‘I pinch myself every day!'

This Morning chef Clodagh McKenna on her new travelogue and living in the grounds of Downton Abbey…

- EMMA BULLIMORE

When we ring This Morning’s resident chef Clodagh McKenna, there are only two days to go before her wedding to Harry Herbert, brother of the Earl of Carnarvon. And the ceremony is taking place at Highclere Castle, no less – the real-life setting of Downton Abbey!

While most brides, let alone one marrying into an aristocratic family at a world-famous stately home, would have other things on her mind, Clodagh is only too happy to talk.

‘It’s a very exciting time right now, but I love TV Times, so I’m thrilled to be in it and to chat to you!’ she tells us.

And we’re excited to chat to her, too, as the Cork-born chef has a new four-part weekly segment on This Morning called Clodagh’s Ireland, which starts in Thursday’s episode, and takes viewers on a culinary and cultural tour of her native Ireland. Here Clodagh, 46, tells us more…