Product Specific Courses

Teagasc provides specialist training to producers, processors and retailors across the food sector, including dairy, meat, confectionary and prepared consumer foods. These training programmes are delivered from Teagasc Centres in Ashtown, Dublin and Moorepark, Cork. Our training programmes operate to best quality assurance standards and many courses are certified to QQI or equivalent standard.

Introduction to the Manufacture of Chocolate & Chocolate Confectionery

A half-day workshop for artisan or commercial producers of chocolate.

Next course: Spring 2023

Butchering of Beef, Pork and Lamb

Master Butcher Dave Lang leads this one-day workshop on the the process of breaking down Beef, Pork and Lamb into the various retail cuts of interest to consumers.

Next course: Autumn 2023

Farmhouse Cheesemaking

This course aims to provide the farmhouse cheese industry with a better knowledge of the principles and practices involved in making farmhouse cheeses, as well as food safety, EU regulations and equipment and premises requirements.

Next Course: November 2022