We are officially open! Explore all the food goodness in our Daily Schedul including for our free cooking demos, food talks, and after dark progarmmes. Special Events, Chef’s Table, Masterclasses and Food Tours are ticketed.
Ubud wakes early, and before the crowds arrive, the real Bali comes alive in smoky warungs, quiet backstreets, and the skilled hands of locals who’ve spent decades perfecting their craft. …
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In Wongaya Gede Village in the Tabanan Regency, the forest never truly ends, stretching into riverbanks, weaving through rice fields, and living just behind the home of a local resident, …
Category: Food Tours
Speaker: Made Masak •
Join Mama Maria Theresa of the Ngate Tribe (Woe Ngate) from Ngada, Flores to explore the story of her people through the dishes Liwo Voka and Koro Lenga. Cook along …
Category: Free Events • Teater Kuliner
Speaker: Maria Theresa Teme Longa •
Enter the olde-worlde Javanese-style dining room of DI SINI DI SANA by Rachman & Sons and surrender to the pleasures of the humble banana. In Bali, this is not just …
Category: Indonesian Feasts • Special Events • Special Ticketed Events
Speaker: Meilati Batubara • Ragil Imam Wibowo • Tj. Azyet •
What does it really mean to work the land today? Three Indonesian agripreneurs and scholars, Agung Wedha, Ni Luh Kartini, and Yeni Aspini, bring their firsthand experience to this panel …
Category: Food for Thought • Free Events
Speaker: Ramadhani Yudha Prasetya • Agung Wedha • Ni Luh Kartini • Yeni Aspini •
Discover what goes into one of North Sumatra’s most beloved dishes, straight from the chef himself. Gerry Nainggolan reimagines the traditional Batak classic with Fish Tombur, featuring crispy fried fish …
Category: Free Events • Teater Kuliner
Speaker: Gerry Nainggolan •
The food on your plate is the end of a very long conversation. In this panel with Ramadhani Yudha Prasetya, Ben Ripple and Crissy Guerrero get honest about what it …
Category: Food for Thought • Free Events
Speaker: Ramadhani Yudha Prasetya • Ben Ripple • Crissy Guerrero • Alex Edleson •
Watch as Chef Iwan Yunarto, Executive Chef at Kimpton Suntaya Bali Ubud, takes a single ingredient and builds an entire world from it. Rooted in the concept of the Tree …
Category: Free Events • Teater Kuliner
Speaker: Iwan Yunarto •
Food choices connect directly to environmental impact. Suzy Hutomo brings decades of work in sustainability, from zero-waste cooking to everyday practices that reduce waste and protect our resources. Her new …
Category: Food for Thought • Free Events
Speaker: Olin Monteiro • Dian Sonnerstedt • Suzy Hutomo •
Scent is memory. Flavour is place. At Oaken Lab — Ubud’s coolest scent den — three people who’ve built something worth talking about sit down to explore what sweetness, fragrance, …
Category: Special Events • Special Ticketed Events
Speaker: Christopher Kerrigan • Febs Asyagaf • Nadia Ramazanova •
Guests are invited into an immersive live cooking experience led by our Head Chef, Victorien Bayet, together with the culinary brigade, where the ocean, French culinary artistry, and the abundance …
Category: Free Events • Teater Kuliner
Speaker: Victorien Bayet •
Food is more than what ends up on your plate. Every dish carries a chain of decisions made long before it reaches you, from how it was grown to how …
Category: Food for Thought • Free Events
Speaker: Suzy Hutomo • Nicco Mayer • Nyoman Santiawan • Laksmi DeNeefe Suardana •
Ease into opening night at the Music Stage with good food, cold drinks, and non-stop music. From sunset to late evening, catch vinyl selections by DJ Westside Deejay Vinyl, a …
Category: Film Programme • Free Events • Music & Performances
Speaker: Rizal Hadi & Folk •
The plate you eat from shapes the meal itself. Nabila Nareswari works in nerikomi ceramics, layering coloured clay into intricate, patterned forms that are as much about feeling as function. …
Category: Food for Thought • Free Events
Speaker: Nabila Nareswari • Ditta Agastya •
Kieran Morland of Luma Bali, Fernando Sindu of Salira, and Renatta Moeloek take over Samsara for one electrifying night, highlighting indigenous ingredients and bold culinary firepower. Three distinct voices converge …
Category: Special Events • Special Ticketed Events
