Raw · Ritual · Alive & Thriving — Ubud, Bali since 2010
The Seeds
of Life
Living bodies require living foods to thrive! Humans are the only animal that cooks their food, and we have all the diseases. Our mission is to make the return to our natural state tasty and exciting. Go on, you know you want to.
Raw chef training · Bali
Come for the food.
Leave with the craft.
The food you love in our cafés is the beginning. Learn the techniques behind the textures, flavours, and beautiful plates with Ben Richards, then bring that knowledge into your own kitchen.
These are some of the people who have shared that journey. Real classes, shared tables, and the celebration of becoming a raw food chef.
- 37 years
- Ben's experience as a chef
- 26
- Raw chef trainings delivered
- 50+
- Yoga retreats around the world
All Raw, All Vegan, All Day.
Come for the food.
Discover what's possible.
Familiar textures. Satisfying mouthfeel. All created with raw, plant-based ingredients. Taste the possibilities in our café, then learn the techniques behind them in our chef training.
Nothing tastes as good as being healthy feels.— Ben Richards · Founder, Seeds of Life
The Living Menu
Designed to make
the food feel alive.
Loloh Tonic Bar
Ancient medicine.
Living ingredients.
Loloh is a traditional Balinese herbal drink. At Seeds of Life, we've honoured that tradition and expanded it into a full tonic bar experience — adaptogens, mushrooms, cacao, and botanical elixirs made fresh daily.
Ashtanga Yoga
Practice in
paradise.
Led Ashtanga practice in an open-air shala. Movement, breath, and presence — before the day begins, before the food reaches the table.
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The Book
A protocol for
transformation.
Ben's landmark work on fasting, cellular regeneration, and consciousness expansion. Over a decade of living practice distilled into a framework that changes how you experience food, time, and self.
Choose your edition
Get the book on Amazon →Raw Food Chef Certification
Learn from a master.
Teach the world.
Ben's intensive raw food chef training is one of the most respected programs of its kind. Students come from across the world and leave with the skills, knowledge, and confidence to transform their own kitchens and communities.
Module 01
Raw food foundations
Soaking, sprouting, fermenting, dehydrating. The alchemical techniques that make raw food cuisine extraordinary.
Module 02
Living cuisine mastery
Signature dishes, plating, texture contrasts, flavour layering. The full creative vocabulary of raw fine dining.
Module 03
Business + philosophy
How to open a raw food cafe, create a menu, source ingredients, and build a community around living food.
Meet SOL Seed — your AI guide through the Seeds of Life world.
Ask anything. About the menu, about fasting, about the training programme, about Ben's philosophy. SOL Seed knows it all — and answers in Ben's voice, from his decade of living knowledge.
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Carry the
philosophy home.
Find Us
Come and eat
with us.
Open every day. No reservations needed. Just walk through the gate into the garden and let the food do the rest.
Location, Gautama Street
Jl. Gootama Selatan, Ubud
Gianyar, Bali 80571, Indonesia
Hours
Monday – Sunday
7:30 am – 10:00 pm
Reservations & Enquiries
Message us on WhatsApp · +62 812 3792 3870
theseedsoflifecafe.com/contact-us
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