The menu: Dingle pie will be highlight of food trail
Though The Menu is personally glad not to have to compete in the inaugural Dingle Culinary Pentathlon, with culinary students from around the country racing through town, on foot or wheel, a pair of each, collecting mystery ingredients en route for a two-course lunch cook-off. The Taste Trail will be in situ in over 80 venues about the town while The Menu is especially keen to sample the indefatigable Derry Clarke’s especially created Dingle Pie, with the Michelin-starred chef raising funds for charity on the Taste Trail at Liam O’Neill’s Art Gallery. There will be demos, workshops and book signings, mixing local and national stars, including Martin Bealin (Global Village) and current RAI best chef Nevin Maguire. The Menu will be checking out the mighty craft beer and cider event and is considering dragging a brace of progeny in his wake, the weekend being choc-a-bloc with free entertainment for all the family, including falconry, puppet shows, honey, chocolate and bee keeping demos and culinary tales in the park. The festival also plays host to the 7th annual Blas na hÉireann Awards, winners to be announced on Saturday. www.dinglefood.com
