Chew The Fat

In this week’s episode of Chew The Fat – our podcast sponsored by Marks & Spencer, celebrating 40 years in Ireland! – we’re back in the big smoke, taking a table at one of Dublin’s…

This week we take our tentative first steps into unknown territory – the gem of the northwest of Ireland, Co. Donegal. We’re meeting the man who everyone is talking about right now: esteemed chef, celebrated…

We’re on little Donegall Street in Belfast’s city centre, standing outside a unit that’s all stripped back, industrial yet craft-y and is an emporium of sorts, but the home of a particular cheese that’s seemingly…

Coffee is big business in Dublin. Actually, cafes are big business in Dublin. Can the capital sustain more coffee-slinging, casual, all-day spots? If they make ’em like the newly-opened Cloud Picker Cafe over and over,…

We’ve wanted this woman on Chew The Fat a long time and we’re delighted to spend this episode of our podcast Chew The Fat getting to know Birgitta Hedin-Curtin of Burren Smokehouse that little bit…

Making this podcast is a lot of fun- we get to spend time with people we find fascinating, people we have great respect and admiration for, and people who make us smile. Sheena Dignam (Galway…

Aimsir is a restaurant you will be hearing and reading a lot about over the coming months. But believe us, it’s justified. One of the most anticipated new openings in quite some time, and finally,…

Anna Haugh is a truly wonderful example of an Irish-born Londoner, having spent the guts of the past two decades in the city, it’s safe to say she’s made her mark on the restaurant scene..…

Chew The Fat is back for a third series, and we’re starting off in the buzzing city of Galway to sit down and chat with Jess Murphy, head chef and owner of Kai Restaurant and…

For a change and a bit of a curveball, we’ve decided to move away from food for this particular episode of Chew The Fat – as series two comes to an end soon – to…

In this week’s episode we document the debut conversation we’ve ever had (in person) with Lilly Higgins. Down in the “real capital” city of Ireland, the wonderful Cork, we sit down in a local cafe…

In this episode of Chew The Fat, we’re in one of our favourite places on earth to eat, Eastern Seaboard – and it happens to be in the town we call home. We sit down…

Two giants of the Irish food industry shouldn’t collide… the best ones collaborate. In this week’s episode of the podcast, brought to you by GastroGays, we Chew The Fat with Peter Hannan of Hannan’s Meats/The…

There’s a guy about Dublin. He’s the man behind so many of the city’s iconic fast-casuals. He’s one of the city’s hospitality scene’s most notable and iconic faces. He’s really a one name diva: Joe.…

This week on Chew The Fat we’re in London to chat with Ryan Riley, the food writer and stylist who is founder of Life Kitchen. A project founded in memory of his mother, Krista, who…

Every October, Dingle is the destination for food lovers. Not only is the fantastic and ever popular Dingle Food Festival taking place, but it’s also time for the Blas na hÉireann awards, the top food…

In this week’s episode of Chew The Fat, we are sitting down for a chat with none other than Nigella Lawson. One of the most iconic food writers in the world right now, with eleven…

We’ve got such grá (love, as Gaeilge, for international listeners) for Northern Ireland… but you knew that already! From walking the streets of Belfast with Caroline Wilson to pulling up a chair at Alison Abernethy’s…

Round 2! Chew The Fat is back for its second series, taking us right up until the end of the year with 12 more exciting and entertaining episodes for your listening pleasure. After our brief…

So here we are, 12 weeks later. Three months since we took you on a tour of our local area, The Boyne Valley, for the first episode of “Chew The Fat”. Thousands upon thousands of…