Speaker: Renatta Moeloek • Kieran Morland • Fernando Sindu •
Hussain Shahzad of Mumbai’s award-winning Papa’s takes over Room4Dessert, bringing his Bombay magic to Ubud. With his signature blend of curiosity, high energy, and global experience, Hussain reimagines regional Indian …
Category: Special Events • Special Ticketed Events
Speaker: Hussain Shahzad •
Four days of incredible food kicks off Thursday night. Local heroes and celebrated chefs from across Asia and beyond come together to launch the 2026 Festival at the Teater Kuliner …
Category: Free Events • Music & Performances
Speaker: Helianti Hilman • Janet DeNeefe •
If your passion lies in discovering unique foods and authentic experiences, this journey through East Bali begins at a jungle plantation where palm sugar, known as gula Dawan, is traditionally …
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Uncover the richness of Balinese food culture through an immersive morning experience in Ubud. Begin with a gentle walk through a local neighbourhood, where daily life unfolds in quiet detail—passing …
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Speaker: Benny Huang •
Malaysia’s most beloved celebrity Chef Wan takes his place at the pass to prepare his Nyonya Laksa live. Born from centuries of Peranakan tradition, where Chinese and Malay culinary worlds …
Category: Chef's Table • Special Ticketed Events
Speaker: Chef Wan •
Indonesian chef Jovan Koraag has built his career on a deep love for the food of his homeland, channelled through his restaurants Mata Karanjang and Nasi Karanjang. In this session, …
Category: Free Events • Teater Kuliner
Speaker: Jovan Koraag •
Perfection is not accidental. Kate Reid walked away from Formula 1 to pursue a different kind of precision, one measured not in milliseconds but in layers, temperature, and taste. In …
Category: Food for Thought • Free Events
Speaker: Laksmi DeNeefe Suardana • Kate Reid •
Indonesia’s most beloved ingredient finally gets its moment, celebrated through the lens of Mei Batubara’s book Bananas of the Archipelago. Together with Chef Ragil Iman Wibowo, Mei brings two compelling …
Category: Free Events • Teater Kuliner
Speaker: Meilati Batubara • Ragil Imam Wibowo •
When a forest disappears, it doesn’t just take the trees. It takes the flavors, the remedies, the recipes that never got written down. In this panel, Indonesian culinary conservationist Helianti …
Category: Food for Thought • Free Events
Speaker: Helianti Hilman • Puan Rimba • Petty Pandean-Elliott •
Two chefs, one continent, a thousand years of culinary history. At this Chef’s Table session, Abel Ortiz, founder of the Chullschick Group and the man who has been bringing Peru’s …
Category: Chef's Table • Special Ticketed Events
Speaker: Abel Ortiz Alvarez • Cristian Encina •
Simple produce, extraordinary results. Kieran Morland, Chef Owner of Luma Bali, a restaurant known for its nature-driven cooking rooted in local and foraged ingredients, presents delicate fern tip malfatti paired …
Category: Free Events • Teater Kuliner
Speaker: Kieran Morland •
Biodynamic farming treats the land as a living system, not a resource to extract from. Moderated by Tjok Gde Kerthyasa, panelists Etha Widiyanto, Alex Edleson, and I Gusti Ngurah Prabu …
Category: Food for Thought • Free Events
Speaker: Alex Edleson • Etha Widiyanto • I Gusti Ngurah Prabu Wira Sanjaya • Tjok Gde Kerthyasa •
From the forests of Kalimantan to the kitchens of Sumatra and the Lesser Sunda Islands, three sambals tell the story of Indonesia’s extraordinary culinary diversity. Puan Rimba, representing the Women …
Category: Free Events • Teater Kuliner
Speaker: Helianti Hilman • Hardian Eko Nurseto • Puan Rimba •
Ingredients carry history. Peruvian chef Abel Ortiz Alvarez of Chullschick Group in Hong Kong and Colombian chef Andrés Becerra of Santanera, Canggu’s favourite Latin American haunt, explore the surprising connections …
Category: Food for Thought • Free Events
Speaker: Jaime Noriega • Andres Becerra • Abel Ortiz Alvarez •
Join an advanced food photography workshop with food and product photographer Ade Ardhana, where your camera meets full creative control. Designed for photographers and content creators ready to move beyond …
Category: Masterclasses
Speaker: Ade Ardhana •
