The Irish Bakery with Cherie Denham
Six Dutchess in the Kitchen | Live, Hands-On Virtual Class
Taught by Cherie Denham, hosted by Six Dutchess Farm.
Step into the warm and welcoming kitchen of Irish baker Cherie Denham for an afternoon of seasonal baking. With comforting winter ingredients at our fingertips (and the spirit of Irish Grannies and Great-Aunts everywhere!), you’ll learn how to bake fresh Guinness bread from scratch, churn your own butter from heavy cream, and make an indulgent Irish Cream Cheesecake to impress.
In this 2-hour live, interactive Zoom class, we’ll be baking together from the pages of Cherie’s wildly successful debut cookbook, The Irish Bakery.
The beauty of Irish baking is in the simplicity and the quality of ingredients, fresh from the land and sea…and, of course, in the people and the stories behind every recipe. In Cherie’s words, many of the recipes in The Irish Bakery are inspired by her childhood memories and by the “fierce, formidable women in [her] life who set examples of moral fortitude, hard work and thrift.” Food was love, comfort and caring, and always a warm embrace as soon as she walked in the door of her family farmhouse in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
We honor those traditions with this class and a menu of enjoyable, approachable and achievable staples of the Irish kitchen, curated by Cherie! With a nod to the season and to the land, we’ll focus on baking with Irish beer and spirits and classic cream and dairy products that add warmth to chilly winter days.
On the Baking Menu: Freshly-baked Guinness Bread, homemade butter from scratch, and a no-bake Irish Cream Cheesecake made with Bailey’s Irish Cream and Irish Whiskey. Join us!
Images by Andrew Montgomery
This class will be limited to 25 registrants, first-come, first-served. One ticket per household. We welcome and encourage you to cook along with your friends and family.
RECORDING
This class is recorded in full and you will receive the live recording, along with the recipe packet, within 24 hours of the class to enjoy and cook along on your own time. This ensures that you will not miss any class content should you be unable to attend live.
CANCELLATIONS
Please note, due to the small size of this class and its virtual nature, registration is non-refundable and class credit is not given should you find yourself unable to attend.
Preparation
The Irish Bakery with Cherie Denham is a live, interactive cooking class, hosted in the Hudson Valley by Six Dutchess Farm on Zoom, and taught by Cherie from her Hampshire kitchen in the UK. Recipes, a full ingredient list, and a Zoom link will be provided one week prior to class. Though you are not required to bake along, it does make the experience more immersive and it provides you with a real weekend treat.
About the Instructor | Cherie Denham
Cherie is a chef, baker, preserver and cookbook author, who grew up in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
She picked up her love of cooking from watching her grannies and great-aunts baking and preserving in their farmhouse kitchens, living off the land. After teaching at Leith’s School of Food and Wine, Cherie spent time as a private chef before starting up her own catering company and cookery demonstration business. Her food writing has been features in delicious magazine, and her 2022 TikTok video teaching viewers how to make Irish butter has clocked over 32 million views to date. She lives in with her husband and three hungry teenage sons. The Irish Bakery is Cherie’s first book and already in its second printing since publication in Fall 2023.
Photographs by Andrew Montgomery