Eamonn Holmes has been “really encouraging” to the young cooks taking part in a TV show he is presenting, and is still part of a WhatsApp group with them, one of the contestants has revealed. amie Neill, assistant manager of Shu Restaurant in Belfast, is one of seven amateur cooks starring in ‘Farm To Feast: Best Menu Wins’, the first farm-to-fork cookery programme for BBC One Northern Ireland. “I’ve grown up with Eamonn Holmes on the TV, and the first time we all met him on set, he knew all of our names and was so pleasant and is still so supportive,” said the 28-year-old. “Even now, we’re all in a WhatsApp group together and he’s really encouraging!” Co Down native Jamie had been living and working in Hong Kong for a year with a concept group for restaurants, until the Covid-19 pandemic hit, and he moved back home in March 2020. With a specific interest in Asian-inspired cuisine himself, Jamie expressed excitement at how much the food scene here has improved in recent years and is looking forward to the show highlighting that, along with Northern Ireland’s homegrown food produce. As for his fellow contestants, he said they all…
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