Clodagh McKenna has been on the cooking scene in Ireland for a very long time. Having completed the Ballymaloe Cookery School 12-week course in 2000, she went on to work in the kitchen at Ballymaloe House for three years where she honed her skills under the guidance of Myrtle Allen and Rory O’Connell. Around that time, she also dabbled with Irish Farmers Markets and this was the inspiration for her debut cookbook The Irish Farmers' Market Cookbook (2009).