Just Cook It Christmas 🗓 Tuesday 16 December 2025 | 9:30am – 2:00pm A festive half-day at Ballymaloe Cookery School, created to inspire confidence and provide delicious, seasonal dishes for the Christmas table. Begin with a focused demonstration, then enjoy a hands-on cooking session where you’ll prepare breads, starters, salads, dressings, mains and puddings — all guided by our expert teachers. You’ll take home new techniques, clever time-saving tips, and a fresh collection of recipes to use t

Making Homemade Marmalade with Darina Allen 🗓 Wednesday 21 January 2026 | 9:00am–1:00pm A half-day devoted to the craft of marmalade, timed perfectly for the short Seville orange season 🍊 From a classic Seville orange marmalade to variations with treacle, Irish whiskey and ginger, plus kumquat, three-fruit, whole orange and even a no-cook marmalade, this is a morning packed with knowledge, technique and flavour. Darina will share tips, methods and plenty of ideas for using marmalade beyond the