Kilcolgan Tours
Traditional Irish Homemade Baking Scones and Bread
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Traditional Irish Homemade Baking Scones and Bread

By Kate Wright
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Ages 7-70
Duration: 2h
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  • All ingredients and utensils are included.
  • Printed recipe and pen to take notes if necessary


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  • 4, Roevehagh, Kilcolgan, Co. Galway, H91 RHH9, Ireland
    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.
End:This activity ends back at the meeting point.

    • Wheelchair accessible
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    • Service animals allowed
    • Near public transportation
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    • Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
    If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 154765P1

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    • Kate Wright
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      Joined in July 2019
    • O8661BDtamarap
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      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      A Delicious Experience
      We had a good experience at Kate's Kitchen. Kate was kind and patient, and we appreciated her approach. We will definitely recommend the class to others looking for a fun and educational experience. Our favorite was the bread! She encouraged us to try and bake the spelt bread, which she explained makes diggestion easier, and it was so delicious!
      Written 9 December 2024
    • Q2620NRrichardm
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Great Time
      Kate was great, very friendly, great house and beautiful grounds. Food was fantastic, made Irish stew, brown bread and scones all delicious.
      Written 26 September 2024
    • 6714Alpha
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Cooking class with friends
      This class was fun and informative. Stew tasted amazing. Environment was comfortable. We did the class with a group of friends and had a great time..
      Written 26 September 2024
    • Twila G
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Cooking, laughing, and eating!
      Kate made the cooking experience a lot of fun! She has a good sense of humor and all of us laughed a lot. We learned how to cut the lamb pieces, which way to slice carrots, and the proper way to use a potato peeler. Kate provided aprons and we used a cooking weight scale so that our measurements for the scones and bread were precise. After everything was cooked we sat in Kate’s back sunroom and enjoyed the beautiful view of her garden while we ate. It was nice to meet people from other places and converse. What a wonderful to spend an afternoon in a local Irish home to cook, laugh, and eat!
      Written 14 September 2024
    • JakeD33
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Scones and bread baking outside Galway!
      A fantastic cooking demonstration/class by Kate Wright! We were welcomed in to Kate’s home for a scone cooking class. Just a great way to spend a day!
      Written 27 September 2023
    • andrea m
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Amazing cooking class. Don’t miss
      Wow! Kate is an amazing host —and the cooking class was 3 hours and a blast. We even gathered herbs from her garden to make the lamb stew. We did 3 variations of brown bread. And the pear scones were delicious and moist-dry and delicious with Irish butter. No clotted crème in Ireland. These are not Starbucks scones. Just mouthwatering. Kate is a hoot and one of our favorite things we did in Ireland!
      Written 29 July 2023
    • 1Jess99
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Delicious Stew with an Amazing Host
      Kate’s cooking experience was an amazing opportunity for our family. You must book with her if you are near the Galway area! The food, conversation, and laughter was memorable for our family and we appreciate the personal connection that Kate made with each of us. Her food is spectacular and Kate is truly a wonderful person. Thank you for these unforgettable moments on our journey!
      Written 25 May 2023
    • sdence1987
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Try the stew it’s delicious!
      Kate and Valentina were wonderful and welcoming hosts as well as their pup CoCo. They helped us make the advertised soup and bread and allowed us to join in with the next group doing scones. They allowed us to sit in Kate’s beautiful garden and eat up the stew, bread, and scones we made. Great day! My grandmother was ecstatically happy. Thanks Kate and Valentina.
      Written 20 May 2023
    • angelad587
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      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Lovely time!
      What a lovely time with Kate and Valentina. We had a lovely time from beginning to end: it was great to pick herbs from the garden to toss into the stew. It would have been fun if the timing had worked out where we could try our own stew, but we were running a bit late so that was our fault. We got to make 3 kinds of bread, which well made up for it: spelt bread, brown bread, and blueberry scones. Highly recommend the experience!
      Written 21 April 2023
    • Soosie8
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      What a Fun Cooking Class!
      Kate is the best!! She really makes it fun to learn how to make Brown Bread and Stew. We also opted for making some scones as well. What a feast and now with recipes in hand, we can recapture all the things we made and remember the fun we had.
      Written 17 December 2022
    • Tammy W
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      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Charming and authentic
      Charming…Kate, her home, Cocoa (her dog) and of course the food we made and devoured! Celebrating our 30yr anniversary and finding a uniquely Irish experiences like this make it all the more memorable. Thanks to Kate, Anna and Cocoa for a great meal, a lesson in cooking Irish Stew and making us feel at home.
      Written 22 June 2022
    • E4957EZmrm
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      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Better stew than what most restaurants make
      Kate was great at making me relax and not rush through the prep process. She recommended some kitchen gadgets to buy as well, to take guessing out of the cooking and make it simpler for novices. It was an overall pleasant experience, not to mention the stew was incredibly delicious, yum!!!
      Written 31 July 2020
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    pamelarae2013
    Flemington, NJ18 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Jun 2024 • Family
    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.
    Written 17 September 2024
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    Malia Bicoy
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    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Jun 2022
    Our time with Kate was quite wonderful! She picked me and my friends up at the bus station and was immediately very welcoming and funny. We each got to bake our own scones and bread, making the end results our own personal reward! Afterward, we even got to sit around a table drinking tea and eating the berry scones we each had the honor to make. It was great, I recommend it! I highly recommend anyone, especially young people, purchase this affordable cooking class. It's a great experience, is very well executed, has great hospitality, and immerses students in Irish cuisine.
    Written 2 June 2022
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    Thank you so much, Kate
    Written 25 May 2023
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    Emily D
    12 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Jul 2024 • Solo
    Had a day to myself in the Galway area while waiting for friends to arrive, and booked this experience with Kate. She welcomed us into her home, taught us her recipes, and then we enjoyed our delicious baked goods over coffee and tea around her table.

