At your service: Pop-up restaurant in Cork Prison gives inmates a lifeline  

The Open Door pop-up restaurant allows inmates to showcase their culinary skills to potential employers

Former student Miren Rakovac and chef JJ Healy in the kitchen of the pop-up restaurant in Cork Prison.

There is a buzz in the kitchen of Cork Prison, a mixture of excitement, tension and nervous energy.

It is just a few hours before the first course is to be served to 60 guests on the prison’s B circle and in-reach corridor, for the Open Door Restaurant event.