Some rituals deserve a better view. Perched above Ubud’s sacred valley, Indus slows the afternoon down and fills it well. Gareth Whitton of Melbourne’s Tarts Anon brings his cult-status tarts, …
Category: Chef's Table • Special Ticketed Events
Speaker: Gareth Whitton • Cheryl Gunawan •
An immersive journey from garden to table with Chefs Victorien Bayet and Dwi Kurniawan Step into the world of French culinary artistry, beginning at our Permaculture Garden and concluding at …
Category: Masterclasses
Speaker: Victorien Bayet • Kadek Dwi Kurniawan •
Hospitality is redefining itself. From India, Hussain Shahzad, and from Indonesia, Fernando Sindu and Jovan Koraag, navigate changing guest expectations through creativity, sustainability, and experience. Together, they explore how storytelling, …
Category: Food for Thought • Free Events
Speaker: Rini Chatterjee • Jovan Koraag • Hussain Shahzad • Fernando Sindu •
Friday night at the Music Stage brings music, poetry, and late-night rhythms together. The night opens with an intimate acoustic set by Pande Anggara, followed by R.A.P Party featuring award-winning …
Category: Film Programme • Free Events • Music & Performances
Speaker: R.A.P. Party with Inua Ellams •
At Jingga, Bumi Kinar, set high above the valley, a dynamic mix of chefs and thinkers meets at the edge of tradition and change. Glenn Erari of Semaja cooks from …
Category: Indonesian Feasts • Special Events • Special Ticketed Events
Speaker: Dick Derian • Made Masak • Oliver Truesdale-Jutras • Glenn Erari • Edward Speirs • Bram Hendrata •
Food doesn’t travel without changing. Bernard Chew and Indonesian chef Agus Hermawan get into what it really means to cook across borders, bringing Singaporean flavours to Bali and Indonesian cuisine …
Category: Food for Thought • Free Events
Speaker: Agus Hermawan • Bernard Chew • Rini Chatterjee •
From the shores of Sri Lanka to the open kitchen of Nari, Gini Outdoor Kitchen’s Shanil Dayawansa and Surith Adhihetty join forces with Nari chef Manuel Effendi for one of …
Category: Special Events • Special Ticketed Events
Speaker: Surith Adhihetty • Manuel Effendi • Shanil Dayawansa •
Joe Napol descends on Indus’ indigo-washed twilight dining room, bringing Samlor, Bangkok’s Michelin Guide Thailand–listed cult favourite, to Ubud. One of Thailand’s culinary mavericks, he takes the soul of Thai …
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Speaker: Joe Napol •
The session is structured as a dynamic conversation between two complementary figures: one shaping the cultural blueprints and governmental policies of the city, and the other dissecting its flavours through …
Category: Food for Thought • Free Events
Speaker: Ray Janson • Fadly Amran • Roby Bagindo •
Founded by Inua Ellams, The Rhythm And Poetry / Prose Party is a no-clutter, no-fuss night of live literature and moving music. The format is super simple: 10 writers share …
Category: Free Events • Music & Performances
Speaker: Inua Ellams • Eva Fernandes • Jason Geller • Bayu Lesmana • Julien Finlay • Adeshola Adigun • Adriana Viola Miranda • Husnara Khanom • Daniel Saputra • Carole Favre • Namal Siddiqui •
In the intimate, almost otherworldly glow of Api Jiwa, set within the grounds of the award-winning Capella Ubud, Arvie Delvo and Petty Pandean-Elliott come together for a four-hands, ten-course dinner. …
Category: Indonesian Feasts • Special Events • Special Ticketed Events
Speaker: Arvie Delvo • Petty Pandean-Elliott •
Taking over Taman Kuliner for a special night edition, Fast Forward returns to Ubud Food Festival with farmers, researchers, and community leaders ready to share personal stories and urgent reflections …
Category: Free Events • Music & Performances
Speaker: Kagōunga • Pande Ketut Diah Kencana • Crissy Guerrero • Fast Forward • Rizal Hadi & Folk • Wayan Wardika • Robyn Horwitz •
Watch as charcoal grilled amberjack comes together with sea urchin, toro-toro, seagrass, buah lamun, coconut extract, clengis, and fragrant daun rempah, finished with a Kintamani coffee berry sambal built from …
Category: Free Events • Teater Kuliner
Speaker: I Nyoman Kardana •
Sukawati Village does not put on a show, it does not need to, as the real Bali lives in the lively market, rich spice aromas and the steady rhythm of …
