Ballymaloe serves up tasty €180,000 annual profit

The world-renowned Ballymaloe Cookery School served up tasty profits last year as they nearly topped €180,000.

New accounts just filed by Ballymaloe Cookery School Ltd with the Companies Office show that its accumulated profits increased by €178,758 from €2.26m to €2.43m in the 12 months to the end of August last. This, in turn, followed the school at Shanagarry in Co Cork recording profits of just under €200,000 in 2013.

The publication of the accounts coincides with thousands of ‘foodies’ descending on Ballymaloe this weekend for the third annual Ballymaloe Literary Festival of Food & Wine. The festival will hear from top chefs including Kevin Thornton and April Bloomfield and other personalities from the world of food and wine.