ICA news: Phyllis receives applause from brown bread fans far and wide

When Waterford Federation’s Phyllis McGovern won the National Brown Bread Baking Competition at the National Ploughing Championships last week, the congratulatory phonecalls flooded in and from further afield than Ireland.

The Butlerstown Guild member has been baking brown bread every day for 22 years since she started her B&B business north of Waterford City.

“I make it for the guests in the morning — they love it. The amount of guests who’ve stayed here who sent me good wishes! I got calls from a German couple and from Swiss people who stayed with me a few nights ago.”