So I’ve been baking for the past 2½ days in Ballymaloe with Rachel Allen.

Rachel Allen Bakes

Rachel Bakes

Well, when I say I, I mean myself and 60 other people, and when I say 2½ days of baking, that consisted of 3 half-day demonstration sessions with Rachel and 2 half-day practical sessions, getting down and dirty in the kitchens of the Ballymaloe Cookery School and loving it.

As a result of my endeavours, I have learned a number of things.

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