Author: Joe Kearney

The greatest pleasure in life

 Tom and Patricia Gilbert’s steadily expanding organic farm business at Ballylagan near Ballyclare is testament to an increasing consumer demand for healthy, locally-produced fruit, vegetables

Sweet spot

This month’s featured bartender brings a splash of international flavour to the cocktail menu at Belfast’s only licensed patisserie, Miel et Moi… Miel et Moi

The accidental chef

At 52, Eddie Patrick finds himself leading the kitchen team at Marco Pierre White’s first steakhouse bar and grill in Northern Ireland, at the Park

Moving on up…

Our featured bartender this month is Roisin McErlain, who looks after the cocktail bar at The Albany on Belfast’s Lisburn Road. Twenty-three-year-old Roisin McErlain, who

The spice of life

Twenty-nine-year-old Stephen Forbes – currently head chef at Derry’s only dedicated seafood restaurant, Pier 59 – fell into his kitchen career almost by accident. As