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Ballymaloe Festival of food
Schedule of Events 2025

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Friday
Saturday
Sunday

Friday 16th may 2025

More events will be listed in the lead up to the festival
Schedule is subject to change.
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Black Poppy Tattoo
Area:
Ballymaloe Festival of Food - Big Shed
4.30pm
Waste Nothing - Panel Discussion
Area:
Scoop & A Yarn - Powered by Square
Panel Discussion
Panel Discussion
5.00pm
Live Music- Johnny & Paul
Area:
Lambing Shed Music Stage
5.00pm
Daniel Rankin - Cooking Demonstration
Area:
Cook the Books
5.00pm
Indie Beers:
Area:
Drinks Theatre
5.00pm
Chicken Fillet Roll: Ireland's Unofficial National Dish?
Area:
Butter Club
5.00pm
Lisa Fingleton Exhibition Opening
Area:
Change We Must
In Conversation
In Conversation
5.30pm
Maria Walsh - Ancestral Practices for Better Digestion
Area:
Ballymaloe Festival of Food Workshops
Workshop
Workshop
5.30pm
In Conversation with Matt Tebbutt
Area:
Scoop & A Yarn - Powered by Square
5.30pm
Conor Spacey - Book Signings
Area:
Festival Book Shop
6.00pm
Thomasina Miers - Cooking Demonstration
Area:
Grainstore Stage
Cookery Demo
Cookery Demo
6.00pm
Russ Parsons in Conversation with Hanna Bäckmo
Area:
Ballymaloe Festival of Food Walks and Talks
6.00pm
Graham Herterich - The Cupcake Bloke
Area:
Cook the Books
Cookery Demo
Cookery Demo
6.00pm
Beyond Garlic Butter: Compound Butters and other Fabulous Flavours
Area:
Butter Club
In Conversation
In Conversation
6.30pm
Wild About Mushrooms
Area:
Scoop & A Yarn - Powered by Square
6.30pm
Life Beyond Marlborough Sauvignon:
Area:
Drinks Theatre
7.00pm
Mark Moriarty & Barrie Quinn - Pop Up Dining Experience
Area:
The Woodshed Kitchen - Pop-Up Dining
Dining Experience
Dining Experience
7.00pm
Fadi Kattan & Anna Patrowicz - Ballymaloe Festival Dining Experience
Area:
Ballymaloe House Guest Chefs
7.00pm
Lambing Shed Disco
Area:
Lambing Shed Music Stage
7.00pm
The Sharper Edge : Knives and the people that make them.
Area:
Butter Club
7.15pm
Thomasina Miers - Book Signing
Area:
Festival Book Shop
7.45pm
Graham Herterich - Book Signing
Area:
Festival Book Shop
8.00pm
Ripple Effect Introduction and Screening
Area:
Change We Must
9.30pm
DJ in the Lambing Shed
Area:
Lambing Shed Music Stage

