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10/8/2015 NO REPRO FEE: Pictured serving up a storm at
the School of Food, Thomastown, Co Kilkenny who have announced details of its its first fully certified culinary programme which comes as a response to the shortage of professionally qualified chefs in Ireland are Derek O'Brien and Rodney Doyle with some of the schools culinary students. An important initiative for Ireland as the country faces a shortage of professionally qualified chefs, School of Food is one of only five chef training colleges in Ireland, the course will be delivered in a unique format combining work based learning with a three day a week college based attendance. For more information, see www.schooloffood.ie. Photo: Pat Moore.