Good food, made simple with Eileen Kirrane. Browse the Just Look and Cook series, join a cookery course, or let us cater your next occasion.
Hello, I’m Eileen Kirrane — the cookery tutor and author behind Eileen’s Kitchen Table. From my home in Cloonacool, Co. Sligo, I’ve spent the last decade writing the Just Look and Cook series, running cookery courses, and catering everything from weddings to GAA match days. My goal is simple: to make good food feel joyful, easy and within reach — no scales, no fuss, just follow my hands.
Learn to cook in a kitchen that feels more like a friend’s than a classroom. Eileen runs small-group courses from her home in Cloonacool, live online classes over Zoom, and tailored programmes for schools and organisations — all built around the same simple, confidence-building approach as the Just Look and Cook books. Whether you’re a complete beginner, a parent cooking alongside your children, or a group looking to build new skills together, there’s a course to suit.
We have had a wonderful experience using Eileen’s Kitchen Table for catering at the Sligo County Fleadh. The quality and choice of food was exceptional and everything was delivered and served exactly on time and as ordered. Eileen and her team were so easy to deal with and we would have no hesitation recommending them for group catering needs!
We have used Eileen’s Kitchen Table for an annual Camino event in the club running for the last 5 years. Eileen is very easy to deal with and her knowledge on working bigger events is invaluable.
The food provided by Eileen over the course of the last 5 years has been delicious. Event participants travel from all over Ireland for our Camino event and we receive hugely positive feedback from participants in relation to the food each year. We usually opt for two main courses, a vegetarian option all served with Eileen’s homemade side salads.
We cannot recommend Eileen’s Kitchen Table highly enough.
A very special experience for families during lockdown. Eileen was fabulous with the kids, such fun. The recipes were easy to follow and very tasty. Thank you Eileen for an experience the girls will fondly remember.
The Eastern Harps Healthy Club baking/cookery class with Eileens Kitchen Table was great fun, craic and a great distraction for everyone during these times. All the kids looked forward to every Saturday morning and loved the interaction with their friends and Eileen. Eileen is good fun and very good with the kids, we loved every minute of it.
The students in our Centre have found Just Look and Cook a very attractive book when I showed it to them. The clear photos and step by step methods make it very easy to understand and the shopping list simplifies purchasing what is needed. We are planning a ‘Life after Youthreach’ Summer Programme and as it is so good I intend to use it more fully as a practical guide to our learners who are moving on to the Big World!!! My daughter, a student in London, has found it very helpful for herself and fellow students who have English as a second language and also for those who do not have a weighing scales.
Just Look and Cook has been an massive hit with the students here at IT Sligo. The book is detailed but very easy to follow and I believe that it is a must have for any student heading away to college for the first time.
