In the first episode of Neven’s Kilkenny Christmas he cooks two stylish starters – trout paté and duck confit with vegetable crisps followed by a traditional roast turkey with braised red cabbage, cranberry and sausage meat stuffing and a butterflied leg of lamb. Neven also meets Adrian Cummins, Chief Executive of the Restaurants Association of Ireland to learn more about the Foodie Destination Award and the reasons why Kilkenny beat 29 other entrants. Neven then visits The Hole In the Wall, Kilkenny’s oldest tavern. Located in a house built in 1582 where the owner, Cardiologist Dr Michael Conway, shows Neven how to make Irish Coffee with poteen made in Kilkenny.