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Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Friday 15
th
may 2026
Events will be listed in the lead-up to the Festival. Schedule is subject to change.
4.30-6.30pm
Johnny & Paul
Area:
Lambing Shed
5.00pm
Go To Food Podcast
Area:
Change We Must
5.00pm
The Irish Food Quiz
Area:
Scoop & A Yarn
5.00pm
Honey & Co Sarit & Itamar
Area:
Cook the Books
5.30pm
Anna Ansari - Cooking Demonstration
Area:
Kerrygold Main Stage
5.30pm
Jules Verhaeghe and Aurore Del Vitto, of Château du Cedre
Area:
Drinks Theatre
6.00pm
Martini Anyone? Start the Weekend in Style
Area:
The Big Shed Workshops
6.00pm
The Diversity in Irish Food -
Area:
Scoop & A Yarn
18.15pm
Tamsin & Scarlett Allen - Cooking Demonstration
Area:
Cook the Books
6.30pm
Anna Ansari - Book Signing
Area:
Festival Book Shop
6.45pm
Offbeat Wines with Jancis Robinson MW
Area:
Drinks Theatre
7.00pm
Helen Goh Cooking Demonstration
Area:
Kerrygold Main Stage
7.00pm
Le Doyenné - Ballymaloe House Hotel Pop-Up Dining SOLD OUT
Area:
Ballymaloe House Guest Chefs
7.00pm
Fat Badger Wood Shed Pop-Up Dinner
Area:
The Woodshed Kitchen - Pop-Up Dining
7.00pm
Viral Foodsations - From how the Crisp Sandwich took over Patricks Day to Butterboards: Put the flavours to the test.
Area:
Scoop & A Yarn
7.00pm-8.00pm
Sean K
Area:
Lambing Shed
7.00pm
Liam Tutty - DJ
Area:
Lambing Shed
7.45pm
Low Intervention Wines with Pascal and Colm Ed Wilson &Jules Verhaeghe and Aurore Del Vitto, of Château du Cedre
Area:
Drinks Theatre
8.00pm
Helen Goh - Book Signing
Area:
Festival Book Shop
8.00pm - 10.00pm
DJ Luke
Area:
Lambing Shed
10.00pm till late
Marcus O'Laoire
Area:
Lambing Shed
Drinks Theatre Demo
Drinks Theatre Demo
Talk & Taste
Talk & Taste
Panel Discussion
Panel Discussion
Music
Music
Garden Tour
Garden Tour
Book Signing
Book Signing
Walk and Talk
Walk and Talk
Dining Experience
Dining Experience
In Conversation
In Conversation
Cookery Demo
Cookery Demo
Workshops & Masterclasses
Workshops & Masterclasses
Saturday 16
th
may 2026
Events will be listed in the lead-up to the Festival. Schedule is subject to change.
1.30pm
The Savour Walk
Area:
Walks and Talks
10.30am
Ballymaloe House History Tours
Area:
Walks and Talks
10.30am
Bean & Goose Hot Chocolate Masterclass
Area:
The Big Shed Workshops
10.30am
Food is Medicine with Maria Walsh
Area:
Carrigaun Room Workshops
10.30am
Cool Food School - Kids Cooking Class
Area:
Cool Food School
10.30am-12.30pm
Sean K
Area:
Lambing Shed
10.30am
Go To Food Podcast - Dee chats with Freddy & Benjamin
Area:
Scoop & A Yarn
10.30am
Disco Brunch in the Garden Marquee
Area:
Garden Marquee
All Things Elderflower
Area:
Drinks Theatre
10.15am
Lou Robbie - Cooking Demonstration
Area:
Cook the Books
11.00am
Ryan O'Sullivan - Cooking Demonstration
Area:
Kerrygold Main Stage
11.00am
Introduction to Bee Keeping with Hanna Bäckmo
Area:
Walks and Talks
11.15am
Lou Robbie - Book Signing
Area:
Festival Book Shop
11.30am
Mallika Basu - Cooking Demonstration
Area:
Cook the Books
11.30am
Kitchen Culture: Now and Then
Area:
Scoop & A Yarn
11.45am
Where better to plant a vineyard than a placed called Cork
Area:
Drinks Theatre
12.00pm
Bosco Ferments with Maria
Area:
The Big Shed Workshops
12.00pm
Catherine Fulvio - Book Signing
Area:
Festival Book Shop
12.00pm
Felicity Cloake - Book Signing
Area:
Festival Book Shop
12.00pm
