Taking centre stage

REGULAR viewers of RTÉ’s The Restaurant programme could not fail to have noticed the beautiful lakeside view which surrounded the chefs as they took a break from the heat of the kitchen.

Personally, I always thought the zen-like calm which descended upon the featured actor/radio host/politician on trial that week was a put-on affectation, solely for the benefit of the camera. I now know from personal experience that, despite the best efforts of my pint-sized progeny on our weekend family break, it is nigh on impossible to stop one’s shoulders from relaxing and creased brow unfurling at the programme’s venue, the Wineport Lodge, Glasson.

FIRST IMPRESSIONS