For Dermot O’Leary the scent of fried mackerel will always evoke something special. Every time he smells it, he’s a child again, somewhere in Ireland crammed into a caravan with his family. His mum is frying fish for tea, on the tiny stove, in a pan full of butter.
It was this scent that inspired O’Leary to set out on his latest foodie voyage of the island of Ireland. It sees him take a food tour of the land – catching his own dinner and churning butter at a hill farm.
Now in its second series, Dermot’s Taste of Ireland on ITV promises an epic road trip tracing the Wild Atlantic Way and the Causeway Coastal Route.
