Everything good about Ireland can be found in County Cork - Lonely Planet

Myrtle Allen has been credited with almost single-handedly creating Irish fine dining by the Lonely Planet travel writers.

The grandmother of Irish gastronomy famously transformed herself from an east Cork farmer’s wife into a Michelin star chef.

The Cork mother of six, who famously admitted she couldn’t scramble an egg when she got married, is now the matriarch of Ireland’s best-known culinary dynasty.