Podcast Corner: James Kavanagh’s parents steal the show on opening episode

The Currabinny cook may have roped in some of his celebrity mates for his new podcast, but none of them shine as bright as his mother and father 

James Kavanagh - What Did You Eat This Week Podcast. Picture: Bríd O'Donovan

You can take your pick of funniest moments from the inaugural episode of James Kavanagh’s new series, What Did You Eat This Week? A columnist in this newspaper's Weekend supplement with William Murray under their Currabinny brand, Kavanagh strikes out on his own to talk with celeb friends like Doireann Garrihy, Tara Kumar, Andrea Horan and, on the opening gambit, his parents.

The laughs begin early. Asked what dad Alan thought of the roast chicken dinner that mum Margaret made before recording that evening, he starts with a good answer - “I love anything your mother cooks" - but on marking it 9/10, both James and Margaret take quick umbrage at his docking it a point. “What’s wrong with it?” his wife prods.