Ballymaloe Festival of Food Timetable 2026

Friday 15^th may 2026

Events will be listed in the lead up to the festival - Schedule is subject to change.

5.00pm

Anna Ansari - Cooking Demonstration

Area:

Kerrygold Main Stage

6.00pm

Martini Anyone? Start the weekend in style

Area:

The Big Shed

6.15pm

Ed Wilson - 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

Area:

Ballymaloe House Guest Chefs

8.00pm

Helen Goh - Book Signing

Area:

Festival Book Shop

Drinks Theatre Demo

Book Signing

Talk & Taste

Panel Discussion

Music

Garden Tour

Book Signing

Butter Disco

Walk and Talk

Dining Experience

In Conversation

Cookery Demo

Workshops & Masterclasses

Saturday 16^th may 2026

Events will be listed in the lead up to the festival - Schedule is subject to change.

Dave Broom - The Renaissance of Irish Whiskey

Area:

Drinks Theatre

The Science of Building the Perfect No and Low Cocktail with Aisling Larkin

Area:

Drinks Theatre

Thomasina Miers - Book Signing

Area:

Festival Book Shop

10.30am

Ballymaloe House History Tours

Area:

Walks and Talks

10.30am

Bean & Goose Hot Chocolate Masterclass

Area:

The Big Shed

10.30am

Food is Medicine with Maria Walsh

Area:

Carrigaun Room

10.30am

Cool Food School - Kids Cooking Class

Area:

Workshops

10.15am

Lou Robbie - Cookey Demonstration

Area:

Cook the Books

11.00am

Catherine Fulvio Cooking Demonstration

Area:

Kerrygold Main Stage

11.15am

Lou Robbie - Book Signing

Area:

Festival Book Shop

11.30am

Malika Basu - Cookery Demonstration

Area:

Cook the Books

12.00pm

Bosco Ferments with Maria

Area:

The Big Shed

12.00pm

Catherine Fulvio - Book Signing

Area:

Festival Book Shop

12.15pm

Cool Food School - Kids Cooking Class

Area:

Workshops

12.30pm

Mallika Basu - Book Signing

Area:

Festival Book Shop

1.00pm

Marcus O'Laoire - Cooking Demonstration

Area:

Cook the Books

1.00pm

Dim Sum Lunch & Dumpling Workshop with Janet Liu

Area:

Carrigaun Room

1.00pm

Jimmy Doherty - Book Signing

Area:

Festival Book Shop

1.30pm

Felicity Cloake - Book Signing

Area:

Festival Book Shop

2.00pm

Adam Byatt Cooking Demonstration

Area:

Kerrygold Main Stage

2.45pm

Cool Food School - Kids Cooking Class

Area:

Workshops

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

3.45pm

Fundamentals of Food Soaking -Happy Tummy

Area:

Carrigaun Room

4.30pm

Cherie Denham - Book Signing

Area:

Festival Book Shop

5.00pm

Rory O'Connell Cooking Demonstration

Area:

Kerrygold Main Stage

5.00pm

Kwanghi Chan - Book Signing

Area:

Festival Book Shop

5.15pm

Time for a Cocktail Workshop & Tasting

Area:

The Big Shed

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

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

Area:

Garden Marquee

Sunday 17^th may 2026

Events will be listed in the lead up to the festival - Schedule is subject to change.

No & Low Panel

Area:

Drinks Theatre

Polish Wines Talk and Tasting

Area:

Drinks Theatre

The Way of Whisky: A Journey around Japan

Area:

Drinks Theatre

10.15am

Ballymaloe House History Tours

Area:

Walks and Talks

10.30am

Mariella Frostrup & Belles Berry - Menolicious

Area:

Kerrygold Main Stage

10.30am

Grow Your Own Food with Confidence

Chocolate Truffle Making Workshop

Area:

Carrigaun Room

10.30am

Cool Food School - Kids Cooking Class

Area:

Workshops

10.30am

Darina Allen - Book Signing

Area:

Festival Book Shop

11.00am

Daniel Rankin - Man Can Cook Cooking Demonstation

Area:

Cook the Books

11.30am

Gemma Stafford - Book Signing

Area:

Festival Book Shop

12.00pm

Sami Tamimi Cooking Demonstration

Area:

Kerrygold Main Stage

12.00pm

Sourcing & Styling Vintage Tableware

Area:

The Big Shed

12.00pm

Mariella Frostrup & Belles Berry - Book Signing

Area:

Festival Book Shop

12.15pm

Cool Food School - Kids Cooking Class

Area:

Workshops

12.30pm

Facundo Rodulfo - Cooking Demonstration

Area:

Cook the Books

1.00pm

Thomasina Miers Ballymaloe House Pop-Up Dining

Area:

Ballymaloe House Hotel

1.00pm

Brawn Woodshed Pop-Up Sunday Lunch

Area:

The Woodshed Kitchen - Pop-Up Dining

1.00pm

Sami Tamimi - Book Signing

Sham Hanifa - Cooking Demonstration

Area:

Cook the Books

2.00pm

Icons Of Ireland Afternoon Tea

Area:

Garden Marquee

2.45pm

Cool Food School - Kids Cooking Class

Area:

Workshops

3.00pm

Kevin Dundon Cooking Demonstration

Area:

Kerrygold Main Stage

3.00pm

Sham Hanifa - Book Signing

Area:

Festival Book Shop

3.15pm

Sarah Johnson - Fruitful Cooking Demonstration

Area:

Cook the Books

3.30pm

Edible Seaweed with Birgitta Heden Curtain

Area:

Carrigaun Room

4.00pm

Kevin Dundon - Book Signing

Area:

Festival Book Shop

4.30pm

Darina Allen & Friends

Area:

Kerrygold Main Stage

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Ballymaloe House Hotel

Garden Marquee

Scoop & A Yarn

Kerrygold Main Stage

Ballymaloe House Guest Chefs

Walks and Talks

The Woodshed Kitchen - Pop-Up Dining

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Workshops & Masterclasses

book tickets

Friday 15^th may 2026

Events will be listed in the lead up to the festival - Schedule is subject to change.

Saturday 16^th may 2026

Events will be listed in the lead up to the festival - Schedule is subject to change.

Sunday 17^th may 2026

Events will be listed in the lead up to the festival - Schedule is subject to change.

Timetable by Area

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Ballymaloe Grainstore

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Friday 15th may 2026

Events will be listed in the lead up to the festival - Schedule is subject to change.

Saturday 16th may 2026

Events will be listed in the lead up to the festival - Schedule is subject to change.

Sunday 17th may 2026

Events will be listed in the lead up to the festival - Schedule is subject to change.

Timetable by Area

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Timetable by Event type

See the timetable by event type

Ballymaloe Grainstore

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+353 (0)21 465 2531 - Ext 6

Friday 15^th may 2026

Saturday 16^th may 2026

Sunday 17^th may 2026