Dermot O’Leary’s Taste of Ireland: lobster, honey and handmade butter

For Dermot O’Leary the scent of fried mackerel conjures childhood memories of a caravan in Ireland where his mother fried fish in a pan full of butter. That memory prompted Dermot’s Taste of Ireland, a food tour that traces the Wild Atlantic Way and the Causeway Coastal Route, with the presenter catching dinner and even churning butter on a hill farm.

In Coleraine he hauls a lobster and, with chef Stevie McCarry of Lir, turns the catch into lobster rolls that reflect the restaurant’s zero-waste approach—O’Leary called them one of "the best meals we had" on the trip. Off Ballintoy, skipper Gordy Neill shows how to catch fresh mackerel and offers a Fisherman Feast Experience that delivers your catch to a local restaurant.

Ireland, Coleraine, Ballintoy

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