Darina Allen is Ireland’s best-known cook and author who presented nine series of her cookery programme, Simply Delicious, on television in Ireland. She is a passionate and committed teacher, and a tireless ambassador for Irish food both at home and abroad, holding a string of positions in leading food organizations. They include being on the Taste Council of Irish Food Board, the chair of Artisan Food Forum of Food Safety Authority of Ireland, a trustee of the Irish Organic Centre, the Guild of Food Writers in UK and Ireland and the International Association of Culinary Professionals. In this illuminating foodie-orientated Goldster Inside Story, Darina will tell about her famous Ballymaloe Cookery School which has been delivering a first-class culinary education to students all over the world since 1983, her Slow Food philosophy and how she set up the Farmer’s Market Movement in Ireland. Check out her latest best-sellers How to Cook: The 100 Essential Recipes Everyone Should Know, The Forgotten Skills of Cooking: 700 Recipes Showing You Why the Time-honoured Ways Are the Best. As well as passing on the hidden secrets of great cooking. Darina is a compelling conversationalist and story-teller and Goldster host Humphrey Hawksley plans to lure her into showing under-used ingredients and the healthiest of recipes. Join Darina and Humphrey 12pm Friday May 6th 2022 for this delicious Goldster Inside Story.