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Last replied
8 Jul 2025
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Hi there!
We are owners of a cooking school in the heart of the old city of Melaka in Malaysia. The house is an old chinese shophouse dating back 130 years. The house has lots of character and old features but is well maintained and loved. We run the cooking school in the house and have tourists from all over the world come and learn Malaysian dishes.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Charity Work
Art Projects
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
Hospitality/Tourism
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
You will spend time in a local community and have the chance to meet and engage with locals as well as tourists.
We will teach/share/show you our local tips where to go-where to eat-what to do & local cultures. In between, you will learn Bahasa Malaysia.
Share your travel stories and experiences with us and our guests.
You will also be lucky enough to sample lots of local Malaysian dishes and learn to cook and prep these for free while helping out in the cooking school.
The guesthouse is situated within the UNESCO World Heritage City area (China town) and 2 minutes walk from the famous Jonker Walk night market and there are lots of temples and other places of interests to discover nearby to be explored on your time off.
Help
We need help with:
- General housekeeping and maintenance.
- PR and creating awareness with guests/potential guests
- Watering the plants
- Painting and carpentry work (if you can)
- Art skills, music, juggling, uni cycle riding or something else.
- Help with the cooking classes
- grocerries shopping at the local market
- Feeding the animals and ensuring their space is kept clean (cats, turtles, fish)
Day to day tasks will change and this list is not conclusive however this covers the main tasks.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Malay: Fluent
Accommodation
Workawayers will stay in our
private rooms fitted with fans.
Our heritage house is conveniently located in the centre of the UNESCO World Heritage City.
Volunteers are requested to help out for a minimum of 5 hours per day for at least two 2 weeks, with 1 meal per day, This is relatively flexible.
We will arrange working hours, days, time etc day to day and appreciate flexibility.
During your off days no meals will not be provided.
What else ...
You could enjoy your time off that doing some activities such:
*️️️️️️ Jonker Walk night market
*️️️️️️ Tuesday night market
*️️️️️️ Lots of temples to visit
*️️️️️ Join the city tour
*️️️️️️ Chance to learn to cook with the cookery school experience
*️️️️️️ Possibility to learn to use a vintage sewing machine
*️️️️️️ Local fishing villages
Or you can hang out at the guesthouse and join us for a meal.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
My animals / pets
Feedback (13)
Yes, he is helpful with the cleaning tasks and did a good job with taking care of our cats including cleaning their litter boxes.
Yuji helped us a lot in the kitchen. I can say that he liked it and was a natural in the kitchen. Oh yes, he can cook.
He arrived during a festive celebration time and was… read more
He helped us a lot.
From d.i.y.s to cooking a paella dinner party to everything.
We had an absolute smashing time with him.
Nothing but good vibes only.
He is a sincere, generous, funny, respectful and humble person.
Oh and he is great with our pets/cats, friends.... Heck, we even went on a roadtrip holiday together.
So,… read more
Fantastic!
Davut was a smiley and simple man.
Packed with his sincerity, he was
indeed a big help to us.
Ask him anything to do and he's always ready to help.
We do enjoyed and valued his company & help.
Till we meet again next time.
But stay longer.... Lol.
To the other hosts… read more
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Yes, he is helpful with the cleaning tasks and did a good job with taking care of our cats including cleaning their litter boxes.
Yuji helped us a lot in the kitchen. I can say that he liked it and was a natural in the kitchen. Oh yes, he can cook.
He arrived during a festive celebration time and was… read more
He helped us a lot.
From d.i.y.s to cooking a paella dinner party to everything.
We had an absolute smashing time with him.
Nothing but good vibes only.
He is a sincere, generous, funny, respectful and humble person.
Oh and he is great with our pets/cats, friends.... Heck, we even went on a roadtrip holiday together.
So,… read more
Fantastic!
Davut was a smiley and simple man.
Packed with his sincerity, he was
indeed a big help to us.
Ask him anything to do and he's always ready to help.
We do enjoyed and valued his company & help.
Till we meet again next time.
But stay longer.... Lol.
To the other hosts… read more
We couldn't ask for more.
One of the best thing we enjoyed was anytime anywhere eating!
