UmNumNum is a a boutique cookery school based in Ballincollig, Cork in Ireland. We aim to teach people to cook in a relaxed and fun way. We help you to produce great food with the least amount of effort and the maximum amount of impact. The way we do that is by using readily available ingredients and easy to follow ‘no sweat’ recipes. There is a big social element to the classes and while you learn to cook seriously fabulous food you will also have a great fun night out!

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Here at UmNumNum we are dedicated to good food, fun food and most of all fun with food!

We specialise in making Dinner Parties easy and Cupcake Decorating, Italian feasts, Indian banquets and anything else that you can think of can be made available as bespoke classes.

Our aim is to provide people with the tools to help them to produce good quality home cooking that is fantastic, delicious and affordable.

Margaret draws from years of experience of entertaining at home to help you recreate great tasting, easy to prepare food. Cooking is not supposed to be stressful and at UmNumNum we want you to enjoy the classes and take away skills, hints and tips so YOU can learn to enjoy it when you get home too!

Check the Blog for extra information of what is going on with UmNumNum and also for hints. tips and recipes.

Adult Classes – Beginners comprehensive courses and also One Night Classes in Cupcakes, Soups, Bread, Salads, Dinner Party Solutions, the Easy Buffet and Party, How to achieve the Perfect Roast Dinner, Indian Night In, Italian Made Easy

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About me (the Directors cut)

This is a bit of a departure for me. A jump into the unknown. Even though I have had a blog for nearly two years I have never written with any sort of personal input or emotion. I just posted recipes and a few other bit and pieces. So here goes. I started my business [...]

Jerk Chicken

Ingredients 150ml Malt vinegar 2 Tbsp Dark Rum 2 Scotch Bonnet peppers (use milder chillies if you don’t like too much heat) 1 red onion finely diced 4 spring onions chopped 1 Tbsp Goodalls Dried Thyme 2Tbsp Olive oil 2 tsp salt 2 tsp Black pepper , freshly ground 4 tsp Goodalls AllSpice 4tsp [...]

Herb crusted Rack of Lamb

The Rack of Lamb is a thing of beauty, the herb crust its crowning glory. I just love this cut of meat but it is not without its hazards when cooking. Over cooking and under cooking being the main problems. Here is a guide to allow you to achieve the perfect result. I recommend [...]

Paddy’s Day with a Twist!

I am fed up with the usual food that gets trotted out for the feast of St. Paddy. I am guessing the man himself was a bit of an adventurer and would approve wholeheartedly of me doing something a little different in his honour. I am doing something that should go down well with kids [...]

Smells like home!

Growing up my Dad baked all the bread for family. He would do it in big batches that would keep us going for 2 weeks of school lunches and breakfasts with loaves emerging from the freezer every day or so. The best part of breadmaking day though, was the toutons. Toutons, or damper dogs, are [...]