GROW HQ Cookery Demo: Power Your Week, Daily Lunch Ideas

What to Expect

GROW HQ is GIY’s purpose-built food and growing centre on the Dunmore Road in Waterford city, home to a cafe, a shop and a cookery school. Pitched at parents, students and anyone who packs a lunch for work, college or school, this particular demonstration focuses on batch-preparing real-food lunches that hold up over a working week. Chef Bruno works through a set of plant-forward recipes built for storage and reheating, including grain bowls, noodle flasks, savoury muffins and energy bites, using seasonal organic produce rather than pre-packaged convenience food. The session leans on practical batch-cooking and storage techniques as much as on individual recipes, aiming to cut down on the time spent in the kitchen during the week while reducing reliance on processed lunch options. There is time set aside for questions on meal planning, and Bruno draws on his own background cooking with seasonal, locally sourced ingredients. Like GROW HQ’s other themed cookery evenings, it runs as a demonstration rather than a hands-on class, with tasting included. This particular date has previously shown as unavailable on GROW HQ’s booking page, which usually signals a sold-out session rather than a cancelled one, so it is worth checking the listing directly or asking about a waiting list before ruling it out.

Good to Know

• Date and time: Thursday, 24 September 2026, 6:30pm to 8:30pm
• Venue and town: GROW HQ, Dunmore Road, Waterford city
• Price: €35 per person
• Booking: online at giy.ie, this date has shown as sold out so check for availability or a waiting list
• Recurrence: part of GROW HQ’s rotating monthly cookery demo series, each session built around a different theme

Getting There

GROW HQ is on the Dunmore Road on the edge of Waterford city, a short drive from the city centre, with parking available on site.