Should you be looking for The Menu in the coming weeks then he shall mostly be found atop Neidín, roaming the wonderful wilds of West Cork with a knife in his belt and a skillet on his back for the Taste of West Cork Food Festival (Sept 9-18).

A good restaurant does not go unnoticed for long, and the best featured in the Munster regional final of the Irish Restaurant Awards.

People are eating, not drinking, their way through the recession, claims the country’s top food and accommodation critic.