Once a year, we invite chefs from across Asia, Australia and Europe to leave their own kitchens behind and spend a few days in Bali to explore. Into the Wild is our creative basecamp platform, bringing together creative chefs from across for a gathering of community leaders where sharing ideas, creativity and camaraderie collide on sustainable creative culinary craft.

Good ideas rarely stay in one kitchen. Years of working in the kitchen definitely matters, but so do new places, new people, unfamiliar ingredients and the useful discomfort of not knowing exactly what comes next. Creativity, it turns out, responds well to being taken somewhere it hasn't been.

Chele Gonzalez — Gallery by Chele, Philippines

Eelke Plasmeijer — Locavore NXT, Indonesia

Prin Polsuk — Samrub Samrub Thai, Thailand

Ray Adriansyah — Locavore NXT, Indonesia

This will also be the first year where chefs share their minds and learnings through our debut programme, ‘Uncultivated’ Talks, a symposium of ideas served raw by our guest chefs and speakers.

For more info and bookings, go to www.intothewild.id or contact our team +62 82144956226.


Where?

When?

We invite chefs from across Asia, Australia and Europe to leave their own kitchens behind and spend a few days in Bali to explore.

Into the Wild: Culinary Basecamp 2026

Last season we told you about the hunt. The itch to disrupt, the fences we climbed, the ants we kept in our socks. We went looking for what was over that hill.
We went both closer and further to find The Source.

We came home with our hands heavy and full. A whole season of foraging further and growing what we couldn’t find, cashed in at the table.
Our library of ingredients is deeper and wider than it has ever been, as is our knowledge.
The harvest was used root to fruit, skin to seed, test to failure, failure to success.

The hunt brought us here.
And what has become of that?

The Source 2.0

Into the Wild is a groundbreaking platform bringing together creative chefs and bartenders from across Asia Pacific to Bali for our annual Creative Basecamp events. A gathering of community leaders where sharing ideas, creativity and camaraderie collide on sustainable creative culinary and mixology craft.

New to 2026, we are launching the first Liquid Basecamp, the sister event to our Culinary Basecamp held later in the year. On 5th - 7th June, a unique troop of Asia Pacific’s creative bartenders will spend three days… Into the Wild; foraging in the jungles of Bali, hosting unique bar events, mystery ingredient challenges and more.

Mars Chang – To Infinity & Beyond, Taiwan

WHERE?

WHEN?

A unique troop of Asia Pacific’s creative bartenders will spend three days foraging in the jungles of Bali.

Into the Wild: Liquid Basecamp 2026

A 6-day retreat of mycology experience at Locavore NXT, hosted by our friend Aaron Boyer of Kulture Mushrooms. You will learn about the many layers in the world of fungi, including cultivation, cordyceps, extraction, mycofabrication and regenerative applications, all taught as interconnected systems.


• Commercial cultivation systems 
• Agar, liquid culture, spawn & fruiting
• Cordyceps production
• Mycofabrication & biomaterials
• Functional & medicinal mushrooms
• Extraction techniques
• Lab setup & equipment


• 6 nights accommodation at Garden View by Purely, Ubud
• All learning sessions & excursions
• Guided visit to a Balinese food forest
• Dining experience at Locavore NXT

A 6-day deep dive into the world of mushroom.

Bali Myco-intensive Retreat 2026

Guided by our forager, you’ll explore, learn and taste the local ingredients as sourced in Bali's jungles and farmlands. We will help you plan the schedule around your reservation at NXT.

The day begins at 8:30 AM with a light breakfast and coffee at NXT, before heading out into the jungle. The journey then ends with lunch in nature featuring some traditional Balinese food, cooked using a wide range of wild ingredients from around the landscape.

This 3 - 3,5 hour experience will help you understand the landscape behind The Source tasting menu and further deepen your overall dining experience.

IDR 1,250,000++ / person (car transportation from NXT to the jungle is included).

Book your lunch or dinner experience at NXT to go foraging with us.

Explore, learn and taste the local ingredients as sourced in Bali's jungles and farmlands with our foragers.

