The menu: Waterford harvest festival

There is activity in abundance in the sunny south-east, beginning with the Waterford Harvest Festival (Sept 11-13, www.waterfordharvestfestival.ie ). 

The packed and family-friendly programme includes: the annual festival market and Viking Rocks Craft Beerfest along with all the usual culinary demos and talks, but in addition The Menu is greatly taken with an event celebrating Waterford’s medieval history as the wine capital of Ireland.

This Franco-Hibernian link continues to the present day with three locally-based French chefs all featuring in the splendid Eat Waterford collaboration, celebrating the produce of the area.