Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Friday, April 4, 2025
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Afternoon Cookery Classes begin at 2PM, however please try to be at cookery school for 1:45PM.
Guests will get a copy of all recipes and tastings of all dishes at the end of the demonstration. Please note you will be joining our main student body for this demonstration.
Details of Recipes to be demonstrated are published approximately 2 weeks in Advance.
Darina and Rachel Allen have presented many successful television series and produced dozens of best-selling cook books between them. They also love to entertain...
This two and a half day course promises to be one of the most entertaining, instructive and popular courses of the year. Watch and learn as Darina and Rachel have fun cooking together and sharing their favourite recipes for easy entertaining with you.
Then it’s your turn in the kitchen. Two hands-on sessions with one tutor for every six students ensures an unusually high level of personal attention. So you will also learn important tips and tricks to get the best out of the recipes and your ingredients.
Darina and Rachel’s recipes use many seasonal ingredients from the school’s organic farm and gardens. They will share a selection of fish, meat and vegetarian options for delicious appetisers, starters, mains and puds.
And don’t worry, you will be well fed! As well as having the opportunity to taste all the dishes prepared after each demonstration, you’ll enjoy a delicious lunch every day.
By the end of the course you will have mastered a whole new repertoire of recipes and techniques. You’ll return home confident to entertain with panache and just chill out, sip some bubbles and enjoy your guests!
*Please note that each Part of this course do not need to be taken in order. Each course shares a different set of recipes.
How it works.
We will welcome you on your arrival at the cookery school with a cup of coffee and a cake. The Demonstration with Darina and Rachel will start at 2.00pm with a great selection of all kinds of entertaining recipes and a wide range of tips and tricks. Keep an eye out as you will have to choose what you would like to cook for the following morning. After class it's off to the cottages for a well earned rest.
Each morning begins with Breakfast at 8:30 for all our students. This is a time to enjoy the morning sunshine in our farm dining room and get ready for the day with a bowl of steaming hot porridge, jersey cream and local honey, freshly made bread and Irish farmhouse cheese and a nice strong cup of coffee.
For the rest of the days (after a good breakfast each morning) you will cook a selection of items each morning under the watchful eyes of our teachers where you will learn the important tips and trick to get the best out of the recipes and your ingredients. After you have sit down to enjoy your lunch you will enjoy and afternoon demonstration with a further set of recipes. By Wednesday you will have mastered numerous new recipes and techniques.
The prestigious Ballymaloe 12 WeekCertificate Course is run three times a year, with courses beginning in January,April or May, and September.
The course is aimed at anyone with a passionate interest in food. Many of our students use the course as a springboard to become a professional chef; others use it to equip themselves with a marketable skill.
Others still take the course simply to maximize the pleasure they get from cooking at home.
Students develop a deep and detailed understanding of food and how it is produced. The emphasis is on recognising the best ingredients and knowing how to showcase them.
