Chefs dish up best of local delights

SUSTAINABILITY was on the menu for revellers sampling the culinary delights at the Mad Hatter’s Taste of Kinsale at the weekend as top local chefs vied with each other for a top award.

The Transition Town Kinsale 50-mile meal award, now in its fifth year, is presented at the Kinsale Gourmet Festival to dishes prepared with ingredients produced exclusively within a 50-mile (80km) radius of the town.

“I now source all my ingredients locally and this award has really heightened awareness of that,” said Toddies@the Bulman chef, Pearse O’Sullivan, who won the most exquisite meal award. “Sourcing locally makes cooking top-quality food easier because the quality of the produce is guaranteed.”