The Menu: Game ball

The Menu is buckling up and donning his super-elasticated, eating shorts for one of the true culinary heavyweight events — the 6th Savour Kilkenny Food Festival (Oct 25-29).

This year’s ‘Homegrown and Wholesome’ festival features a host of star names including Kevin Dundon, Catherine Fulvia, Rory O’Connell and Rozanne Stevens along with the Food Heroes — a focus on some of the astonishing local producers to be found in the hinterland.

Along with the de rigeur markets, demos and tastings there’s also a plethora of quirky offerings: a build-a-café-in-60-minutes challenge and a Domestic Goddess Bootcamp with two yummy mummies and their mammies in a 30 minute cook off using a bag of mystery ingredients.