Saturday 17th may 2025

More events will be listed in the lead up to the festival
Schedule is subject to change.
Black Poppy Tattoo
Area:
Ballymaloe Festival of Food - Big Shed
9.30am
10.00am
Amber Guinness - Cooking Demonstration
Area:
Cook the Books
10.00am
Cool Food School - Kids Cooking Workshops
Area:
Ballymaloe Festival of Food Workshops
10.00am
Anna Patrowicz - Vineyards in Palestine
Area:
Drinks Theatre
10.30am
Bia Cultures - Kimchi Workshop
Area:
Ballymaloe Festival of Food Workshops
10.30am
Ballymaloe History tour with Fern Allen
Area:
Ballymaloe Festival of Food Walks and Talks
10.30am
Disco Brunch
Area:
Ballymaloe Foods Walled Garden Tent
10.30am
The New Irish Larder
Area:
Scoop & A Yarn - Powered by Square
10.30am
10.30am
Ilse on the Harp
Area:
Lambing Shed Music Stage
10.45am
The Full Irish
Area:
Change We Must
11.00am
Amber Guinness Book Signing
Area:
Festival Book Shop
11.00am
Romy Gill - Cooking Demonstration
Area:
Grainstore Stage
11.00am
Birgitta Hedin Curtin - Seafood Smoking Workshop
Area:
Ballymaloe Festival of Food Workshops
11.00am
Local Enterprise Office South Cork
Area:
Ballymaloe Festival of Food - Big Shed
11.15am
Craft cider: The Wine of Ireland
Area:
Drinks Theatre
11.30am
Jay Rayner - Cooking Demonstration
Area:
Cook the Books
11.30am
Henrietta Lovall & Richard Hart & Rev Richard Coles
Area:
The Drawing Room
11.30am
Ballymaloe Walled Garden Tour with Head Gardener Mags Coughlan
Area:
Ballymaloe Festival of Food Walks and Talks
11.45am
Daniel Rankin - Butter Disco
Area:
Butter Club
11:45am
Marcus O'Laoire Butter Disco
Area:
Butter Club
11.45am
Tom Parker Bowles - In Conversation
Area:
Scoop & A Yarn - Powered by Square
11.45am
Romy Gill Book Signing
Area:
Festival Book Shop
12.00pm
Start your Bee Journey with Hanna Bäckmo
Area:
Ballymaloe Festival of Food Workshops
12.00pm
Middle Eastern Food in a Modern World
Area:
Grainstore Stage
12.15pm
Super Human Super Food
Area:
Change We Must
12.30pm
Sarah Browne - Oyster Workshop
Area:
Oysome Oyster Tent
12.30pm
Influencers Through The Ages
Area:
Scoop & A Yarn - Powered by Square
12.30pm
Tom Parker Bowles - Book Signing
Area:
Festival Book Shop
12.30pm
Live Music- Johnny & Paul
Area:
Lambing Shed Music Stage
12.30pm
Poitín Party
Area:
Drinks Theatre
12.45pm
Culinary Couture: Is food the new fashion?
Area:
Butter Club
12.45pm
Jay Rayner Book Signing
Area:
Festival Book Shop
1.00pm
Richard Hart Book Signing
Area:
Festival Book Shop
1.00pm
Eric Matthews - Cooking Demonstration
Area:
Cook the Books
1.00pm
Tobias Pederson - Ballymaloe Biodiversity
Area:
Ballymaloe Festival of Food Walks and Talks
1.00pm
How to keep your garden looking good all year round
Area:
