Like so many of our local hospitality businesses in East Cork, Ballymaloe House has had to reinvent the way we operate under the current COVID19 restrictions. Safety is our top priority and maintaining the...
Ballymaloe House has been occupying a space on our bucket-list culinary map for quite some time now. Having travelled to so many of Ireland’s gastronomic destinations it was high time we included this gourmet...
MAURA LAVERTY – THIS WAS YOUR LIFE Ballymaloe Grainstore Pre-Show Dinner in Ballymaloe House Will Feature Recipes from Maura Laverty’s Iconic Cookery Book, Full and Plenty Friday 28 February 2020 The sparkling new play, Maura...
At a prestigious award ceremony held in Paris on 18th February, two Cork restaurants won accolades at The World Restaurant Awards. The World Restaurant Awards were created by IMG in partnership with Joe Warwick...
Last night, the Food & Wine Awards were held in the InterContinental in Ballsbridge, with the country’s best chefs and restaurateurs in attendance. The event was hosted by presenter Barry Murphy and broadcaster Norah Casey....
Award-winning Irish chef, food writer and pioneer, Myrtle Allen, sadly passed away on Wednesday 13th June. Aged 94, Myrtle is the mother-in-law of Irish food writer Darina Allen and is recognised as an advocate...
Everyone wants their perfect fairytale wedding to match their own personal love story. Whether you’ve always dreamed of getting married in a castle by a lake or a luxurious hotel, your perfect wedding venue...
The media buzz around the opening of Rachel Allen’s first ever restaurant venture, Rachel’s, in Cork City could not have been missed. For many, it came as a surprise. Why Cork and not Dublin?...
“Hello Ballymaloe Cookery School, Darina speaking. Thanks for telephoning,” Darina Allen reels off. Dynamic, efficient and to the point, the characteristics of this powerhouse in the Irish food industry can be felt even in...
It’s not just Ballymaloe House‘s recipe for their famous brown soda bread that guarantees a perfect rise. It seems they also have the recipe for successful business with profits rising last year, almost tripling...
As home of the best selling Irish whiskey in the world, it seems only right that Cork had it’s very own Whiskey Festival. The inaugural Cork Whiskey Festival runs this April 3rd – 9th...
There is nothing better for food lovers than heading out to a new restaurant or returning to an old favourite for an evening of exciting flavours, new experiences or good old comfort food. For...
“We don’t drive where we don’t have to,” says Cortney Burns, one half of culinary couple behind the critically acclaimed Bar Tartine restaurant in San Francisco. Despite being in Ireland only two days it...
The Kerrygold Ballymaloe Literary Festival of Food and Wine held it’s inaugural UK launch last night when this year’s programme was previewed to a full house at the Members’ Club at Quo Vadis in...