Enjoying cuisine from your destination while on holiday is something you have to try. Lombok itself has lots of local culinary delights that spoil the tongue. But trying to cook it needs some level of experience that you must acquire. Therefore, a Lombok cooking class is a much-loved activity during your stay in Lombok.
Cooking with traditional methods
Some local food is cooked using traditional cooking methods and tools. So this is where the excitement starts and uniqueness comes from. You will need an expert for a Lombok cooking class to teach you all the tricks in the book. These are some cooking techniques that you can learn:
- Cooking food wrapped in a leaf
- Cooking on a charcoal fire
- Grinding food with special stone tools
Apart from this, you will also come across spices and cooking ingredients that you see for the first time in your Lombok cooking class.
Places to try
You will find cooking classes at various places in Lombok, Indonesia. But if you are looking for the best ones, you will have to visit one of the three below:
Anggrek Putih
At Anggrek Putih, you can join a Lombok cooking class for half a day starting from IDR 400,000 (USD 27 | EUR 25 | AUD 40). These classes are open from Monday to Saturday, for 2 - 7 participants. They also have their own garden home to a variety of organic herbs, vegetables, fruits, and trees. Most of the cooking ingredients are grown right there. You can also learn seed planting techniques and tips for seed germination.
During the cooking class, you will cook local Lombok and Indonesian food. Each class covers a minimum of 7 dishes, which vary daily based on food preferences, complementary combinations, and available ingredients. Some of the dishes you can learn to make are:
- Chicken satay,
- Corn fritters,
- Fish in banana leaf,
- Indonesian curry,
- Yellow chicken soup,
- Fried rice/noodle (nasi/mie goreng),
- Vegetables with peanut sauce (gado-gado),
- Indonesian rolled pancake,
- Pandan jelly with coconut milk,
- Glutinous rice ball with coconut cream.
Gili cooking classes
These are multiple Lombok cooking classes located on Gili Air and Gili Trawangan. They open 3 times a day and accommodate up to 10 people per class. You have 3 types of class options with a choice of duration and number of dishes. Some of the food on the menu, are klepon, peanut sauce, fried tempeh, fried noodles, yellow chicken curry, Ayam Taliwang, and gado-gado.
- 1.5 hours with 3 dishes: IDR 290,000 (USD 19.50 | EUR 18 | AUD 29)
- 2 hours with 4 dishes: IDR 350,000 (USD 23.50 | EUR 22 | AUD 35)
- 2.5 hours with 6 dishes: IDR 395,000 (USD 26.50 | EUR 24.50 | AUD 39.50)
Hotel Tugu Lombok
Hotel Tugu is located in the Sire beach area of North Lombok, close to The Lombok Lodge, The Oberoi Beach Resort, and the harbour to the Gili Islands. They offer two amazing F&B classes, the traditional cooking class, and the Djamoe Herbal Drinks Class.
This Lombok cooking class starts from IDR 726,000 (USD 48.70 | EUR 45.20 | AUD 72.60) with a duration of about 3.5 hours. Somewhat more expensive than other classes, but they offer the whole experience of local cooking.
The class begins with you choosing 4 dishes to cook. You can also request certain foods that you want to learn. Then you will be invited to visit a Lombok traditional market to pick up the freshest of ingredients.
This private class takes place in an open traditional Indonesian kitchen. This means traditional stone grinders, wood-fire terracotta stoves with steamers, and oil lamps.
Cooking class with kids
If you want to join a class as a family activity, you can enjoy the cooking class with kids in Anggrek Putik and the Gili cooking classes. Meanwhile, Hotel Tugu provides a special kids cooking class.
Conclusion: best Lombok cooking classes
All three classes mentioned above are led by English-speaking local chefs and are focused on traditional food. You will also be given Lombok recipes to bring home. Many attendants have already proclaimed that this was an unforgettable experience for their couple or family to-do list in Lombok.
And even though it's an Indonesian cooking class, you can ask the chef about ingredients you can use as substitutes abroad. This way you can prepare the dishes back home in an authentic and innovative way to blow everyone’s mind. Be sure to inform us which Lombok cooking class you want to join during your stay at Amazing Lombok Resort. We will arrange it for you, including transport. And don’t forget to check out other things to do in Lombok.
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Last updated on: 08 May 2026