In his brand new series ‘Neven’s Coastal Food Trails’, chef Neven Maguire heads to some of Ireland’s coastal towns visiting restaurants, cafes and street food stalls, and meeting artisan food producers.
His travels in the six part series take the Cavan chef from Greystones and Newcastle in Co Wicklow, to some of Ireland’s most popular coastal towns in Wexford, Waterford, Sligo, Cork, Donegal and Clare.
Neven says:”I’m delighted to be back on the road, focusing on the towns around Ireland’s coast. It’s been a great opportunity to meet food producers, visit restaurants, and try out some tourism activities. I can’t wait to share these experiences in the series.”
In programme six, Neven visits North County Clare and the Burren Coast with the first stop being New Quay, home to Flaggy Shore Oysters and Linnane’s Lobster Bar. Chef Alec Foster serves up a fresh seafood platter of clams, mussels, prawns, and lobster claws, with a grilled, garlic buttered lobster.
Neven also tastes some Flaggy Shore Oysters with a Thai dressing, pickled chili and wild rice.
In Caherconnell, Neven tries his hand at training sheep dogs with shepherd Greg Daveron at Caherconnell Stone Fort & Sheep Dog Demonstrations, with mixed results!
Neven’s next stop is in Bellharbour, where he visits Hazel Mountain Chocolate, an award winning ‘bean to bar’ chocolate producer. Managing director John Connolly shows Neven how cocoa beans are roasted and then milled, to produce cocoa butter.
On the Burren, Neven calls in at Burren Premium Beef where he meets farmers Cathal and Bronagh O’Rourke and learns about the ancient Burren farming technique of ‘winterage’.
Neven’s final stop is Gregans Castle Hotel, a small luxury hotel just outside Ballyvaughan where Head Chef Jonathan Farrell cooks Beef, Celeriac and Potatoes.
Neven’s Coastal Food Trails is produced by David Hare of InProductionTV and sponsored by Bord Bia.
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Wednesday October 16th 2024
RTÉ One
8pm
