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Buddhist temple food with Jeong Kwan's lineage — no garlic, no onion, everything fermented, the cooking that made Netflix pay attention.
- How long
- ~5 days
- Cost
- $400 – $900
- In rupees
- ₹38,200 – ₹86,000
- Starting level
- Beginner
2–14 days
$130/day
₹12,400/day
light pace
Price covers: 5-day templestay cooking programme, all-inclusive. Rough estimate. Treat it as an order of magnitude, not a quote. Flights and visas are never included, and nothing here is a quote.
The price includes
- Tuition
- Somewhere to sleep
- Meals
Best months — Mar-Nov
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While you're in the region
Is this a good one?
- Against others of its kind
- At $130 a day this sits a little under the $156 median for culinary. It is cheaper than 12 of the 18 culinary options mapped here.
- Other things to learn in South Korea
- 3 other options in South Korea, starting with kimchi and banchan in Seoul from $180.
- When to go
- Workable across 9 months of the year — Mar-Nov. Outside that the season is against you, not the school.
- How long it really takes
- Most people give it 5 days, but the honest range is 2 to 14. That spread is wide because how far you take it is up to you.
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