Tasty start for Westfest

The West is very much awake for The Menu as he hightails it off down to Heir Island, West Cork, for Firehouse Bread’s splendid wood-fired oven bread-making course before pulling up a pew at the judges table for the Celtic Cook-Off (www.atasteofwestcork.com), West Cork Hotel, Sept 12, before pointing the wagon towards Newcastle West in Co Limerick for the Taste of Westfest (Sept 15-16), the highlight a demo from local boy Tom Flavin, executive chef, Strand Hotel, Limerick and Ross Lewis, Chapter One, in Dublin.

DOUBLE CHEER AT BEER FESTIVAL