost twenty years ago, Ian and Santika, both chefs, have developed a strong friendship and mutual respect for each other based on their love of cooking.
Through developing the Pesantian property, it is exciting for them to have established a restaurant serving first class local Balinese food in an amazing setting. Chef Santika, who is passionate about the quality and tradition of the food that he serves, sources local produce where possible.
Chef Santika has had many years experience conducting cooking classes in the past and so it is a natural progression that he start a Ubud Cooking Class at Pesantian Villa & Warung.
