Food that's Neven sent

I WILL always remember the first time I went to eat at Neven Maguire's restaurant in Blacklion, Co Cavan. The restaurant, on the main street of this border town, felt like a family home, warm and comfortable.

Jo and Vera, Neven's Mum and Dad were there to welcome the guests so proud of their boy and rightly so young Neven, barely out of his teens, had a string of awards.

In 1996 he was made Eurotoque Chef of the Year, in 1999 he was chosen as Bushmills Chef of the Year Best Outside Dublin, and in 2001 Neven represented Ireland in the prestigious Bocuse d'Or World Cuisine Competition in France.