TV Review: Neven’s Christmas at Kylemore Abbey

"Neven and the chef managed to get through the whole spiced beef piece without once mentioning Cork. Unforgivable."

Neven Maguire presents Neven's Christmas at Kylemore Abbey on Tuesday December 7 and 14, RTÉ One, 8.30pm

I like what Neven Maguire has done with his hair. There is just a little bit of texture at the front, enough to give him ‘a look’, without going full rockabilly quiff. It’s a little nod to the fact that he’s on TV, showing hundreds of thousands of people how to improve their cooking by 10%.

Neven’s Christmas at Kylemore Abbey (RTÉ One Tuesday 8:30pm and RTÉ Player) starts with a bit of drone flying over Kylemore Abbey, a few Disney-style shooting stars thrown in —suggesting the production crowd might have cracked open a bottle of Christmas bubbles when they were discussing the tone.