Kate Winslet is said to be having her very own The Holiday experience as she swaps Hollywood for Cork to learn how to make soups and stews in an €865 cookery course.
According to reports, the actress, 48, who starred in the Christmas favourite alongside Cameron Diaz and Jude Law in 2006, is spending 2.5 days this week being taught by Irish celebrity chef, Rachel Allen, 52.
Kate has been staying at four star Ballymaloe House, where prices start for a classic double room around £360 per night, and Ballyshane Coastal Retreats, which is a private 20-acre compound boasting four properties with sea views and nearby walks to sandy beaches, claims the Irish Examiner.
Residents have reportedly seen the Hollywood star in the nearby village Ballycotton with her husband Isaac and chef Rachel.
In the sold out course Cooking for Family and Friends at Ballymaloe Cookery School, Rachel teaches how to make meat and vegetarian dishes from starters to soups, salads, stews, puddings and more.
Kate Winslet is having her very own The Holiday experience as she swaps Hollywood for Cork to learn how to make soups and stews in an €865 cookery course
According to reports, the actress, 48, is spending 2.5 days this week being taught by Irish celebrity chef, Rachel Allen, 52, (far right) at Ballymaloe Cookery School
Kate has reportedly been staying at four star Ballymaloe House during her trip
The course also gives a tour of the organic farm, gardens, dairy and greenhouses, which provide much of the seasonal produce that is used in demonstrations.
They then have to cook two to four dishes from each demo, with opportunity to watch the cows being milked, sourdough loaves being made and produce being gathered.
Rachel is a frequent guest on BBC’s Saturday Kitchen and in 2019 was a judge and co-host with chef Marco Pierre White on the Irish television series The Restaurant.
has contacted Kate’s representatives and Ballymaloe Cookery School for comment.
Kate delved deep into her Irish roots when she looked into her ancestry on Who Do You Think You Are? back in 2019 and discovered her third great-grandmother Eliza O’Brien on her paternal side was from Dublin had 11 children.
Last month, the actress revealed being sprung into fame following her role in Titanic turned her ‘very normal life’ into a ‘traumatic’ rollercoaster.
Kate admitted she found it difficult to navigate her new life in Hollywood after the 1997 hit film, which also starred Leonardo DiCaprio, because she wasn’t used to being in the spotlight.
Rachel is a frequent guest on BBC’s Saturday Kitchen and in 2019 was a judge and co-host with chef Marco Pierre White on the Irish television series The Restaurant
Ballyshane Coastal Retreats is a private 20-acre compound boasting four properties with sea views and nearby walks to sandy beaches
Here is one of the sprawling properties pictured with overlooks the sea
Another photos shows a relaxing living room with log fire
The coastal properties are located near idyllic sea views and acres of countryside
In The Holiday, Kate’s character Iris travelled to LA after swapping her home in the Cotswolds (pictured with Jack Black) but in echoes to the film, Kate has ditched Hollywood for Cork
Following the release of Titanic, she confessed having a normal life quickly became ‘inaccessible’ and she struggled to have ‘fun’ and enjoy her stardom.
Kate, who was 21 when she filmed the movie, said: ‘It was really not much fun because I didn’t have kind of an infrastructure, I guess, that went hand-in-hand with being a famous person.
‘Like, I lived in a small little two-bedroom flat in North London, you know? I didn’t have, like, security outside my home. I could never have afforded that kind of thing.’
She explained that at the time, she couldn’t ask for any privacy because she felt like she had to just ‘shut up and be grateful.’
Following the Titanic, Kate went on to star in other hit films including The Holiday, Labor Day, Divergent, The Mountain Between Us, and most recently, Lee.