Women in Farming today
Area:
Change We Must
12.15pm
Cool Food School - Kids Cooking Class
Area:
Cool Food School
12.30pm
Catherine Fulvio - Cooking Demonstration
Area:
Kerrygold Main Stage
12.30pm
Mallika Basu - Book Signing
Area:
Festival Book Shop
12.30
Michelin Guide/Worlds 50 Best - The relevance of them in today's world
Area:
Scoop & A Yarn
1.00pm
Marcus O'Laoire - Cooking Demonstration
Area:
Cook the Books
1.00pm
Dim Sum Lunch & Dumpling Workshop with Janet Liu
Area:
Carrigaun Room Workshops
13.00pm
Jimmy Doherty - Book Signing
Area:
Festival Book Shop
1.00pm
Ice, Ice Baby - How premium ice is a luxury ingredient
Area:
Drinks Theatre
1.30-3.00pm
Johnny & Paul
Area:
Lambing Shed
1.30pm
An Introduction to Olive Oil Masterclass
Area:
The Big Shed Workshops
2.00pm
Adam Byatt - Cooking Demonstration
Area:
Kerrygold Main Stage
2.00pm
The Third Space
Area:
Change We Must
2.30pm
Sarah Johnson - Fruitful Cooking Demonstration
Area:
Cook the Books
2.30pm
More than a Margarita! Cinco Patricio's Tequila with Grainne McDonald
Area:
Drinks Theatre
2.30pm
Menolicous: Mariella & Belles
Area:
Scoop & A Yarn
2.45pm
Cool Food School - Kids Cooking Class
Area:
Cool Food School
3.00pm
Adam Byatt - Book Signing
Area:
Festival Book Shop
3.30pm
Cherie Denham - Cooking Demonstration
Area:
Kerrygold Main Stage
3.30pm
Cooking with Irish Whiskey - Food and Whiskey Tasting
Area:
The Big Shed Workshops
3.30pm
The Definition of Food - How processed food is changing the way we eat and why we should stop
Area:
Scoop & A Yarn
3.45pm
Fundamentals of Food Soaking with Happy Tummy
Area:
Carrigaun Room Workshops
4.00pm
The Science of Building the Perfect No and Low Cocktail with Aisling Larkin
Area:
Drinks Theatre
4.00pm
Kwanghi Chan - Cooking Demonstration
Area:
Cook the Books
4.00pm
Zurito
Area:
Lambing Shed
4.00pm
100% Seed Germination with Cathairín Forest Garden
Area:
Walks and Talks
4.30pm
Cherie Denham - Book Signing
Area:
Festival Book Shop
4.30pm
Cooking through the Lens
Area:
Scoop & A Yarn
4.30pm
Supplying Restaurants direct from Farms
Area:
Change We Must
5.00pm
Rory O'Connell - Cooking Demonstration
Area:
Kerrygold Main Stage
5.00pm
Dave Broom - The Renaissance of Irish Whiskey
Area:
Drinks Theatre
5.00pm
Kwanghi Chan - Book Signing
Area:
Festival Book Shop
5.00pm
Spice Masterclass with Arun Kapil
Area:
Carrigaun Room Workshops
5.15pm
Time for a Cocktail Workshop & Tasting
Area:
The Big Shed Workshops
5.30pm
Aoife Comerford - Cooking Demonstration
Area:
Cook the Books
5.30pm
Baking and the Meaning of Life
Area:
Scoop & A Yarn
6.00pm
Rory O'Connell - Book Signing
Area:
Festival Book Shop
6.30pm
Thomasina Miers - Cooking Demonstration
Area:
Kerrygold Main Stage
6.30pm
Sheridans Cheese & Wine Tasting
Area:
The Big Shed Workshops
6.30pm
On the Menu: Stories of the Restaurant Critic and Restaurateur
Area:
Scoop & A Yarn
7.00pm
Homestead Cottage Woodshed Pop-Up Dinner
Area:
The Woodshed Kitchen - Pop-Up Dining
7.00pm
Garden Pop-Up Dinner with Barrie Quinn, Conor Spacey & Erica Drum SOLD OUT
Area:
Garden Marquee
7.30pm
Thomasina Miers - Book Signing
Area:
Festival Book Shop
7.00pm
Fat Badgers Beth & George - Cookery Demonstation
Area:
Cook the Books
9.00pm
Duck Street Jam Band
Area:
Lambing Shed
11.00pm
DJ Luke
Area:
Lambing Shed
Sunday 17
th
may 2026
Events will be listed in the lead up to the festival - Schedule is subject to change.
