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Best Possible Taste with Sharon Noonan

17 April 2026 - Shane Smith

In this Best Possible Taste episode Sharon Noonan talks to chef Shane Smith (Pic by Clare Wilkinson) who has just published his first cookbook “Loaf Tin Bakes.”

 

Shane is doing a demo at the Waterford Festival of Food on Saturday 25 April 2026 in Dungarvan Courthouse that Sharon will be hosting along with all the other cookery demos that day.

 

Check out the full Waterford Festival of Food programme (which is AMAZING) for this incredible #autismfriendly festival.





Best Possible Taste is Ireland's longest running food and drink podcast. For more episodes and information, visit www.sharonnoonan.com

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