An international media delegation has arrived to explore Ireland as a possible LGBT tourism hotspot.

The Chef’s Table by Stefan Matz, Delphi Adventure Resort, Leenane, Connemara, Co Galway; 095-42208; delphiadventureresort.com

SOME PEOPLE just want the glory and the kudos, and they have the ego for buckets of each. 

A fierce man for the moving pictures, The Menu is very much looking forward to Alliance Francaise de Cork 26th Cork French Film Festival.

Beyonce and Jay Z last year helped the cash pile at the Dylan McGrath-run restaurant, Fade Street Social more than double to €227,664.

A dispute over the implementation of the deal to buy out Masterchef co-presenter Nick Munier’s shareholding in Pichet restaurant in Dublin has come before the High Court.

Restaurateur and Irish MasterChef judge Nick Munier has appealed to festive season diners to serve up a special donation to help terminally ill children.

Do you have what it takes to create the ultimate chip?

Ireland’s MasterChef Diana Dodog knows how to put passion on a plate. Diana, 35, originally from Hungary but now living in Courtmacsherry, Co Cork, loves food and to see people enjoying what she serves up.

Three women, hungry to take home the title of MasterChef Ireland, will battle it out in the kitchen tonight.

MasterChef Ireland and Hector both make welcome returns.

THE CURSE of MasterChef? It’s the opposite, says John Torode, as the eighth series of Celebrity MasterChef returns to television last Wednesday night.

The Dublin restaurant owned by Masterchef Ireland presenter Nick Munier has served up tasty profits for its most recent financial year.

After 10 weeks of blanching, boiling, and trying not to burn, Tamarin Blackmur has been crowned MasterChef Ireland champion.

Just 10 weeks ago there were 16 chefs hoping to roast, bake — and the new must-do, “sous-vide” — their way to the title of MasterChef Ireland champion.

My biggest challenge is trying to give 110% each day.

Ryan Tubridy will be helping to cook up a storm from next month when he kicks off the hunt for the country’s master chef.

Armed raiders held up staff in Dylan McGrath’s Rustic Stone restaurant before escaping with the weekend takings.

Pichet15, Trinity Street, Dublin; 01-6771060; pichetrestaurant.ie

MasterChef judges Dylan McGrath and Nick Munier say forcing restaurants to display calories on menus is a stupid idea and impossible.

Angela Hartnett worked alongside Gordon Ramsay for years, so the Michelin star-holder should be well able for anything the Waterford Festival of Food throws at her today.

Thousands of foodies are expected in Dungarvan this weekend as the fifth Waterford Festival of Food celebrates the best of local artisan food producers.

If you must bring your toddler out to dinner, there are a few basic rules, and welcoming venues, says Caroline Delaney

An award-winning food blogger and writer will return from her adopted home in London to her native Dungarvan next month to help showcase the best of local food and pass on some of her expertise.

From the shopping aisle to the Church aisle might be a shorter step than you think and it all starts in that most romantic of places — Tesco in Cabra.

NEWLY-crowned Masterchef Ireland champion Mary Carney will turn the tables on her counterparts when she appears at the Savour Kilkenny Food Festival over the October bank holiday weekend.

ROLLING, stuffing and cooking a rabbit in a bain marie proved to be just too much for MasterChef Ireland contestant Christine O’Sullivan.

IT might be one of the poorest summers on record but you know winter is certainly on its way when RTÉ launches its new season of TV programmes.

MAD about mussels or simply cracked on cooking? If you have a flair for food, it’s time to warm the oven and put the TV on because RTÉ is trawling for Ireland’s next celebrity chef.

LOCK your doors. Treat that granny next door with suspicion.