Nevan Maguire visits north Clare for new food show
Series finale of Neven's Coastal Food Trails set in the Burren and north county Clare
In his brand new RTÉ 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 have taken 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.
This week's episode and series finale, on Wednesday October 16, sees Nevan head to north county Clare and the Burren Coast.
His first stop is New Quay, home to Flaggy Shore Oysters and Linnane's Lobster Bar, where Chef Alec Foster serves up a fresh seafood platter of clams, mussels, prawns, and lobster claws, with a grilled, garlic buttered lobster. Neven also will get to taste 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.
Watch Neven's Coastal Food Trails on Wednesday October 16 at 8pm on RTÉ One
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