Photocap: Goodbye cabbage and stew!

Tourists to Ireland will discover a new artisan food sector and a growing number of
microbreweries and micro-distilleries, says Darina Allen, Ireland’s most famous chef and
owner of the world-famous Ballymaloe Cookery School in County Cork. Speaking at a
media lunch at Reuben’s One&Only Cape Town, Ireland’s Ambassador to South Africa, Liam
MacGabhann, said Irish drinking and eating habits were changing and tourists could now
expect good food at quality restaurants, thanks in part to the influence of Ballymaloe.
Pictured here, from left: Katharyn Williams-Jaftha (Tourism Ireland), chef Darina Allen,
Ambassador Liam MacGabhann, and Gillian Durrant (Aer Lingus).