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Ready, Set, Impact! The Amazing Impact Race is a fun, half-day run where you and your team explore Bali’s most inspiring social enterprises and innovators, combining teamwork, problem-solving, and meaningful …
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Morning light, sharp herbs, and three of Thailand’s most compelling kitchen minds. At this Chef’s Table session, Prin Polsuk, the Michelin-starred force behind Bangkok’s Samrub Samrub Thai and a man who …
Category: Chef's Table • Special Ticketed Events
Speaker: Joe Napol • Prin Polsuk • Aaron Pribadi •
In a landscape driven by trends, templates, and the pressure to go viral, many brands are built for attention, but not for relevance. In this masterclass, Bali-based strategist and creative …
Category: Masterclasses
Speaker: I Wayan Mahesa •
Peru’s most iconic dish, brought to life by Abel Ortiz, Peruvian chef and owner of Chullschick, the hottest Peruvian restaurant in Hong Kong. His Ceviche Norteño is a bold and …
Category: Free Events • Teater Kuliner
Speaker: Abel Ortiz Alvarez •
What does cheese tell us about the world? Our culinary experts explore how this humble ingredient connects cultures across the globe, drawing from a global book featuring voices from 45 …
Category: Food for Thought • Free Events
Speaker: Meilati Batubara • Francesc Fusté-Forné • Ayu Linggih • Amanda Katili Niode •
Join Indonesia’s cookbook champion Petty Elliott in her kitchen for an intimate masterclass on the craft of sambal making. From selecting the right chillies and balancing heat with aromatics, to …
Category: Masterclasses
Speaker: Petty Pandean-Elliott •
Eastern Indonesia has a story to tell, and Executive Chef Glenn Erari of SEMAJA is here to tell it. Through two regional dishes, Roti Abon from Manokwari and Ikan Tuna …
Category: Free Events • Teater Kuliner
Speaker: Glenn Erari •
The much-loved Long Table Lunch returns to Casa Luna’s jungle-view dining room with a fiery celebration of the flavours of Manado and the Minahasa highlands of North Sulawesi. Chef Jovan …
Category: Special Events • Special Ticketed Events
Speaker: Jovan Koraag •
Bananas are one of the most eaten foods on the planet, and one of the most at risk. Over-reliance on monoculture farming has left crops dangerously vulnerable to disease, threatening …
Category: Food for Thought • Free Events
Speaker: Meilati Batubara • Amanda Katili Niode •
Seventeen thousand islands. Hundreds of languages. And a kitchen that contains them all. Chef Agus, Executive Chef of Ron Gastrobar Indonesia, together with Helianti Hilman, Indonesia’s foremost champion of indigenous …
Category: Chef's Table • Special Ticketed Events
Speaker: Agus Hermawan • Helianti Hilman • Edward Speirs •
Peranakan cuisine has never looked this good. Chef Wan, Malaysia’s most beloved celebrity chef and Culinary Ambassador for Tourism Malaysia, brings two cherished classics to the stage: Kerabu Nyonya Mee …
Category: Free Events • Teater Kuliner
Speaker: Chef Wan •
The food on your plate tells only half the story. The other half lives in the soil, the supply chain, and the hands that make it possible. Balinese sustainability advocates …
Category: Food for Thought • Free Events
Speaker: Made Masak • Agung Widiastuti • Alex Edleson •
Richard Gillet of Atelier by Richard takes the stove for two acts. First, a masterclass in French charcuterie, a curated board of cured meats, fresh fruits, and accompaniments that shows …
Category: Free Events • Teater Kuliner
Speaker: Richard Gillet •
Good food content doesn’t just get watched. It changes how people eat. In this panel, our lineup of female ecopreneurs and content creators dig into what it takes to turn …
Category: Food for Thought • Free Events
Speaker: Dian Sonnerstedt • Vanessa Budihardja-Barus • Tsabita Sekarlintang Rantawi • Dhany Damara •
This hands-on demonstration and guided tasting masterclass explores how familiar beer styles can be reimagined using crops from East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), one of Indonesia’s most diverse yet lesser-known agricultural …
Category: Masterclasses
Speaker: Martha Weruing • Casey Dixon •
Once known as the heart of the Spice Islands, North Maluku holds a culinary heritage shaped by sago forests, coastal traditions, and generations of indigenous knowledge. In this intimate masterclass, …
