Menu: Orchard and kitchen garden dining is a winner and patisserie treats are delish on the terrace

Moongate Irish Gin features 18 botanicals — one for every hole on the Mount Juliet Estate course

Darina Allen, Rory O’Connell and Rachel Allen. Picture Clare Keogh

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The best lesson The Menu ever learnt is that the learning is never done, there is always time and opportunity to add to knowledge — and there’s nothing he loves more than expanding his culinary education.