The Kitchen in the Castle

Ireland’s most uniquely situated cookery school, The Kitchen in the Castle Cookery School is based in the beautifully restored Georgian kitchens in historic Howth Castle, now open to the public for the first time. Situated on the north side of Dublin Bay the castle has been the home of the St Lawrence family since 1177. The Kitchen in the Castle was opened by sisters-in-law Christine and Edwina St Lawrence in 2008 to share their passion and knowledge about food and carry on the traditions of exceptional cooking and grand dining practiced in the Castle for centuries.

The earliest surviving fabric of the building dates from about 1450 and the Castle has been much altered and added to over the years. The kitchen itself dates from about 1750, when it replaced an earlier Elizabethan structure. It was renovated in 1911 by Sir Edwin Lutyens who was employed to modernise and extend the house.

A large and beautifully proportioned room, the kitchen has, as its main central feature, a thirty foot high cupola. This is not only magnificent, but it serves a purpose - it is the kitchen’s ventilation system! A truly unique space, The Kitchen in the Castle inspires and excites all those who attend its cookery courses and demonstrations, offering the perfect marriage of state of the art cooking and AV technologies, with old world atmosphere and charm.

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