Chef Clodagh McKenna: ‘Taking out a credit union loan for me to do the Ballymaloe Cookery School course is one of the best decisions my mother ever made’

The Cork TV presenter on farm life, being inspired by Bono and crying every time she leaves Ireland

Chef and author Clodagh McKenna

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Cork native Clodagh McKenna is a cookery book author and a regular on TV shows in London. America and Canada. She lives with her husband, Harry Herbert, between Hampshire and London.

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