The Euro-Toques Young Chef of the Year competition is 30 years old this month. Three previous winners have created a special menu to mark the occasion

Kitchen Cabinet: This delightful dessert is perfect if you want to impress for a special occasion

Some also offer free or cut-price meals to health workers and those in at-risk groups

Food File: Féile festival’s tasty food offerings from Kevin Thornton, and the Happy Pear’s new online skin food course

Cross-contamination and deciphering allergy lists are standard worries for coeliacs dining out

Food File: The Legal Eagle reopens with a new gastro flavour; and Cavan gets culinary

Previous winners include Mark Moriarty and Maeve Walsh, the current holder of the title, who is about to start new job in Michelin two-star in the UK

Inspiration is the theme for a competition to find the best new culinary talent in the country

There's more to the picnic than the main stage

Eddie Attwell, head chef at a hotel in Virginia, Co Cavan, competes for a chance to cook at a 90th birthday banquet for Queen Elizabeth in this year’s ‘Great British Menu’

Gearóid Lynch’s coeliac diagnosis, like Novak Djokovic’s, was transformatory

Chefs, brewers, bakers, writers and publicans appointed as food ambassadors to tell visitors how to find the best Ireland has to offer

Cavan chef promotes gluten-free cooking as Taste of Dublin prepares for its homecoming