    The other guest had a gluten allergy and Kate very thoughtfully reworked both the scone and bread recipes so that she could bake more for herself at home. Kate's vast experience owning her own cafes and meeting the needs of all baked-good lovers is so evident. Highly, highly recommend. Thank you, Kate!
    Written 10 July 2024
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    Jenc
    Bryn Athyn, PA2 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Kate welcomed us into her home and we had the privilege of baking scones and bread with her in her kitchen. She kept us laughing with her stories all evening long, making us feel like family. Thank you so much for a great experience! Cheers from Michigan and Pennsylvania
    Written 20 November 2022
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    Thanks so much, I am thankful you had a lovely time!
    Written 3 May 2023
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    Nicole M
    5 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Jul 2023 • Family
    Kate’s cooking class was absolutely perfect! My husband and I did the scones and brown bread class with my 70+ year old parents while visiting Galway. We thought it would be a nice change of pace from the hectic day tours and the non-stop sight seeing. It ended up being exactly what we needed. Kate’s home is warm and welcoming and her gardens are beautiful and relaxing. We spent time learning how to make a variety of scones as well as traditional brown bread. The best part was getting to enjoy all of these traditional Irish baked goods fresh out of the oven with a cup of tea and amazing conversation. I highly recommend Kate’s classes if you want to get off the beaten path and experience a piece of authentic Irish life.
    Written 7 July 2023
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    Thank you so much for your gorgeous review! I had a wonderful time. Have fun trying my recipes at home. Kate
    Written 13 July 2023
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    Zachary J
    Wilmington, NC40 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Kate was a great host and instructor for our cooking class. She taught us how to make simple, yet delicious scones and soda bread. Hosted in her beautiful home, we felt like it was an intimate cultural experience.
    Written 9 September 2023
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    Michael D
    7 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Feb 2023 • Couples
    What an amazing opportunity to experience my first bread making and scones with Kate. Loved it. Kate explained everything so simply and made it so Interesting with plenty of chat. Kate welcomed us into her beautiful homely environment where later we chatted over a cup of coffee and our scones. Highly recommend this.
    Written 7 February 2023
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    Thanks for coming, Kate
    Written 25 May 2023
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    LeeMomof3
    Baltimore, MD200 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Apr 2023
    My daughter and I very much enjoyed the experience of learning to make scones and bread with Kate at her home in April. Let me tell you, the scones we made there were the best that we found throughout our visit to Ireland. Another thing that was really fun was making friends with the other family that was there- a mom and her two grown children from Switzerland. It was just good fun and a wonderful memory. :)

    Kate, if you read this, we didn't get the recipes. I'm not sure how to contact you to get them but I would LOVE to have the scone recipe! Please reach out to me if you read this review!
    Written 11 April 2023
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    it was really lovely baking with you it was so much fun thank you so much for you lovely words can you send me you email address to galwaycookeryclasses 0866066494 on whatspp i will send i went out with them and you hade left kate
    Written 12 April 2023
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    Liz C
    Denver, CO4 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Jul 2023 • Friends
    My friend and I booked a scone and soda bread class with Kate, and it was great! Her home is lovely with a nice garden and friendly mellow dog. We ended up being joined by three other travelers as well.
    Preparing and baking scones and bread was easy and fun, and Kate gave us good directions and tips on how to know we’re on the right track at each step. Once the scones were done we all got to sit and enjoy them with some coffee and chat.
    I would definitely do again, and recommend to friends looking for a nice laid back experience with a local pro that also gets you tasty souvenirs :)
    Written 10 July 2023
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    Thank you so much Liz for those nice words! I really enjoyed baking with you. Kate
    Written 13 July 2023
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    Mary
    Newark, DE8 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Booked this experience as a "different" thing to do when my daughter and I visited Ireland (castles are great, but you can only see so many!) and it was amazing! Kate was a welcoming and gracious host with endless energy, and invited us into her home as if we were old friends. She was incredibly knowledgeable and excited to teach us about making scones and bread and then even set up a little table for us in her beautiful back garden to have tea and try our treats. We got to take home the recipes and even some of Kate's homemade jam with the scones and bread which were better than any we had tried! Would highly recommend to anyone traveling near the Galway city area. Thanks so much to Kate and Valentina, and the pets, Coco and Millie! :)
    Written 30 April 2023
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    Thanks a million, we also had a great time with you two, Best wishes Kate & Walentina
    Written 3 May 2023
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