Striking hotel workers who became a familiar sight in Chicago as they picketed - for ten years – are ending one of the longest strikes in American history.

It wasn’t cooking in one of the finest Michelin-starred restaurants in London, and afterwards in Stockholm — challenges posed in the MasterChef Ireland final — that Tamarin Blackmur found most challenging.

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.