Category: Masterclasses
Speaker: Kagōunga • Helianti Hilman •
It starts with ink. Ben Devlin, one of Australia’s leading chefs and a master of Gyotaku, presses fresh fish to paper. The oldest fisherman’s record. A ghost-print of something pulled …
Category: Chef's Table • Special Ticketed Events
Speaker: Ben Devlin • Simon Polkinghorne • Laksmi DeNeefe Suardana •
Discover the bold and aromatic flavours of South Indian-inspired cuisine through Karuppu Milagu Irāl, a classic black pepper prawn dish by Aman Lakhiani of Lamuri Bali. Showcasing the heat and …
Category: Free Events • Teater Kuliner
Speaker: Aman Lakhiani •
Bali’s food scene is evolving fast. Who’s actually driving it? Dewa Wahyu Bintara of Pulau Project, the homegrown collective behind YUKI and meimei, and Ngurah Mantra of Edisi, the group …
Category: Food for Thought • Free Events
Speaker: Dewa Wahyu Bintara • Ngurah Mantra • Roby Bagindo •
Get set for one of Ubud Food Festival’s boldest collaborations as Edoardo Pellicano, formerly of Michelin-starred MAOS, London, where he earned critical acclaim, joins forces with Yudha Permana, the visionary …
Category: Special Events • Special Ticketed Events
Speaker: Yudha Permana • Edoardo Pellicano •
Saturday night is where the party truly comes alive. Ease into the evening with vinyl selections from DJ Gilang Propagila as the sun sets over the Festival Hub, followed by …
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This session opens with a provocation: “Farmers guard the land and sea. But who guards the knowledge of what grows there and why it matters?” The session is structured as …
Category: Food for Thought • Free Events
Speaker: Roby Bagindo • Sutamara Lasurdi Noor • Jaqualine Wijaya •
Experience crispy soft shell crab smothered in a golden salted egg yolk sauce, fragrant with curry leaves, chilli, and butter, and packed with umami depth in every bite. Balancing a …
Category: Free Events • Teater Kuliner
Speaker: Bernard Chew •
Prin Polsuk of Samrub Samrub Thai joins Blake Thornley in the kitchen at Mozaic, bringing with him one of Bangkok’s most talked-about tables. An award-winning, high-profile force in Thailand’s new …
Category: Special Events • Special Ticketed Events
Speaker: Prin Polsuk • Blake Thornley •
In the candle-lit dining room of Uma Cucina, Ubud’s favourite Italian table, the evening begins slowly, then Maurizio Bombini of Mauri fame, Bali’s most beloved Italian chef, gets to work, …
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Speaker: Maurizio Bombini •
Hola todos! Step into the river-view dining room of Ubud’s iconic Four Seasons Sayan, where MoVida’s Frank Camorra, Melbourne’s king of Spanish cuisine, reunites with Colombian-born Andrés Becerra of Bali’s …
Category: Special Events • Special Ticketed Events
Speaker: Frank Camorra • Andres Becerra •
Once pushed to the margins, arak is now re-emerging as one of Bali’s most important local spirits. In this conversation, Bili Wirawan, Aris Sanjaya, and Dedi Pageriawan bring three distinct …
Category: Food for Thought • Free Events
Speaker: Dedi Pageriawan • Bili Wirawan • Aris Sanjaya •
Straight after his Soft Shell Salted Egg Crab cooking demo, Chef Bernard continues the experience by stepping behind the decks for a live DJ performance. From kitchen fire to sound …
Category: Film Programme • Free Events • Music & Performances
Speaker: Bernard Chew •
Penang comes to Nusantara with story and spice as Johnson Wong of Gēn gathers guests around a long, generous table. This is cooking shaped by memory and migration, by trade …
Category: Special Events • Special Ticketed Events
Speaker: Johnson Wong • Putu Dodik •
In the intimate, almost otherworldly glow of Api Jiwa, set within the grounds of the award-winning Capella Ubud, Arvie Delvo and Petty Pandean-Elliott come together for a four-hands, ten-course dinner. …
Category: Indonesian Feasts • Special Events • Special Ticketed Events
Speaker: Arvie Delvo • Petty Pandean-Elliott •
Bunka Significa Cultura is a documentary film directed by Omar Young that explores the cultural heritage and identity of the Peruvian-Japanese Nikkei community. Through gastronomy, traditions, and personal stories, the …
