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Sean Corkery’s uncle was a chef and the young Cork man, fuelled by a passion for food, followed in his footsteps only to find that his true life path lay with the Church

SEAN CORKERY’S grandmother used to give him £5 every time he made a fruit cake in order to encourage his love of cooking. Not that the aspiring chef from Mallow needed much in the way of encouragement having always had an interest and flair for baking.