Rain fails to dampen the spirits at TasteFest

THE relentless rain failed to dampen the spirits of food lovers who flocked to Cork’s Fitzgerald Park to whet their appetites at TasteFest.

An enthusiastic audience obligingly broke into song at Conrad Gallagher’s cookery demonstration yesterday after he warned the crowd that only those who sang a verse of The Banks of My Own Lovely Lee would be allowed to sample his delicious rib eye steak.

“I think TasteFest is a great way to promote Cork. Cork has always been synonymous with the food capital of Ireland,” said Gallagher, one of a number of celebrity chefs, including Rachel Allen and Andrew Rudd, who will give cookery demonstrations at the park over the weekend.