Kitchen hero visits meath in new series

Donal Skehan returns with a second series of Kitchen Hero: Donal's Irish Feast on Tuesday 26th May at 8.30pm on RTÉ One and travels to seven counties to find interesting food producers. He visits counties Donegal, Antrim, Meath, Fermanagh, Cork, Down and Tipperary and selects a wide range of ingredients, including goat meat, apple brandy, chocolate, rape seed oil and craft beer from which he makes the delicious feasts.

Programme one: Donegal

Donal heads to Lifford and visits Donegal Rapeseed Oil and chats to Austin Duignan about the success of the company's cold pressed rapeseed oil including a range infused with various flavours such as garlic, chili, and lemon.

He also visits Kinnegar Brewery – a farmhouse brewery producing Pale ale, Amber ale, India pale ale, Rye ale and Porter, and Steve Cullen Oysters.

Donal then makes a delicious feast in Rathmullen House, including delicious Bloody Mary Oyster Shooters with Raw Oysters and a Shallot Mignonette, Beer Batter Fish Tacos with Cherry Tomato Salsa; and Carrot & Courgette Cake with Rosemary & Orange Crème Fraiche .

The new series of Kitchen Hero is once again sponsored by leading Irish convenience retailer SPAR, which has partnered with Donal on the show since 2011.

Kitchen Hero:Donal's Irish Feast is produced and directed by David Hare of InproductionTV for RTÉ and the series is sponsored by SPAR