Kilkenny Trip Overview
You will be warmly welcomed by your host Richenda and Michael into their historic home and enjoy a welcome cup of coffee or tea with biscuits or scones in their gorgeous living room. Next, enter Richenda’s kitchen where you will learn to learn to cook an authentic Irish meal with Richenda’s creative touches from recipes that have been passed down through generations of her family. Your cooking demo will involve watching your host prepare 4-5 dishes from scratch. You will watch her prepare an Irish stew the traditional way, brown soda bread (her mother’s recipe) and a soup, or dessert. Your meal might also include a few dishes that Richenda may have prepared in advance. Please note that this is a demonstration, not a hands-on cooking class, and will last about two and a half hours.
Enjoy learning about Richenda’s secret tips and techniques involved in Irish cooking before you sit down at the table to share the meal together over delightful conversation!
Additional Info
Duration: 4 hours
Starts: Kilkenny, Ireland
Trip Category: Food, Wine & Nightlife >> Cooking Classes
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What to Expect When Visiting Kilkenny, Province of Leinster, Ireland
You will be warmly welcomed by your host Richenda and Michael into their historic home and enjoy a welcome cup of coffee or tea with biscuits or scones in their gorgeous living room. Next, enter Richenda’s kitchen where you will learn to learn to cook an authentic Irish meal with Richenda’s creative touches from recipes that have been passed down through generations of her family. Your cooking demo will involve watching your host prepare 4-5 dishes from scratch. You will watch her prepare an Irish stew the traditional way, brown soda bread (her mother’s recipe) and a soup, or dessert. Your meal might also include a few dishes that Richenda may have prepared in advance. Please note that this is a demonstration, not a hands-on cooking class, and will last about two and a half hours.
Enjoy learning about Richenda’s secret tips and techniques involved in Irish cooking before you sit down at the table to share the meal together over delightful conversation!
Richenda has held a deep fascination for food and cooking from the time she was a young girl! She loved to watch her mother throw a loaf of bread in their Aga, a traditional stove and oven that was the hearth of the family. Richenda studied at the Cordon Bleu in London and Switzerland before she returned to Dublin where she taught at the first Cordin Blue cooking school in Ireland.
Richenda and her husband Michael live in a stunning 300-year old family home that Richenda inherited and which has been lovingly restored. She teaches professional cooking demonstrations in her traditional kitchen. Ask to take a peek at the famous Aga stove where you might get to bake a tart or bread! Avid travelers, Richenda and Michael enjoy authentic cuisine on their travels and are delighted to offer Irish cuisine with Richenda’s creative touch to travelers visiting Kilkenny, a charming Irish town south west of Dublin. Get a feel for true Irish hospitality and cuisine with this lovely couple.
