I spent a day with Darina Allen at Ballymaloe's new school — here's how I got on

Kate Winslet, Richard E Grant and Ballerina Farm - as celebrities and influencers book into Ballymaloe courses, Kate Ryan spends a day with Darina and the team at the new Ballymaloe Organic Farm School for a taste of the magic

Darina Allen at the Ballymaloe Cookery School, Shanagarry, Co Cork. Included are Hugh, David, Eva, McKinley and Kate. Picture Dan Linehan

Which came first? The chicken or the egg?

Standing as I was, inside the little hatchery beside the Palais du Poulet at Ballymaloe, just as a chick broke its way out of its shell, cemented the day’s philosophical position as Team Egg.