Traditional Irish Baking Experience

Experience the traditional art of Irish baking at a cozy home in Kilcolgan or at Kate’s Place in Oranmore. Learn about the history of bread-making and use fresh fruits and herbs from the garden.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Galway Cookery Classes - We will bake fruit, for example lavender, raisons and berry scones (saisonal), and spelt or brown bread.
    I believe in the hands on experience for my guests - from handling ingredients to kneading dough.
    It isn’t all about the cooking, I share lots of tips from my experience over the years.
    I love to see the faces full of…
What's Included
  • All ingredients and utensils provided
  • Printed recipe and pen for notes
Meal Options
  • Scones and Brown bread - We are baking sones and Brown bread. the guests can then enjoy the goods they baked with some tea or coffee I’ll provide for them.
Additional Information

The daytime activities take place in my charming and comfortable home in Kilcolgan.
I also conduct some of these experiences at my café, Kate’s Place, situated at Orantown center in Oranmore.
In my residence, guests can savor the homey atmosphere of my Irish kitchen.
In each experience, we take time to discuss how the process of bread-baking has evolved…

Location
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Please use GOOGLE MAPS only to find the location, people often get lost if they use the car satnav. Make sure it is Dunkellin, KILCOLGAN, Galway. If you don't have a car you can get a bus out from Galway city and I can pick you up at the stop in Kilcolgan.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Jaimeau9697nt
Oct 23, 2024
Such a wonderful family experience!!! Baking in an actual Irish kitchen! - This was an absolute highlight of our trip!!! Kate was amazing and so welcoming! I love to learn to make something from our travels and now this will be what brings us back to Ireland in every bite (from our kitchen in Nebraska)! We bonded as a family and Kate, John and Coco are now a part of our family! In her kitchen we laughed, learned and baked! Can't thank them enough for this experience and all the love they showed us!!!
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Annette_j
Oct 16, 2024
Lovely experience - My sister and I had a lovely afternoon with Kate! We liked that she gave us flavor options to choose from. The scones and bread were delicious, and we enjoyed snacking on them the rest of our trip. The visit and conversation was great as well. Thanks for the restaurant recommendation too!
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Mary_d
Oct 12, 2024
Baking Tips and Tricks for Scones and Bread Making - Lovely setting and personalized experience for baking followed by tea tasting our freshly made scones! Kate is a delightful teacher!
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Emma_d
Oct 11, 2024
Best day to learn traditional cookery skills - Hand on heart this was a fantastic experience! Kate was so welcoming, and so kind. We had the best day! We baked soda bread and scones, had a laugh too. Thank you Kate for your warm welcome to your home and showing us where we’d be going wrong for years! We are definitely coming back to you next year! Thanks for having us xxx Emma, Marcia, Carla, John and Lisa xxx
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Greg_m
Oct 11, 2024
Delightful baking class! - What a lovely baking class in Kate's beautiful home. Our scones and bread were delicious and I dare say we learned well enough to make these on our own when we return home! Thank you Kate.
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Courtney_r
Sep 24, 2024
Baking in an Irish home - What a great experience learning to make Irish soda, bread and scones. We visited a lovely home and shared the experience. This was an easy trip outside of Galway. Definitely an experience to remember. Don’t miss out on this great opportunity.
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George_f
Sep 24, 2024
Baking with Kate - Kate was great! She made the experience so fun. The variety of ingredients for our scones made it nice to pick what we wanted The brown bread was delicious. So excited to go home and have a tea party.
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Pamelarae2013
Sep 17, 2024
A Treat in Every Way - Three generations of my family all loved Kate’s baking class! The minute you are welcomed into her lovely home you feel like you are visiting a long lost friend. Kate is a wonderful teacher and before long you are eating the best scones you have ever tasted in her garden with a pot of tea. Our brown bread was packed up for us to take home. After traveling back to the US, I opened the package and the brown bread was still delicious. Thank you, Kate. When next in Ireland, I will come back for another class.
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Susan_s
Sep 17, 2024
Pure delight! - The most amazing day!!!!!Kate is a delight!!! Definitely a highlight of our trip to Ireland!!!!Kate was just lovely and we loved her beautiful home as well as her skill and knowledge of baking!
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Cabafrie
Sep 7, 2024
Great experience and food! - We were two couples that went to this class and we had a great time! Kate was so nice and we made the yummiest scones and bread. She had lots of options to put different fruits/flavorings in the scones. While we were mixing our bread the scones were cooking and while the bread was cooking we got to sit out in a nice room with lots of windows looking out on a garden to have our scones and some tea.
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From $71
up to 4 guests
1 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).