Newbridge woman cooks up a storm tonight on second season of Tastes Like Home
By Kim O'Leary
A Newbridge woman is set to teach her own signature dish to TV chef Catherine Fulvio as her show Tastes Like Home is expected to air its second season tonight, with six families from across the country including Kildare, Belfast, Roscommon, Tippearary and Dublin set to showcase their skills in the kitchen.
On episode one Grainne Hill from Newbridge, Co Kildare teaches Catherine how to cook her Roast Stuffed Fillet of Pork for her husband Peter who lives in South Korea.
As part of the show Catherine Fulvio visits six families who will show her how to make their favourite Tastes Like Home dishes, before she jets off to locations around the world to recreate the dishes with their friends and family living abroad. This year the show visited families in South Korea, Cape Town, Mexico, LA, Vancouver and Johannesburg.
According to Catherine, "One of my favourite aspects to the show is the chance to witness firsthand the connection people have with the food they grew up with and the emotions stirred with the fond memories it evoked. A familiar smell, a voice, a taste – it can throw you right back to sitting in your mother’s kitchen and for people living abroad, the emotion is even stronger because they have that physical distance from home.”
This season is set to be even more exciting as Catherine will travel not only around Ireland, but she will also travel to far off countries such as South Korea and Africa.
Catherine said: “This year we got to spend time with very different families in terms of geography as well as their backgrounds, we have a Russian family who have all now moved to live in Dublin, we meet a husband and wife who commute between Kildare and South Korea, we also do a reverse show this year so we start in Capetown and we hear about their daughter who has been living in Sligo for the last number of years and we are taught how to make a 'Sugar Bean Curry’ by her family as that is a taste she misses from home, so it has been very varied this year which has been great.”
Commenting on the partnership, Conor Hayes, Londis Sales Director, BWG Foods said: “We are delighted to be partnering with Catherine Fulvio and RTÉ for a second year on this TV series, bringing homely recipes to Irish families around the world. Much like Londis, Catherine values quality, local produce and bringing fresh contemporary ideas to the table, so it’s a perfect match for us to partner with”.
He added: “Catherine will bring these new foodie adventures to the table along with her usual sprinkling of enthusiasm and a large dollop of expertise.”
The series was devised by Another Avenue, produced by Sharyn Mitchell and directed by Mark Wooderson.
To watch Grainne Hill's debut on the show tune in to RTE One at 7.30pm tonight and for more information and delicious recipes visit www.catherinefulvio.com
Image: (l-r) Grainne Hill from Newbridge, Peter Synte of Londis in Prosperous, and TV Chef Catherine Fulvio outside Londis, Prosperous, Co Kildare. Image courtesy of Tastes Like Home.