Ballymaloe Festival of Food Walks and Talks
1.30pm
The Food that Shapes Us - Noor Murad
Area:
Scoop & A Yarn - Powered by Square
1.30pm
Maria Walsh - Food as Medicine
Area:
Ballymaloe Festival of Food Workshops
1.30pm
Cool Food School - Kids Cooking Workshops
Area:
Ballymaloe Festival of Food Workshops
1.30pm
In conversation with Russ Parsons
Area:
Scoop & A Yarn - Powered by Square
1.30pm
Grown Not Flown - Irish flowers and Natural Tablescaping
Area:
Change We Must
2.00pm
Seasonal Sips with Helen McGinn
Area:
Drinks Theatre
2.15pm
The Buttery Cocktail: Oisín Davis
Area:
Butter Club
2.30pm
Live Music by Sean Kelleher
Area:
Lambing Shed Music Stage
2.30pm
Fadi Kattan - Cooking Demonstration - Palestinian Food
Area:
Cook the Books
2.30pm
Sarah Browne - Oyster Workshop
Area:
Oysome Oyster Tent
2.30pm
Critiquing the Critics
Area:
Scoop & A Yarn - Powered by Square
2.30pm
Grow the plants for your Floral Arrangements
Area:
Ballymaloe Festival of Food Walks and Talks
2.30pm
Kerry Diamond Podcast
Area:
Grainstore Stage
2.45pm
Cool Food School - Kids Cooking Workshops
Area:
Ballymaloe Festival of Food Workshops
3.00pm
Tablescaping
Area:
Ballymaloe Festival of Food Workshops
3.00pm
School Food
Area:
Change We Must
3.00pm
Local Enterprise Office South Cork
Area:
Ballymaloe Festival of Food - Big Shed
3.30pm
Cooking Up Content
Area:
Grainstore Stage
3.30pm
Recipes for Recovery
Area:
Scoop & A Yarn - Powered by Square
3.30pm
Ancient Grape Varieties
Area:
Drinks Theatre
3.30pm
Alessandro Giannatempo Cooking Demo
Area:
Butter Club
4.00pm
Cool Food School - Kids Cooking Workshops
Area:
Ballymaloe Festival of Food Workshops
4.15pm
Rory O'Connell - Cooking Demostration
Area:
Grainstore Stage
4.15pm
Theo Kirwan - Cooking Demonstration
Area:
Cook the Books
4.15pm
Sustainabili - tea
Area:
Change We Must
4.30pm
Jr Ryall Ballymaloe Pastry Chef
Area:
Festival Book Shop
4.30pm
The Wooded Pig - Charcuterie with Eoin Bird
Area:
Ballymaloe Festival of Food Workshops
4.30pm
From Our Table To Yours
Area:
Scoop & A Yarn - Powered by Square
4.30pm
Shaken not Stirred
Area:
Drinks Theatre
4.45pm
After-Hours Sambos: What Do Cooks Whip Up When They Get Home Late?
Area:
Butter Club
5.15pm
Sarah Browne - Oyster Workshop
Area:
Oysome Oyster Tent
5.30pm
George Lamb
Area:
Scoop & A Yarn - Powered by Square
5.30pm
George Lamb - Growing for Self
Area:
Scoop & A Yarn - Powered by Square
6.30pm
Darina Allen - Simply Delicious
Area:
Scoop & A Yarn - Powered by Square
7.00pm
Kinneuchar Inn - Wood Shed Pop Up
Area:
The Woodshed Kitchen - Pop-Up Dining
7.00pm
Farm to Fork in the Walled Garden Pavilion
Area:
Ballymaloe Foods Walled Garden Tent
9.00pm
Marcus O'Laoire DJ'ing in Lambing Shed
Area:
Lambing Shed Music Stage

