Lynda brings taste of home to Aoife in Dubai

In tonight's 'Tastes Like Home' the cooking, travel and lifestyle series with Catherine Fulvio on RTE, Lynda Gibbons from Navan will feature as we see Catherine travel to Dubai to surprise Lynda’s cousin Aoife Baxter with her favourite dish 'Medallions of Pork in a White Wine & Mustard Sauce served with Champ'.
Over six weeks, Catherine selected six families to join her on a mission to establish a meal that “Tastes like Home” and to bring these tastes across the globe. Having grown up on a working farm Catherine knows all too well the taste of home and the theme of the new TV series is one that she holds close to her heart.
“It’s funny how a recipe represents a family, a place and a time, a tradition is simply a sense of togetherness,” she says. “Taste is the most evocative of all senses and can transport us back to our childhoods, to a memorable meal or special moment in time and I have no doubt this show is really going to resonate and connect with the viewers from the outset”.
Catherine loves using local food in her cooking and so it is very fitting that the show is sponsored by Londis, who’s tagline ‘Local Like You’ reflects the importance we all place on that special feeling of home and familiarity.
'I am used to replicating dishes that have been passed down through the generations for our visitors at Ballyknocken House & Cookery School and I thoroughly enjoyed meeting the contestants and their family members throughout the filming of Tastes like Home to learn to cook their special family recipes. It was a great experience overall and I hope people enjoy watching the programme as much as I enjoyed being part of it,” says Catherine.
Six families from across the country, including the Gibbons were chosen to meet with Catherine to teach her how to make their Tastes like Home dish. Catherine visits the family here before jetting off across the globe to where Catherine recreates the dish for the family member to be enjoyed with new friends or perhaps the family living abroad.