Welcome to the Good Food Ireland Cookery Schools
Learning to cook is
like so many things
a combination of
knowledge and
confidence but it is
confidence particularly
that many lack. In
the old days much
of this was picked up
'at mother's apron
strings'. How oldfashioned
that sounds.
Today we experience nothing of the sort and to fill
that void the cookery school has emerged. When
much of our life seems so fast and furious it is
comforting, reassuring to spend time over food.
The following pages feature the best schools in the
country where you can spend as little as few hours
or in some cases many months.
The more advanced, like Ballymaloe have integrated
their courses right back to the farm. In some instances
you can meet the hen that produced the egg you are
holding. In others you are given an opportunity to go
and literally fish for your supper.
What they all share is a belief in putting food where it rightly
belongs, at the centre of our lives. Obtaining the skill requires
time, but there are gifted cooks and teachers up and down the
country running classes expertly tuned to providing just that.
Go on, grab a wooden spoon. You deserve it.
Ballymaloe Cookery School
Midleton, Co Cork
33 Bedrooms, Restaurant &
Cookery School
You could be forgiven for thinking the
Ballymaloe Cookery School is somebody's
house. The building is a delight, the garden
a sea of green and everywhere happy
smiling faces. Students range in age from
the young to the not so young, from those
taking time out to those embarking on
careers. You don't just learn how to cook at
Ballymaloe. Click for more information >>
Ghan House
Carlingford, Co. Louth
12 Bedrooms, Restaurant, Wine
If you want to know more about baking, seafood, entertaining your loved one via the kitchen or simply wish to watch the experts show you how, then there should be a course at the right time for most tastes. In addition our ever popular Gourmet nights - 8 courses devised by our head chef are nights to remember. Click for more information >>
Grange Lodge Country House
7 Grange Road, Dungannon, Co Tyrone
5 Bedrooms, Restaurant, Wine
Join Norah Brown MBE, one of Rick Stein's 'Food Heroes', in her kitchen at Grange Lodge and see first hand how entertaining and family food are made easy. The specially arranged morning or afternoon programmes reflecting the best use of seasonal local produce. Click for more information >>
Powersfield House
Ballinamuck, Co. Waterford
6 Bedrooms, Restaurant, Wine
Eunice Power opened her home at Powersfield House, Dungarvan, County Waterford as a restaurant in 2001, which was subsequently listed in John and Sally McKennas Bridgestone Guide "This is not conservative country house cooking, this is gee-whizz food from a cook with real verve". Eunice has recently written a cookery book for Waterford Stanley, and teaches cookery at her home and guesthouse in Dungarvan. Click for more information >>
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