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Behind the ScenesTwo Restaurants, Two Cuisines, One Chef: The Kieran Morland Story
Kieran Morland runs two of Bali's more distinctive restaurants: Sangsaka, built on Indonesian regional cuisine, and Luma, a rolling, wood-fired homage to the Mediterranean. Neither, he insists, makes him a master of anything.
17 Sept 2026
GuidesMy Dear Clara Makes Its Own Cheese, Rolls Pasta Through Service and Takes Nothing Else Too Seriously
An Italian-inspired room in Uluwatu with an open kitchen, a working cheese factory and a cocktail laboratory. We sat down with co-founder Ryan Jefferson a few hours before the doors opened.
15 Sept 2026
PeopleYuda Bustara: The Maverick Who Turned Himself Into the Brand
How a vegan dad's kitchen made Indonesia's most unlikely star chef — from minimart demos to a Michelin kitchen in Hong Kong, all without ever opening a restaurant.
18 Jul 2026
People"That's My Canvas": How Magda and Kasha Built Full House Pererenan
Two creatives, one 30-year-old Balinese villa, and a very literal name: an art gallery, a restaurant, and a home you're allowed to treat like your own.
17 Jul 2026
PeopleNo Cooking School, Seven-Year Private Chef, One Garden in Bingin: Meet Simon Maillard
How a self-taught cook from Normandy taught himself the trade in family kitchens from Thailand to Kerala, and built Seed, the Bukit's French-Asian sleeper.
16 Jul 2026
PeopleZali at Five: The Lebanese Restaurant That Almost Didn't Happen
Founder Joseph on Liza, the Beirut explosion, a one-week-old restaurant hit by lockdown, and why Bali was the perfect place for it to be born.
11 Jul 2026
PeopleA French Maison Breathing in Bali: Inside La Réserve 1785
One hotel, 1,700 drawings, and a 97-year-old courtesan from Provence. How Laure Juhen turned a grandmother's secret into the most detailed address in Pererenan.
10 Jul 2026
PeopleCharly Pretet on Terra Firma Dining and Open Fire Cooking
Charly Pretet on building Terra Firma Dining, cooking only with firewood, and the open fire techniques his grandparents would still recognise.
1 Jun 2026
PeopleBenji Cross: The Man Behind Masonry, Bar Vera & Bali's Restaurant Empire
Meet Benji Cross, the cook-turned-culinary director behind Masonry Canggu, Bar Vera, Chop House, Masonry Japan Niseko, and more on building restaurants from the ground up in Bali.
16 May 2026
PeopleHow Christian Built Nude on Love and Loyalty from the People That Run It
After ten years in Bali, Christian has built four cafes and kept staff for a decade. This is the story of a business that runs like a home, and the man that's head of the family.
27 Apr 2026