Food travels

In the new second series of Kitchen Hero: Donal’s Irish Feast, Donal sets off on a journey around the country to find some of the more interesting and unusual food producers.

The series continues on 23 June at 8:30pm on RTÉ One, when Donal heads to Tipperary to meet the producers of O’Donnell crisps – made using Tipperary grown potatoes. In Thurles, he visits Irish Piedmontese Beef, producers of a lean, low-fat beef, made from unique Piedmontese cattle, a breed that is originally from Italy. And in Clonmel Donal enjoys barmbrack from Hickey’s Bakery, where they make this traditional Irish fruit loaf with a unique recipe developed by the Hickey family – who are fourth-generation bakers in Clonmel. Dishes served during Donal’s Irish Feast at the Inch House include rosemary rib-eye steak with horseradish sauce and fennel salad, and barmbrack parfait with whiskey prunes.