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The Authors: Nick Sandler likes to cook while climbing, and also while playing the piano. A development chef, he comes up with new concepts in food and how to process and preserve them for retail customers such as delis and supermarkets. Johnny Acton is an entrepreneurial writer/journalist whose career has included driving a mini-cab and writing obituaries for The Times.
Ballyknocken House and Cookery School, Glenealy, Ashford, Co Wicklow: Set in the beautiful ‘Garden of Ireland’, a charming Victorian Farmhouse famed for its country house cooking.
Owned by our past pupil Catherine Fulvio, she reached the top 20 finalists of AA Landlady of the Year for Britain and Ireland of out of over 4,500 B&B owners and also won the Wicklow Porridge Making Championship 2005 - Congratulations! www.ballyknocken.com; Tel: 0404 44627.
Mná na Mara: Early in 2003 Mná na Mara announced their intention to develop a coastal network of women in fishing and farming communities. They held their first of many events last April in Kilmore Quay with a cookery demonstration by former BIM staff member Phena O’Boyle and the evening was supported by BIM.
The purpose of the evening was to bring women of the community together to progress their ideas; their objectives demonstrate a clear commitment to the preservation of traditional values while at the same time advancing technology and infrastructure in their localities.
Details of forthcoming events will be published in the local press in different areas.