Foraging Experience

This season, we go back to where it all begins. Wilder ingredients, we work less with middlemen, pull on our boots and forage further, use farms to grow the harvests we can’t yet find, let go of ingredients that have become too familiar, lean harder into our rooftop food forest, neighbouring rice paddies and the jungles around us.

Featuring ingredients you think you know, alongside others that we find wilder, delightfully unusual and unique. From sacha inchi and coconut flower, to three kinds of sapodillas, slipper lobster and Surinam cherry, all found close to home.

You will also have the option to go foraging with our team, either around NXT or deeper into the jungle, before your dining experience.


Our new tasting menu begins 28th January.

The Source

The third edition of our annual mega-collaborative adventure is back. Every year, we pitch our tents and invite creative chefs from around the world to join our annual basecamp event, Into The Wild.

This year is wilder than ever with our friends travelling from Japan, South Korea, India, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Taiwan, as well as Indonesia. Here are the participants:

Over several days, a troop of creative chefs go ‘Into the Wild’ and spend time trekking through jungles, foraging, cooking their own lunch in the jungle, sharing stories, ideas and knowledge over drinks at the campfire.

The weekend culminates in our infamous mystery-ingredient-challenge dinner service with mystery ingredients for the chef teams to cook with and serve to guests in less than 8 hours.

Dinner event
Sunday, 31st August 2025
18:15 to 20:00


by 15 international chefs @ IDR 2,500,000++

 (alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks) @ IDR 750,000++
or


One heck of a wild weekend. Dust off your compass, we’re going off the beaten path with this one.

Where

When

Our annual 'creative basecamp' featuring 15 chefs from across Asia who'll go on an adventure and host a mystery-ingredients challenge dinner.

Into the Wild 2025

Over three days, a local community of 10 chefs from Bali, Jakarta and Bandung come together for NXTpedition. From sharing their knowledge of local ingredients to foraging at farms and jungles across the island, it’s a busy weekend. To celebrate, they are hosting a special dinner event, featuring a menu designed from scratch using the ingredients they found along the way.
On 15th June, it all comes together to be served on your table by these chefs from around Indonesia.

Participating chefs:
Ben Cross, Mason Group
Eka Sunarya, Kubu at Mandapa, Ritz-Carlton Reserve
Hans Christian, August Jakarta
Iñaki Bolumburu, Nomad Chef
Jethro Vincent, Bokashi
Jung Chan Hyuk, Jung Chan Dining
Kieran Morland, Sangsaka & Luma
Nic Vanderbeeken, Apéritif

And the hosts, Eelke Plasmeijer and Ray Adriansyah, Locavore NXT


Don’t miss this one-night-only collaborative dinner.

10 chefs from across Indonesia come together to forage and create a tasting menu from scratch on the day.

NXTpedition

As part of the Ubud Food Festival, we're hosting a special ‘Field Trip’ at Locavore NXT. A behind-the-scenes walk through our space, followed by two hands-on workshops exploring our Fermentation process and Mushroom cultivation. The experience ends with a collaborative dinner at the Canteen, featuring Chef Peter from Dirty Supper (Singapore). Spots are limited.

Behind-the-scenes walk through NXT's space, followed by hands-on workshops and a collaborative dinner.

Field Trip

NXT is now over a year old, and like any living organism or bold idea, we grow through stages and begin to strengthen, mature and express ourselves in more vibrant ways. After refining our formulation and composition through new discoveries, research and developments, here we find ourselves, with a completely new tasting menu…

This season’s tasting menu, Nature’s Compass 2.0, is the continuation of our original tasting menu: deeper in flavour, sharper in vision and unapologetically more alive.

Nature's Compass 2.0

Shared Habitat is a collaboration between The Punch and Locavore NXT. With the entire Locavore NXT space transformed exclusively for this event, we present an immersive experience through exclusive behind-the-scenes access to NXT, a variety of food and drink surprises by Locavore Group team, interactive exhibitions, creative showcases, and thought-provoking talks by The Punch.

