The Patriarch Cookery School ★ 4.2
The Patriarch Cookery School runs hands-on Irish cooking classes in Kilkenny city centre covering seasonal Irish menus and local artisan produce.
Mount Juliet Estate Cookery Experience is a cooking class in Thomastown, Kilkenny.
Mount Juliet Estate runs a chef-led cookery experience pairing estate-grown produce with seasonal Irish dishes, on the same estate as the Michelin-starred Lady Helen.
Editorially verified June 8, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Address: Mount Juliet Estate, Thomastown, Co Kilkenny
The Patriarch Cookery School runs hands-on Irish cooking classes in Kilkenny city centre covering seasonal Irish menus and local artisan produce.
Ryeland House Cookery School at Cuffesgrange has been run by Anne Neary since 1991 from a 19th-century farmhouse that has been in the Neary family for four.
Cakeface Cookery School at 16 Irishtown is Kilkenny's best-known cooking school, with hands-on pastry and patisserie classes from Laura and Rory Gannon.
Ballymaloe Cookery School in Cork runs day classes covering Irish home cooking, bread baking and seasonal Irish menus, a 90 minute drive south from Kilkenny.