Frequently Asked Questions

Disover Healthy & Nourishing Food

At Sayuri Online Academy, you will discover a wide variety of recipes that will make you feel happy, healthy, and vibrant.

Enjoy Delicious And 100% Plant-Based Dishes

Start to enjoy mouth-watering raw vegan and cooked dishes that your whole family will love.

Become A Better Chef & Improve Your Cooking Skills

No matter if you're a beginner or expert, you will discover new techniques and recipes with simple-to-follow video tutorials.

About Sayuri Tanaka

Vegan & raw food chef & teacher, founder of “Sayuri Healing Food” Café & Academy, and also co-founder of the other raw vegan café in Bali.

Passionate to share & bring the light, joy, excitement & playfulness to the world! Enthusiastic to assist the individual journey to re-discover each gift of who you truly are through retreats, cooking classes and raw food chef trainings that she provides around the world and in Bali. Raw-sweet enthusiast both to create & to eat ;)

Sayuri encourages and promotes a healthy, sustainable, and highly conscious lifestyle for all living beings, the earth, and the future through teaching about raw food and healthy vegan food around the world, and by sharing the love and knowledge she has within.

Sayuri is the author of several cookbooks. She has a magical way of making could-be-intimidating raw food preparation into something simple and encouraging and she inspires readers to discover how making food can be fun, creative, and heart-nourishing.

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About Sayuri Online Academy

Come and learn all the tips & tricks to make the most flavorful, nourishing plant-based vegan delicious meals!

Whether you are searching for a new beginning, or wanting to shift old patterns and beliefs, or looking for more nutritional confidence and hands-on skills, or wanting to become a plant-based chef, to open your own café, or simply want to make healthier tasty meals for your loved ones, we are here for you to assist your dream!

At our raw & cooked vegan Café & Academy in Ubud, in Bali, called Sayuri Healing Food, we offer many trainings & short courses. Our Academy & Café is a community for people to share, a safe space to be their authentic self, I’d like to invite you to be a part of this community online and hope to meet you in person sometime in the future, and for you to meet other like-minded people throughout this course.

I truly believe learning a healthy lifestyle & healthy eating, and activating your creativity have so much potential to serve as self-empowerment, to re-confirm how amazing you are, to shine your gift of who you truly are, to find the tool to be the best version of who you are. This is the main reason why we want to share this amazing tool! And, of course, simply want to share the joy of cooking and un-cooking. It brought me deep healing by preparing food for others and I want to share this magic with you!

If you want to eat healthier, take 1 step at a time. Start with what you can. Be gentle with yourself. As long as each choice is heading toward the healthier way, you are on the track. It is not about right or wrong.

It is important to listen to your heart. There s no only one single diet works for everyone. What is best for you is individual and your need & feelings always change just like seasons change.

Remember that the best nutrition is love and positive energy. That is the true nourishment of our souls.

Having said that, also, remember your choice o food affects your environment, the whole eco-system, and the whole system in the society, and choosing plant-based food to create harmony with nature and all other beings.

Being a plant-based chef, - whether you re home-cook, or professional, is a gift, you are the bridge between mother-nature and people, delivering the love of the earth, and people exchange the love through your food.

We hope this academy will deliver you the magical essence of cooking for yourself and others.

And we hope you will gain the confidence to integrate your knowledge into your daily life and gain enthusiasm to share your passion with the world as we do.

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What our students say

To be completely honest, the taste of cheese is one of the things that I miss the most ever since I transitioned to a plant-based diet 10 months ago [...]

True enough, the masterclass exceeded my expectations. Sayuri shared with us so many different recipes and techniques on how to make different kinds of amazing and delicious vegan cheese and incorporate them into different dishes [...]

I truly believe that vegan cheese could help convince more people to switch to a plant-based diet and Sayuri’s 2-Day Vegan Cheese Masterclass would be the perfect way to introduce them to the magical world of vegan cheese. Thank you so much, chef Sayuri

Maxene Magalona-Mananquil

When do the courses begin?

After you purchase a courses, you can start anytime you wish. There are no specific start dates.

How and when do I attend class?

Your courses are available 24/7 from any internet enabled device. The program is self-paced, meaning there are no specific dates to attend class. You will have lifetime access to your course content.

Is there a time limit to complete a course?

No, there is not. Each course is self-paced, so you are not required to be online at any particular time. It is available to you 24/7 from any internet enabled device. You will have lifetime access to the program.

For how long do I have access to the program?

Once you purchase a course, you have lifetime access to the course.

What type of support do I get with this course?

There are many opportunities for interaction, engagement, and support throughout your course. As an instructor-guided course, you will have an opportunity to interact with our instructors in multiple ways. This includes communication with teachers directly and our community. Additionally, there is a Facebook Group called ’Sayuri Healing Food Academy' to engage with classmates and your instructional team. Contact education@sayurihealingfood.com if you need assistance.

Are there any prerequisites or requirements to take this course?

While there are no formal prerequisites, we do have expectations that you are passionate about healthy food and choices as we are, you are open minded and excited to learn something new, have the desire to take the time to cook, experiment, play and have fun.

Are there age requirements for enrollment?

No. There are no age requirements. We are open and welcoming people of all ages around the world to be better cooks.

Can I modify recipes to suit my specific dietary needs?

Yes, we want all of our students to learn to prepare foods that they can enjoy. Feel free to make any appropriate modifications or adaptations that you need.

Do I get a certificate upon successful completion of the course?

For the Raw Food Kick-Start course and the Vegan Cheese Masterclass, there are no certificates provided.

Is there a test at the end of a course?

At the end of each course, we offer a quiz, which is more for fun to check yourself, this quiz is not obligatory.

How do I pay for the courses?

You pay for each course tuition at registration time, using VISA, MasterCard, American Express. Contact us via education@sayurihealingfood.com if you would like to find out about our no-interest payment plan.

What equipment will be needed for participation in this course?

There is a downloadable Equipment & Tools list in PDF.
Also, equipment & tools that are required in each recipe are described in each lesson.

Is there a shopping list of all ingredients needed for the course?

Yes there is a downloadable shopping list in PDF.
Also, ingredients and their amounts that are required in each recipe are described in each lesson.

Do I need to be a plant-based eater or vegan to take a course?

Of course not. You don’t have to be 100% plant-based to benefit from our courses. We encourage you to look at our courses as a resource to help you better understand basic cooking and nutrition principals – information we hope will encourage you to begin incorporating more plant-based foods into your diet. While our courses won’t teach you how to prepare animal-based foods, the techniques you learn here, can be applied to any diet that you follow.

Why I can't upload my picture?

Our server only accept image with JPG / JPEG format. For some iPhone user, sometimes the image format is not JPG. Newer iPhone have HEIF for the image, and HEVC for the video. So please follow the instructions below to make sure the format is JPG.

Open Settings on your iPhone or iPad.
Tap Camera. You might have to scroll a bit to find this option.
Tap Formats.
Tap Most Compatible. If you want to switch back to HEIC, follow these same steps but tap High Efficiency