Martin Shanahan|Paul Flynn

Martin Shanahan is the chef/owner of Fishy Fishy restaurant in Kinsale, which opened in 2006. In 2009, Martin filmed the first of a successful series of television programmes, Martin's Mad About Fish. This spawned a second series in 2011, Martin's Still Mad About Fish, both filmed for RTE Cork. Martin also has three successful cookbooks to his name.

Paul Flynn, chef and owner of The Tannery Restaurant, Dungarvan, County Waterford is renowned for cooking modern Irish food. He was the cookery writer for the Irish Times and has written two previous cookbooks, An Irish Adventure with Food (Food and Wine cookbook of the year 2003) and Second Helpings which contains a selection of spectacular recipes using seasonal food. Paul Flynn's 8-part TV show Paul Flynn's Irish Food aired on RTE 1 in 2011.