Neven cooks for the gpo 600

The GPO has one of the largest canteen's in Dublin's city centre, catering for six hundred An Post workers.  In 'Neven Maguire: Home Chef' next week, Neven visits chef Derek Daly as he cooks Vienna steaks for the staff, and then Neven  cooks a speedy version of coq au vin in this iconic building's foyer. Other dishes in this final programme of the first part of this series,include asparagus soup with Bellingham Blue cheese, and brown scones and apricot pudding with amaretti custard. 

The emphasis in this series is on quick, family-friendly dishes rather than the more complex, restaurant-style recipes of his previous series.

'As a chef, I'm really interested to see how chefs cope in different environments.  I'm used to cooking in restaurants, but it's fascinating to see 80 chefs work at the Aviva, or chefs preparing food in a tiny kitchen for 300 guests at Bunratty Castle, where two banquets are served every night. All these chefs are producing high quality food for large numbers of people, and it's fascinating to see them at work.'

Neven Maguire :Home Chef is produced and directed by David Hare of InproductionTV for RTÉ and is sponsored by Bord Bia.

NEVEN MAGUIRE HOME CHEF  Wednesday 4th March, RTÉ One, 7.30pm

This is the last episode in the first part of this series which will continue in April.