Chefs stir it up for book awards

Some of Ireland’s best chefs are stirring things up for the first time in the Irish Book Awards.

A new category — the Avonmore Cookbook of the Year, has been added to the list and six celebrity cooks have been nominated for the inaugural award.

The chefs are — Rachel Allen (Cake), Donal Skehan (Kitchen Hero: Great Food for Less), Domini Kemp (Domini at Home), Catherine Fulvio (Eat Like an Italian), Neven Maguire (The MacNean Restaurant Cookbook) and Aoife Carrigy (ICA Cookbook).