Sunday 18th may 2025

More events will be listed in the lead up to the festival
Schedule is subject to change.
Black Poppy Tattoo
Area:
Ballymaloe Festival of Food - Big Shed
Sunday Feast at Ballymaloe Festival – Whole Hog, Heritage Bread & Apple Sauce
Area:
9.30am
Tobias Pederson - Ballymaloe Biodiversity
Area:
Ballymaloe Festival of Food Walks and Talks
9.30am
Supercharged Coffee Mornings
Area:
Change We Must
9.45am
Daniel Rankin - In conversation
Area:
Scoop & A Yarn - Powered by Square
10.00am
Hanna Bäckmo
Area:
Ballymaloe Festival of Food Walks and Talks
10.00am
Matt Tebbutt - Cooking Demonstration
Area:
Grainstore Stage
10.00am
Cool Food School - Kids Cooking Workshops
Area:
Ballymaloe Festival of Food Workshops
10.00am
Tim Hayward Cooking Demonstration
Area:
Cook the Books
10.00am
Sunday morning - Low and No
Area:
Drinks Theatre
10.30am
Ballymaloe History tour with Fern Allen
Area:
Ballymaloe Festival of Food Walks and Talks
10.30am
Tobias Pederson - Ballymaloe Biodiversity
Area:
Ballymaloe Festival of Food Walks and Talks
10.30am
Grá Chocolates- Chocolate Making Workshop
Area:
Ballymaloe Festival of Food Workshops
10:30
From Crust to Cruton: Finding Beauty in Lost Bread
Area:
Butter Club
10.45am
Ripple Effect
Area:
Change We Must
11.00am
Sarah Browne - Oyster Workshop
Area:
Oysome Oyster Tent
11.00am
Jay Rayner In Conversation With Rev Richard Coles
Area:
The Drawing Room
11.00am
Live Music- Johnny & Paul
Area:
Lambing Shed Music Stage
11.00am
The Evolution of Irelands Drinking Culture
Area:
Drinks Theatre
11.00am
The Food & Wine of Palestine
Area:
Scoop & A Yarn - Powered by Square
11.15am
Cool Food School - Kids Cooking Workshops
Area:
Ballymaloe Festival of Food Workshops
11.15pm
Noor Murad - Cooking Demonstration
Area:
Grainstore Stage
11.30am
Training Fruit
Area:
Ballymaloe Festival of Food Walks and Talks
11.30am
Matt Tebbutt - Book Signing
Area:
Festival Book Shop
11:45am
Marcus O'Laoire & Darina Allen Butter Disco
Area:
Butter Club
11.45am
Creative Communities
Area:
Change We Must
12.00pm
Fadi Kattan - Book Signing
Area:
Festival Book Shop
12.00pm
Local Enterprise Office South Cork
Area:
Ballymaloe Festival of Food - Big Shed
12pm
Hybrids (Vines – not Cars!) in Irish Vineyards
Area:
Drinks Theatre
12.0
Trials and triumphs of running a restaurant
Area:
Scoop & A Yarn - Powered by Square
12.15pm
The Wooded Pig - Charcuterie with Eoin Bird
Area:
Ballymaloe Festival of Food Workshops
12.30pm
Antony Worrall Thompson - Cooking Demonstration
Area:
Grainstore Stage
12.30pm
Alessandro Giannatempo in Conversation
Area:
Butter Club
1.00pm
Paul Flynn & Ivan Whelan - Pop Up Dining Experience
Area:
The Woodshed Kitchen - Pop-Up Dining
1.00pm
Sarah Browne - Oyster Workshop
Area:
Oysome Oyster Tent
1.00pm
Quo Vadis - Ballymaloe Dining Experience
Area:
Ballymaloe House Guest Chefs
1.00pm
Kinneuchar Inn - Cooking Demonstration
Area:
Cook the Books
1.00pm
Live Music by Sean Kelleher
Area:
Lambing Shed Music Stage
1.00pm
Walled Garden Cocktails
Area:
Drinks Theatre
1.00pm
Everything but the Baa
Area:
Change We Must
1.00
Next-Level Sandwiches: Should they ever be star-worthy?
Area:
Butter Club
1.00pm
Becoming the Best Of - with Cassie Stokes
Area:
Scoop & A Yarn - Powered by Square
1.30pm
Matt Tebbutt - hosts a panel discussion on the Grainstore stage
Area:
Grainstore Stage
1.45pm
Tablescaping
Area:
Ballymaloe Festival of Food Workshops
2.00pm
Cool Food School - Kids Cooking Workshops
Area:
Ballymaloe Festival of Food Workshops
2pm
Tour of Ballymaloe Orchard
Area:
Ballymaloe Festival of Food Walks and Talks
2.15pm
Rebel Winemakers
Area:
Drinks Theatre
2.30pm
Tom Parker Bowles - Cooking Demonstration
Area:
Grainstore Stage
2.30pm
Henrietta Lovell & Richard Hart - Afternoon Tea Dining Experience
Area:
Ballymaloe Foods Walled Garden Tent
2.30pm
Growing Q&A
Area:
Change We Must
3.00pm
Sarah Browne - Oyster Workshop
Area:
Oysome Oyster Tent
3.00pm
Cool Food School - Kids Cooking Workshops
Area:
Ballymaloe Festival of Food Workshops
3.00pm
Live music Ronan O'Driscoll
Area:
Lambing Shed Music Stage
3.00
Bread: A Universal Language
Area:
Butter Club
3.00pm
Food Through A Lens
Area:
Scoop & A Yarn - Powered by Square
3.15pm
Izz Cafe - Cooking Demonstration
Area:
Cook the Books
3.15
Wines Naturally
Area:
Drinks Theatre
3.30pm
Bia Cultures - Kimchi Workshop
Area:
Ballymaloe Festival of Food Workshops
3.30pm
Future of Farming
Area:
Change We Must
4.00pm
Rachel Allen & Darina Allen - Cooking Demonstration
Area:
Grainstore Stage
4.00pm
And for Dessert
Area:
Scoop & A Yarn - Powered by Square

Timetable by Area

See the timetable by event type
Lambing Shed Music Stage
Oysome Oyster Tent
Festival Book Shop
Change We Must
Butter Club
Ballymaloe Foods Walled Garden Tent
The Drawing Room
Scoop & A Yarn - Powered by Square
Ballymaloe House Guest Chefs
Ballymaloe Festival of Food Walks and Talks
Ballymaloe Festival of Food Workshops
The Woodshed Kitchen - Pop-Up Dining
Ballymaloe Festival of Food - Big Shed
Drinks Theatre
Grainstore Stage
Cook the Books

Timetable by Event type

See the timetable by event type
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
Workshop
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Exhibitors Mayfair 2023

May 12th, 13th and 14th 2023

Friday 5pm to 10pm - Saturday 10am to 10pm - Sunday 10am to 5pm.

To receive an invite to apply for a stall please contact Bree@ballymaloe.com

2023
Exhibitors

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