Catherine Fulvio (née Byrne) is an

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, and

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Ballyknockan Ballyknockan or Ballynockan ( ; ) is a village and townland in County Wicklow, Ireland. Ballyknockan is situated on the western edge of a large granite band extending from Dublin Bay to County Carlow and was known for the granite quarries tha ...

House and Cookery School.

Early life

Fulvio was born and raised at

House in Glenealy,

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. Fulvio is the second eldest of 4 children, along with brothers Paul and Karl and sister Eithne. She and her siblings were raised on a

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, where they regularly helped with daily farm work. Fulvio attributes her love of food to loving food.

Career

Since 2004, Fulvio has been the principal proprietor of

House Bed & Breakfast, which she later extended to include Ballyknockan Cookery School. She has since gone on to host regular cooking classes in the school and

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cookery events, drawing crowds of up to 600. Fulvio is also a well-known TV personality in

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, the UK, and the US, and has authored multiple cookbooks.

TV work

Fulvio has hosted and featured on several cooking-related

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, both in Ireland and abroad. Most notably, she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Culinary Host for her US TV series "A Taste of Ireland" on Recipe TV. Fulvio has also featured or hosted several other TV shows, including: * Lords & Ladles – originally on RTÉ, which is on streaming services. Most notably

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and

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. * Tastes Like Home – RTÉ * Saturday Kitchen * BBC A Taste of Success – RTÉ Player * Catherine Celebrates – RTÉ Catherine's Italian Kitchen *

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Catherine's Roman Holiday * RTÉ Catherine's Family Kitchen * RTÉ The Today Show *

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The Best Christmas Food Ever *

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Ballyknocken

After the death of her mother, Fulvio took over the management of the Ballyknocken House Bed & Breakfast, a 4-star Victorian-style guesthouse located 47 km from

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in County

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. Customers would often ask her how she made various dishes for the BNB meals, and from this, she got the idea to open a cookery school. The Ballyknocken Cookery School was opened in 2004 on the grounds of Ballyknocken House. Ballyknocken House & Cookery School remains open to this day and offers guests relaxing weekend breaks, cookery classes, and nearby access to Wicklow beauty spots such as

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and Brittas Bay. As a result of the 2020

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, Ballyknocken had to temporarily close the doors of both the B&B and Cookery School. Fulvio made the most of the situation by recording all of her cookery classes and making them available as online cooking classes through he
website

Writing

As of 2021, Fulvio has authored six cookery books covering various meals and cooking styles, from Italian dishes to baking

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s. Fulvio is also a weekly food columnist for the

Guide, wherein she shares weekly recipes.

Cookbooks

A Taste of Home

The Weekend Chef: Easy Food for Lazy Days

Catherine’s Italian Kitchen
*
Eat Like An Italian: Recipes for the Good Life

Bake Like An Italian: More Recipes for the Good Life

Catherine’s Family Kitchen

Personal life

Fulvio was born and brought up in Ballyknocken House, in the village of

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, Ireland. She is married to Claudio, who hails from

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. They have two children.

Awards and achievements

* Tastes Like Home: Best Reality Series, 2021 Taste Awards * Catherine Fulvio: Entrepreneur of the Year 2013, ActionCOACH * Bake Like An Italian: Best Italian Cuisine Cookbook 2015, Gourmand Awards * Eat Like An Italian: Cookbook Of The Year 2012, Bord Gais Energy Irish Book Awards * Ballyknocken Cookery School: Cookery School of the Year 2007, Cordon D’Or Gold Rubbon Culinary Academy Awards * Catherine's Italian Kitchen: Best Italian Cuisine Cookbook Ireland 2011, Gourmand World Cookbook Awards * Catherine's Italian Kitchen: Best Television Celebrity Cookbook Ireland 2011, Gourmand World Cookbook Awards * Fulvio's many other achievements can be found a
catherinefulvio.com

References

External links

*
www.catherinefulvio.com

www.ballyknocken.com

www.thecookeryschool.ie

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