Here's a taste of what’s to come at the Litfest HQ in Ballymaloe Cookery School, Cork

THINGS are really hotting up here at Litfest HQ, with plans advanced and bookings pouring in for events at this year’s Kerrygold Ballymaloe Literary Festival of Food and Wine which Condé Nast Traveller has described as one of the top 10 ‘Best Festivals in the World’.

In just four years this festival, which Rory O’Connell and Rebecca Cronin skilfully curated, has attracted participants and food lovers not just from these islands but from all over the world.

We’ve gathered a dynamic pool of writers, chefs, cooks, foragers, many whom we would never have the opportunity to see or hear unless we travelled to places like Mexico to meet Eric Warner and Mya Henry from Hartwood, to Argentina to meet a powerhouse like Frances Mallman – ‘King of Fire’ who is featured in the Netflix documentary The Chef’s Table.