The Punch Gala & Awards Ceremony 2024: A Celebration of Bali’s Changemakers at Locavore NXT

Shared Habitat

NXT is ‘more than a restaurant’ it’s a destination of nature-inspired creativity, sustainability, and a beacon for a localised rebellion to fuel the global rethink.

The incredible natural world we share instinctively ‘knows what to do’ in harmony with their habitat and environment. NXT follows this direction provided by nature, and it becomes our compass and guide. We seek to disrupt humanity's current trajectory of imbalance and return to the natural world as a guide to our decisions, actions, and partnerships.

On 28th November 2024, we are launching a completely new tasting menu, ‘Nature’s Compass’–the latest expression of our commitment to working creatively with nature, featuring newly curated experiences and artworks in our space.

A completely new tasting menu featuring newly curated experiences and artworks in our space.

Nature's Compass

10 chefs from Asia's leading creative restaurants are gathering in Bali to explore local ingredients and its unlimited possibilities. For four days, they will go on an adventure to do foraging and sharing cooking techniques and inspirations. On the final day, at Locavore NXT they will come up with an unpredictable, one-night-only dinner. A mysterious Black Box will be unveiled by the chefs, filled with local ingredients – some exciting, some a bit unexpected. By lottery, these experienced chefs will pair up into duos and each duo will create their own snack and main course, using the ingredients from the box.

It’s a night of creative culinary surprises – even for the chefs.

10 chefs from across Asia gather to forage in the wilds and host a mystery-ingredients challenge dinner.

Into the Wild

A six-day retreat of mushroom cultivation in a sustainable and eco-friendly form, hosted by Kulture Mushrooms. The course covers growing and cloning mushrooms, working with agar as a means of cultivation, setting up your own fruiting chambers, with bonus sessions — myco-fabrication, medicinal mushrooms, business mastermind, fine dining at NXT, and foraging experience.

It’s an intensive program, so spots are limited to 8 participants only; For those who really want to deep dive into the world of mushrooms.

A six-day retreat of mushroom cultivation in a sustainable and eco-friendly form.

Bali Myco-Intensive Retreat

We’re hosting a 'more than a restaurant' experience for Ubud Food Festival this year, inviting guests to take a walk through our collaboration with Nature. 

Tickets include a visit to NXT, a tour of our facilities and a dinner set menu experience with snacks and drinks.

Click 'Book A Ticket' to find out more and get a spot. 

An exclusive tour, series of workshops and dinner experience for Ubud Food Festival.

Same tasting menu, whole different experience.

A seasonal tasting menu inspired by a celebration of the world around us as we accompany Nature through its constant flux... now also for lunch.

20+ courses 
Rp 1.950.000 per person
Features animal protein
Pescatarian, vegetarian & vegan options available upon request

Alcoholic drinks pairing 
Add Rp 750.000++

Non-alcoholic drinks pairing 
Add Rp 550.000++

What time?

Same tasting menu, whole different experience. Lunch now open every Thur, Fri & Sat.

Open for Lunch

Like-minded chefs across Asia are gathering at Locavore NXT to share, explore, connect... and take on a creative culinary challenge.



The group of tastemakers will spend several days together exploring local ingredients, sharing culinary techniques, stepping into the wild for foraging trips and connecting over their common passion for doing things differently.

But, on the final day, they're going head to head in a clash of competitive innovation with a 'mystery box of ingredients' challenge.

We're opening on Sunday 12 May for a one-off dinner featuring off-the-cuff creations from the chefs, who will have only the morning to develop and prepare new dishes for a very unique tasting menu experience.



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All proceeds from the event will be donated to our partners at Sumba Hospitality School to give a new generation a helping hand in their careers.

WHERE

WHEN

WHAT TIME

Be our guest at a one-off creative dinner experience by chefs from all over Asia.

Localised Rebels 

Our onsite cabin accommodation – The Wood Rooms – is now available to book as part of 'The Full NXT Experience'.

Guests who book The Full NXT Experience are provided with dinner at Locavore NXT followed by an overnight stay at The Wood Rooms, a private tour of the NXT project (including meeting the chefs) and an off-menu breakfast in our Canteen restaurant.