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At Donna’s low-lit late-night bar, the stage is set. For one night only, Caretaker’s Cottage, the world-famous Melbourne salon with a cult following, takes over. Known for sharp, spirit-forward drinks, …
Category: Special Events • Special Ticketed Events
Speaker: Darren Leaney •
Start your morning with a leisurely walk through the village and rice fields of Banjar Kelabang Moding in Ubud, guided by local residents along narrow paths to community-managed paddies, while …
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Join this guided tour in Kinar Village, a 23-hectare organic estate connecting Ubud and Tabanan, developed with Udayana University as a leading example of regenerative agriculture where rice fields, herbs, …
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Join Kate Reid for an intimate breakfast shaped by conversation, craft and ritual. From the high-pressure world of Formula 1 to the obsessive precision behind Lune Croissanterie, Kate shares the …
Category: Special Events • Special Ticketed Events
Speaker: Kate Reid •
Get ready for the ultimate pastry showdown! Join us at the 2026 Festival to cheer on the island’s finest bakers as they go head-to-head for the most coveted title in …
Category: Competitions
Speaker: Kate Reid • Sutedjo Suwadji • Jean-Marie Lanio •
Chef Prin Polsuk doesn’t cook for applause. He cooks to remember. One of Thailand’s most obsessive culinary archaeologists, Prin has spent decades chasing the dishes that history forgot, digging through …
Category: Masterclasses
Speaker: Prin Polsuk •
Calling all coffee lovers and latte art enthusiasts! Join us for the TOFFIN Women Latte Art Competition, held in special collaboration with this year’s Festival. Watch Bali’s most talented female …
Category: Competitions • Free Events
Speaker: Laksmi DeNeefe Suardana • Kelvin Deviro Situmorang • Stephani Irawan •
Join us for a session with Michele Alexander, a dynamic food creator known for her playful, distinctive voice and her ability to turn everyday moments into compelling content. Through an …
Category: Masterclasses
Speaker: Michele Alexander •
Join Chef Krisna of Warung DiTeba for a wild food journey that gets back to what really matters: fire, earth and the exotic flavours of Bali. Not your usual farm …
Category: Food Tours
Speaker: I Gede Krisna Wibuana Putra •
Some cuisines carry entire histories in a single dish. In this panel with moderator Helena Smit, celebrated Malaysian food ambassador Chef Wan joins Chef Johnson Wong, whose career spans Michelin-starred …
Category: Food for Thought • Free Events
Speaker: Johnson Wong • Chef Wan • Helena Smit •
A road trip through North Bali sparked something unexpected for chef and food writer Petty Pandean-Elliott. A visit to Rumah Intaran, the architecture and gastronomy centre run by Gede and …
Category: Free Events • Teater Kuliner
Speaker: Petty Pandean-Elliott •
Four Hands. One table. A cuisine shaped by the forest. At the heart of this luncheon are the women defenders of Indonesia’s forests, farmers, foragers, seed keepers and guardians of …
Category: Special Events • Special Ticketed Events
Speaker: Agus Hermawan • Helianti Hilman • Aaron Suksmo Permono Lumakeki • Puan Rimba •
Come watch Bali’s most exciting emerging mixologists go head to head at Pinstripe Bar. The Discovering The Island Natives Competition puts local talent on stage, reinterpreting the island’s native agricultural …
Category: Competitions • Free Events
Speaker: Bili Wirawan • Aris Sanjaya •
What does it take to turn a local ingredient into something the world wants, without losing what made it special in the first place? Martha Weruing, Febri Sumbung, and I …
Category: Food for Thought • Free Events
Speaker: Martha Weruing • Febri Sumbung • I Komang Sukarma • Akib Aryo Utomo •
Thai flavours at their most vibrant, brought to life by Joe Napol of Samlor, one of the champions of contemporary Thai cuisine. Watch live as he prepares Yum Som-O, a …
Category: Free Events • Teater Kuliner
Speaker: Joe Napol •
Every recipe is a story waiting to be told. In this panel, Indonesian star chef and writer Petty Pandean-Elliott joins Australian pastry celebrated Gareth Whitton to dig into what it …
Category: Food for Thought • Free Events
Speaker: Petty Pandean-Elliott • Gareth Whitton • Jasmine Ansori •
