The Menu: Taste of West Cork Festival

He shall cover it in more detail next week but The Menu can hardly contain himself at the prospect of the imminent Taste of West Cork food festival (September 9-18) with over 170 events taking place in 32 towns and villages and eight islands across the West Cork region.

Celebrity chefs include Derry Clarke, Rachel Allen and Martin Shanahan and new arrivals to the festival include Dani Barry, Ireland’s only female Michelin-starred chef, and Takashi Miyazaki, currently the McKennas’ Guide Chef of the Year 2016.

The Menu himself will also be strapping the pots, pans and kitchen sink across the back of the near-buckling Neidín, as he sets off to add his own culinary contributions, but the extensive programme also includes plenty of intellectual food for thought and other daylight activities, including foraging walks, seminars, discussions, masterclasses and garden visits, all to be enjoyed before sticking on the nosebag each evening.