We're sorry of this review comes in late guys...not sure what happened...it didn't get through?… read more
Easy going and get along well with everyone.
Terima Kasih, Mo and see you soon.
During stay I felt like i was back in my home after a long non-stop travels, its so amazing and peaceful place they live in. I can't say that I was working there, not at all, just… read more
Please host Termilan a.k.a. Tim.
The Kazahk nomad.
In short, Tim is a 5 stars volunteer.
Take him in. Host him, in other words....do not loose this opportunity.
Tim stayed about 2 weeks with us +-..
It could have been even better if he could stay longer.....or return back.
Lol.
Overall he helped us a lot.
His timing and… read more
Svenja stayed for a short time with us but it was a perfect deal. Worked for both parties.
She appeared at the correct time when we needed help.
Svenja was a good help during the whole progress of the class from the preparation until the end.
She also mixed around well with the guests. PR skills.
Eventhough it was only… read more
She liked cooking and was lucky to go through 3 classes during her stay with us. Suffice to say we did exchange food culture notes with each other.
Maroua helped us with the house chores and the cats. And whenever we need help we just ask her, she's always up to it.
Oh, a thoughtful volunteer - she gave… read more
They're incredibly kind and generous, and their positive energy is truly contagious! I had a blast chatting with them about Malaysian culture and many other fascinating topics.
I spent a week with them and got the… read more
Though they only spent a short time with us as we all got sick kinda about the same time , they'd still come to help us out whenever they could.
See how thoughtful they were...
Craig was pretty handy with the d.i.y.s and sweet Teresa is never shy to always give a lending hand around the… read more
Just wonderful.
He learned about wood d.i.y here.
We really like cooking eating together.
Just as he was a great help in the cooking classes, he also did good PR with the guests.
You will always have a place here with us.
Thank you so much Trenten.
What an amazing person. Thanks for everything Teena and Lee.
The best workaway I've done by far.
Thank you so much for your kindess and caring.
Thanks for sharing your experiences, your recipes, your energy, your hapiness and the food places in town.
I already miss the food ahah.
I couldn't wish better for the end of my trip… read more
And we are proud to be his 1st Asian workaway host !
It was a wonderful experience indeed.
He is everything and more of what a host would want to have helping them.
Dear hosts :
No regrets, no problems what so ever - please host Baptiste.
He has extended his help well and beyond to us.
Hmmm… read more
At their home, we had a unique experience of a real cultural exchange. We learned traditional Malaysian dishes from them and enjoyed the friendly atmosphere. Lee and Teena were very generous and kind hosts, sharing their knowledge and culture. Tasks are well explained. And once… read more
They helped us on the online upgrading, website, photography, leaflet designing.
It was a low season so we created an awareness project.
Apart from that, they helped with the housekeeping too.
Johan with his muscles helped with the more physical help.
Oh, and during the cooking classes they… read more
A soft spoken lady.
She is very good in her cleaning tasks given... .quite thorough - good!
And she helped us in anyway that she could.
Eliz has experiences in handling cats too.
They absolutely loved her.
Thank you, Elizabeth.
Teena took me to the night market the first night and enthusiastically answered all my… read more
Please accept and host David.
You will not regret it.
During his stay with us, David was ever the helpful one.
He is sincere to help you and was respectful in our house. You would feel safe and comfortable.
We appreciated this.
Oh, don't let that face fool you because he can sure crack good English humour.
Take in this guy !
Host him, you'll never regret it.
He is a nice, simple & honest man.
Lucas.....he is a gem volunteer.
We have had the pleasure of hosting him for 2 weeks.
It's a pity that none of our 4 cats did good job of bitting the pages off or destroying his passport so that he can stay longer with us.
Lol 😂
He was and all… read more
I did a lot jobs around the house/maintain the place or helping Lee with all… read more
He was a gentleman, smart and very cultured right from the beginning. Big thank you to his parents/grandmother for bringing up such a fine person.
The best part was that Eduardo is genuinely interested and sincere in helping us out in the house and the cooking school.
We are… read more
From the moment I got there until the moment I left they made me feel very comfortable, like I was part of the household and a friend. And I thank them a lot for that.
Lee is great with tools and know how to built pretty much everything, he's a good… read more