Food isn’t just about taste, it’s about how it looks before it’s even tried. In today’s digital world, decisions to buy, cook or taste happen in seconds, driven first by …
Category: Masterclasses
Speaker: Jem Mantiri •
Sunday afternoon, downstairs at Casa Luna, join our mahjong session. Tiles shuffle and stack in a steady rhythm, an old game in quiet revival, drawing people back to the table, …
Category: Special Events • Special Ticketed Events
Speaker: July Fang •
Experience a refined take on Sarawakian flavours with Tiger Prawn Umai & Ginger Flower Sorbet by Chef Wong of Gēn. Fresh tiger prawns are gently cured in citrus and aromatics …
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Speaker: Johnson Wong •
Japanese and Thai cuisines share a common foundation: clarity, balance, and an unwavering sense of identity. In this panel discussion, Hiro Imamura, a Japanese chef with over 30 years of …
Category: Food for Thought • Free Events
Speaker: Adam McAsey • Mint Jarukittikun • Hiro Imamura •
At this Chef’s Table session, guests sit within direct sightline of the pass as Chef Bernard Chew prepares his famous Soft Shell Singaporean Chili Crab live. The signature dish of …
Category: Chef's Table • Special Ticketed Events
Speaker: Bernard Chew •
How does an ingredient travel from a remote field to a plate someone is willing to pay for? Johanna Hehakaja, Ayu Sudana, and Etih Suryatin have each worked across different …
Category: Food for Thought • Free Events
Speaker: Johanna Hehakaja • Ayu Sudana • Etih Suryatin • Putri Emelli •
Inspired by this year’s theme, Farmers: Guardians of Land and Sea, TikTok creator Venithya Calista and Jesselyn Lauwreen, culinary entrepreneur and MasterChef Indonesia winner at 21, take to the Teater …
Category: Free Events • Teater Kuliner
Speaker: Veni Calista • Jesselyn Lauwreen •
Join Darren Leaney of Melbourne’s beloved Caretaker’s Cottage for sundown drinks over the valley at Indus’s indigo-blue washed bar, as the evening unfolds through conversation, craft, and quiet insight. Sip …
Category: Food for Thought • Free Events
Speaker: Darren Leaney • Akib Aryo Utomo •
Dylan Eitharong of HAAWM, Bangkok, sets Spice by Blake alight for one incendiary night. Known as the new enfant terrible of Bangkok’s culinary scene, he cooks with precision and provocation, …
Category: Special Events • Special Ticketed Events
Speaker: Dylan Eitharong • Blake Thornley •
The final night of Ubud Food Festival 2026 is going out with a bang. Hit the Music Stage as Farabi Music School kicks things off, Cok Widhi brings soulful Balinese …
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A food culture is disappearing. Who’s fighting to save it? Sujoy Chatterjee and Sarah Gekeler co-founded Amar Khamar to do exactly that, an organisation dedicated to preserving India’s agricultural and …
Category: Food for Thought • Free Events
Speaker: Sujoy Chatterjee • Sarah Gekeler • Rini Chatterjee •
Two titans. One pot. Infinite bragging rights. Malaysia’s culinary legend Chef Wan goes head-to-head with Indonesia’s own Jovaan Korag in the ultimate Southeast Asian showdown. Rempah versus bumbu. Coconut milk …
Category: Free Events • Teater Kuliner
Speaker: Jovan Koraag • Chef Wan •
Closing night of the Ubud Food Festival. Where it all began. On the terrace, the valley drops into darkness. Inside, the room glows indigo, but no one’s here for that. …
Category: Special Events • Special Ticketed Events
Speaker: Kadek Budiantara • I Made Suryana •
Siargao descends on Cantina Rooftop in a rush of salt, smoke, and heat. In the low-lit open-air cantina overlooking Ubud’s most sacred temple, where the bar hums close to the …
Category: Special Events • Special Ticketed Events
Speaker: Dom Hammond • Andre Malarky • Cristian Encina •
Ben Devlin of Pipit, NSW, brings his produce-driven approach and deep respect for native Australian ingredients to Bali for a one-night-only collaboration at Syrco BASÈ. Joining forces with Syrco Bakker, …
Category: Special Events • Special Ticketed Events
Speaker: Ben Devlin • Syrco Bakker •
A night for those who know where to look. KAWI UBUD built its name on restraint, on local roots, on hospitality that doesn’t announce itself, and now it’s bringing in …
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Speaker: Leon Tan •