The Wood Rooms are located next to the restaurant and are integrated into the project's vision for sustainability, enclosed in a small wild, wooded area we created with a reforestry foundation.

With only three cabins, availability at The Wood Rooms is very limited. Click below to enquire about booking The Full NXT Experience.

Our onsite cabin accommodation for overnight stays – The Wood Rooms – is now available to book.

The Wood Rooms

Our NXT bar is now open for walk-in guests, with no dinner reservation required. 

Swing by to sip on our beverage menu of local ingredients cocktails, craft beers, wines and creative non-alcoholic drinks... among the banana trees, arak palms and hidden artworks by local creatives. 

Visitors also get a peek behind the glass at our small-batch beverage lab, where we research and develop new drink ideas.

Walk-ins now welcome at the NXT bar. Visit 8pm - 11pm, Monday to Saturday. No booking required.

NXT Bar Open

Asia's 50 Best — Sustainable Restaurant

The Best Chef

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Prestige Gourmet Awards

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Food Made Good

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Taste Makers Award

Food Made Good 2026

Asia's 50 Best 2026

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RESERVATIONS

Locavore NXT takes our local ingredients philosophy further than we have ever gone before. It is a space we have built for creating, experimenting, collaborating, working closely with nature and – we hope – bringing the world of food one step closer to where it should be.

It’s a bit more than a restaurant. It’s a localised rebellion.

You can make a reservation at Locavore NXT for the full dining experience or check our website to find out more ways you can visit NXT, including upcoming events and programs.

Thursday - Saturday
Seatings from 12:00 to 13:30

Monday - Saturday
Seatings from 17:30 to 20:30

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Our vision is to present a rich, deeply passionate showcase of traditional Indonesian cuisine in a contemporary experience that reflects the developing and creative nature of Indonesian culture.

Nusantara means archipelago in bahasa Indonesia and with an estimated over 17,000 islands, 1,300 tribes, 300 local languages, 3,000 cuisines, its diversity is what makes the country.

Our Nusantara is an ethno-culinary portrait of the country. Yet we represent more than just the food itself – also the local ingredients, cooking techniques, serving style and rituals that all make up the heritage and culinary culture.

Our menus cover certain regions of Indonesia, where some of the strongest recipes and culinary inspirations originate. Many of our dishes are lesser-known, very local, and often not commonly found outside of those regions. Key to this is our ongoing research in discovering lost recipes, techniques, and dishes that have been forgotten or no longer practiced. Our team is bringing these back to life.

As the sister restaurant to Locavore NXT, Nusantara benefits from the same supply chains of very high-quality ingredients, organic and heritage produce, support for local farmers, and of course, only Indonesian ingredients.

Above our restaurant is a private dining space that was once Locavore’s food laboratory and test kitchen. This space is now available to book for dinner for parties of 8-12 people, where you can enjoy the Nusantara set menu as an intimate dining experience in a room rich with culinary history.

FIND OUT MORE AND BOOK HERE

Every Wednesday to Sunday, our chef teaches the craft of authentic Indonesian dishes. The itinerary and menu can be customised to provide a personal experience, whether it's for yourself or as a special gift for someone else. 

Restaurant Nusantara - by Locavore

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Nusantara

INQUIRIES

Herbivore is currently closed due to relocation.
Stay tuned on our Instagram to find out when we’re coming back.

Herbivore is a vegetation takeover of Locavore’s original restaurant venue in downtown Ubud.

Local plants run rampant across seasonal tasting menus to provide a wildly different “all flora, no fauna” experience of our local-ingredients-only philosophy.

Guests can choose from a three and five-course for lunch only or seven-course tasting menu created by chef Arnaud, with a rice-based alcoholic beverage pairings or a seriously crafted non-alcoholic pairing.

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Herbivore

LabX is our creative playground at Locavore NXT. It's our dedicated food laboratory and testing kitchen for culinary research and development... the space for all our new culinary innovations to begin. 