10.00am
The Full Irish - Talk & Tasting
Area:
Change We Must
10.15am
Ballymaloe House History Tours
Area:
Walks and Talks
10.30am
Mariella Frostrup & Belles Berry - Menolicious - Cooking Demonstration
Area:
Kerrygold Main Stage
10.30am
Grow Your Own Food with Confidence
Area:
Walks and Talks
10.30am
Chai Masterclass
Area:
The Big Shed Workshops
10.30am
Chocolate Truffle Making Workshop
Area:
Carrigaun Room Workshops
10.30am
Cool Food School - Kids Cooking Class
Area:
Cool Food School
10.30am
Darina Allen - Book Signing
Area:
Festival Book Shop
10.30am
Jancis Robinson M.W 50 years as a wine writer
Area:
Scoop & A Yarn
10.30am-12.30pm
Johnny & Paul
Area:
Lambing Shed
10.45am
No & Low Panel
Area:
Drinks Theatre
11.00am
Robbie McCauley - Cooking Demonstration
Area:
Cook the Books
11.30am
Cherie Denham - Self Publishing
Area:
Scoop & A Yarn
11.30am
Tour the Fruits of Ballymaloe Susan Turner Ballymaloe Head Gardner
Area:
Walks and Talks
11.45am
"The Keep" - Screening and Tasting with Sally Barnes, Aishling Moore & Anthony O'Toole
Area:
Change We Must
12.00pm
Sami Tamimi - Cooking Demonstration
Area:
Kerrygold Main Stage
12.00pm
Sourcing & Styling Vintage Tableware
Area:
The Big Shed Workshops
12.00pm
Mariella Frostrup & Belles Berry - Book Signing
Area:
Festival Book Shop
12.00pm
Innovation in Whiskey with Eric Ryan
Area:
Drinks Theatre
12.15pm
Tango Street Food Facundo Rodulfo - Cooking Demonstration
Area:
Cook the Books
12.15pm
Cool Food School - Kids Cooking Class
Area:
Cool Food School
12.30pm
Married to Hospitality
Area:
Scoop & A Yarn
12.45pm
Pasta Lunch & Workshop with Ryan O'Sullivan
Area:
Carrigaun Room Workshops
1.00pm
Thomasina Miers Ballymaloe House Pop-Up Dining
Area:
Ballymaloe House Guest Chefs
1.00pm
Brawn Woodshed Pop-Up Sunday Lunch
Area:
The Woodshed Kitchen - Pop-Up Dining
1.00pm
Sami Tamimi - Book Signing
Area:
Festival Book Shop
1.00-3.00pm
Sean K
Area:
Lambing Shed
1.00pm
Home Grown Tomatoes - How to guide
Area:
Walks and Talks
1.15pm
The Polish Wine Renaissance: Talk and Tasting
Area:
Drinks Theatre
1.15pm
Nose in the Trough - Charcuterie Talk & Workshop with Fingal Ferguson from Gubbeen
Area:
The Big Shed Workshops
1.15pm
Regenerative Farming in the World of Whiskey
Area:
Change We Must
1.30pm
Gemma Stafford - Cooking Demonstration
Area:
Kerrygold Main Stage
1.30pm
Agak Agak Sham Hanifa - Cooking Demonstration
Area:
Cook the Books
1.30pm
The Silk Road - Spices in Western Diets
Area:
Scoop & A Yarn
2.00pm
Icons Of Ireland Afternoon Tea
Area:
Garden Marquee
2.30pm
Gemma Stafford - Book Signing
Area:
Festival Book Shop
2.30pm
Kerry in a cocktail glass with Valentia Vermouth and Muckross Wild Spirits
Area:
Drinks Theatre
2.30pm
Where Do Your Carrots Come from: The Fragility of the Irish Food System
Area:
Change We Must
2.45pm
Cool Food School - Kids Cooking Class
Area:
Cool Food School
2.45pm
Julie Lin - Cookery Demonstration
Area:
Cook the Books
3.00pm
Kevin Dundon Cooking Demonstration
Area:
Kerrygold Main Stage
3.00pm
Sham Hanifa - Book Signing
Area:
Festival Book Shop
3.00pm
How to whip up the perfect food column, with Felicity Cloake
Area:
Scoop & A Yarn
3.30pm
Edible Seaweed with Birgitta Heden Curtain
Area:
Carrigaun Room Workshops
3.30pm
Nocturne Groove
Area:
Lambing Shed
3.45pm
The Way of Whisky: A Journey Around Japan
Area:
Drinks Theatre
4.00pm
Daniel Rankin - Man Can Cook Cooking Demonstation
Area:
Cook the Books
4.00pm
Kevin Dundon - Book Signing
Area:
Festival Book Shop
4pm
Obvara Firing Performance with Martha Cashman
Area:
4.00pm
Leftovers with Conor Spacey
Area:
Cook the Books
4.30pm
Darina Allen & Friends Cookery Demonstration
Area:
Kerrygold Main Stage
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Ballymaloe House Guest Chefs
Carrigaun Room Workshops
Change We Must
Cook the Books
Cool Food School
Drinks Theatre
Festival Book Shop
Garden Marquee
Kerrygold Main Stage
Lambing Shed
Scoop & A Yarn
The Big Shed Workshops
The Woodshed Kitchen - Pop-Up Dining
Walks and Talks
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Drinks Theatre Demo
Talk & Taste
Panel Discussion
Music
Garden Tour
Book Signing
Walk and Talk
Dining Experience
In Conversation
Cookery Demo
Workshops & Masterclasses
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