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A LITTLE SLICE OF HEAVEN

Corporate Events

CORPORATE DAYS (AND NIGHTS) LIKE NO OTHER

OUR TEAM WILL BUILD THE PERFECT ESCAPE FOR YOUR TEAM

Cookery Courses

WHERE YOU GET TEMPTED INTO THE KITCHEN

WITH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COOKING CLASSES AT BALLYKNOCKEN

Stay The Night

AT THE END OF A PERFECT DAY, A PERFECT NIGHT

STAY WITH US AND BALLYKNOCKEN WILL CONTINUE TO DELIGHT YOU

Hen Parties

THE MOST TASTEFUL HEN PARTY OF ALL

A DAY OR TWO BUILT AROUND CULINARY DELIGHTS YOU CREATE YOURSELF

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Ballyknocken

For generations, Ballyknocken Cookery School, House and Farm has welcomed guests to our idyllic corner of County Wicklow, Ireland, on Dublin’s doorstep.

Now it’s your turn.

Enjoy our charming 1850s farmhouse accommodation and our award-winning Cookery School, nestled between lush herb and fruit gardens.

Why not book a cooking class and a tour?

Come with friends to celebrity chef Catherine Fulvio’s open cooking classes or let’s organise a bespoke fun cookery experience for your family, friends or hen party. Then make your day absolutely perfect with a night or two in our farmhouse bed and breakfast.

Or come for some team building. Create new bonds over new skills in the kitchen, or with farm games. Then gather with renewed energy and enthusiasm in our meeting rooms.

What are you waiting for?

Private Cookery Events

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Private Cookery Events

For that special occasion, birthday party, wedding anniversary, family gathering or hen party, we’ll help you create one of the best days of your lives. Cook, laugh, learn, perfect and savour great food with friends, family, book clubs or even neighbours. We’ll help design the perfect afternoon or evening, with fun themed cookery experiences, great menus, unusual diversions and a superb dinner at the end of it all. How could it get any better? How about a cozy farmhouse sleepover?

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Cookery Classes

What a wonderful way to spend the day: Learning from and cooking with the very best chefs in a charming country estate in the beautiful Wicklow hills. Using fresh produce from our own herb, vegetable and soft fruit gardens and other local farms, this is an afternoon or morning filled with laughter, great food and new friends. Winner of the International Cordon D’Or Culinary Academy of the Year.

Not sure which class, buy a Gift Voucher for a class

Learn from the comfort of your own home

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Special Events

We’re here to help make your special event very special indeed. Let’s plan that birthday party, reunion, anniversary, team building reward or whatever you have in mind. We can start with a fabulous cookery class, prepare and cook your own gourmet three-course meal together and then sit down and enjoy it. Or we’ll cook for you as you roam the farm and enjoy country pursuits including archery, falconry, Gaelic games, hiking and even sheep-herding.

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Stay The Night

Make a great day perfect and stay with us at Ballyknocken. Our award-winning 19th Century Victorian farmhouse is so special you’ll never want to leave.

We have seven beautiful twin, double and triple en suite bedrooms, most with Victorian roll top baths. Across the courtyard our converted Milking Parlour apartment has three double/twin en suite bedrooms with its own living area.

About

Catherine Fulvio

Daytime Emmy-nominated Catherine Fulvio is one of Ireland’s best-loved chefs and food authors. She grew up on this farm and still brings her passion for good, fresh, local produce and craft producers to her cooking. Catherine is the third generation of her family to make Ballyknocken such a special place and she’s very proud of her family’s heritage in Wicklow.

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Where To Find Us

Ballyknocken Cookery School, House & Farm
Glenealy, Ashford, Co Wicklow,
A67 X720, Ireland
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