Winner: Maura Bielski
Recipe - Smoked Haddock
Maura Bielski lives in Fermoy. She spent 14 years in London working mainly as a lecturer in painting and decorating. In 1998 Maura and her husband Peter decided to find a new life for themselves and moved to a small cottage in Limerick. Within one year she landed the job of estate manager at Careysville House.
Oliver Peyton
Oliver Peyton is a renowned restaurateur and the founder/chairman of Peyton and Byrne Limited. He owns several restaurants throughout London, which, over the years, have been as much applauded for their architectural achievements as their gastronomic standards.
Domini Kemp
Domini Kemp was born in the Bahamas, to an Irish mother and Scottish father, but moved to Ireland in 1983. She trained as a chef at Leith’s in London before co-writing New Irish Cooking and working in the Michelin-starred Peacock Alley.
Contestants
- Programme 1
- Miriam Flores
- David Donnelly (Finalist)
- Reenie Polemis Horton
- Programme 2
- Ellie O'Byrne
- Maura Bielski (Series Winner)
- Arthur Zebo
- Programme 3
- Catherine Whitty (Finalist)
- Christopher Brack
- Joe Condon
- Programme 4
- Christine Jordan (Finalist)
- Frank Krawczyk
- Maeve Lewis
- Programme 5
- Kevin MacNamidhe (Finalist)
- Gail Cotter Buckley
- Angela McCarthy