Our R&D team is constantly experimenting with local ingredients to discover new tastes, techniques and, ultimately, recipes that will feature on the tasting menu and beverage menu at NXT. Some of the breakthroughs in LabX might also make it into our range of food products sold in the Design Store.

LabX

Club Soda is currently taking a break due to relocation.
Stay tuned on our Instagram to find out when we're coming back.
See you (in another postcode)!

Your favourite postmodern happiness portal.

Staying true to Locavore philosophy, Club Soda served innovative cocktails, non-alcoholic concoctions and a food menu inspired by East Asian small plates, all of which celebrate the sole use of local Indonesian ingredients.

Meanwhile Club Soda's sibling brand, DUB Soda, brought the good time to its fullest with our artisan Hi-Fi sound system. This ‘jazz-kissa’ style corner of pure musical appreciation housed collaborations with some of our favourite creatives from around the world.

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Club Soda

Top 500 Bars

Enter a doorway... you’re invited to take a step into the unknown.

Our craft cocktail bar of local ingredients and custom house-made concoctions by our alchemists, Raka and Esy, takes you on a unique personal experience of storytelling. Indonesian folk tales and supernatural stories are woven into the drinks, atmosphere and experience in our intimate creative space.

The bar also highlights a selection of classic drinks with their own unique twists and Eccentric Eats selection to match the mystery in your glass. Expect the unexpected and take your own journey through the night as we stir your imagination.

Night Rooster by Locavore

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Locavore NXT Night Rooster

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When Locavore chefs Eelke and Ray want a break from the culinary high-craft of their tasting menu, they sit down and enjoy a damn-fine sandwich, burger, or coffee from their ‘cafe’ Locavore To Go.

The cafe is a casual off-shoot of their ideas and passions. Using many of their own produce from their adjacent butcher shop, Local Parts, the menu highlights span from the famous Burger à la Ray to classic sandwiches, charcuterie platters, and daily changing comfort food.

Ever wanted to pick an item to be cooked from the butcher shop but not have to cook it yourself? Just point at the butcher showcase chiller, take a seat, and we will cook it for you.

Coffee and drinks are also up to scratch with beans from local roastery Hungry Bird and teas from Chontea.

Locavore To Go

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Local Parts

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When chefs demand to go meet the farms, make relationships, and ensure the product is ethical and very high quality, you result in a great network of farmers and craft food suppliers. Whilst the team supports a balanced approach to eating meat, they do want the best from the meats that they use. It made total sense to help others have that opportunity too, so they opened their own Butcher Shop using only ethical, locally raised, and high-quality meats.

Local Parts is also a specialist in charcuterie and has perfected its own interpretation of classics using local meats – along with a large range of pickles, sauces, rubs, and other packaged goods for you to boost your own home cooking experiences.

Here you'll also find the ‘best of’ local partners such as Braud sourdough, 8 Degrees Cheese, and local salts.

Local Parts by Locavore

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VISIT AGENCY X WEBSITE

Agency X is a multidisciplinary creative agency, based in Bali, specialising in imaginative and unique food & drink experiences. We are Locavore Group's strategic partner for creative projects and work with other clients too.

Combining the disciplines of communications, creativity, culinary, operational, art & design, interiors, brands, architecture, experiences and more, we develop original ideas that surprise, delight and inspire people.

Are you looking for a custom creative design for your new hotel, restaurant, bar, or other F&B project? 
Or interested in licensing an existing design IP?

Find out more about us, our projects and get in touch with business enquiries
via the Agency X website below.

AGENCY X WEBSITE

Agency X

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​​ A Locavore Group Partnership Restaurant.

Brushed by the clouds with vistas of sun and sea, the soul of the Mediterranean for all to see.

Experience the ‘more than Mediterranean’ culinary with dishes inspired by Southern Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, crafted with the best locally sourced seasonal ingredients and the finest imported ingredients.

The cocktails are created by Raka, Head Mixologist of the Locavore Group, with contributions from Chefs Eelke and Ray. The food follows the same direction. Small plates made for sharing, alongside larger dishes for those staying a little longer.

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