Hot tip
An Elizabethan Banquet will be held tonight at the Walter Raleigh Hotel, as part of the programme. Tel 024-92011 to book. Mulled wine reception, five-course Elizabethan-style banquet, music and dancing. Internet: www.walterraleigh.com or www.youghalchamber.ie
Congratulations to Denis Cotter of Café Paradiso on winning Chef of the Year in Ireland 2005 - awarded by Food and Wine Magazine, and to Myrtle Allen of Ballymaloe House on winning the Hall of Fame Award, also from Food and Wine Magazine.