In Cork's Kinsale, John and Martin Shanahan make the ultimate soup from freshly caught fish, then John tastes the oldest alcoholic drink in the world.

John visits the Burren, where he learns the art of making pork confit. Plus, he makes chocolate at a remote factory and cooks lobster by the Flaggy Shore.

John enjoys an off-road tour on Inis Mor, meets a goat farmer who makes award-winning cheeses and forages for seaweed on the Aran shore.