Kate Winslet is in Cork to take cookery course at Ballymaloe

The Oscar-winner is taking a course run by bestselling author and TV chef Rachel Allen — and they are just half an hour's drive from the last port of call of the real-life Titanic

Already a highly-regarded actor, Kate Winslet became a superstar on the release of 'Titanic' in 1997. Now Ms Winslet is visiting part of County Cork near Cobh, the last port of call of the real-life Titanic. Picture: Yui Mok/PA

Oscar-winning actor Kate Winslet is currently in east Cork enrolled in a course at Ballymaloe Cookery School.

Ms Winslet was seen in the nearby village of Ballycotton with Rachel and Isaac Allen of Ballymaloe this week.