Win luxurious gourmet breaks at BrookLodge and Powerscourt Hotel Resort & Spa

The luxurious Seasons restaurant at the InterContinental hotel in Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, takes on a distinctly Italian flavour this month, as executive head chef Alberto Rossi brings a taste of his native country to the menu. Members of The Irish Times Food & Drink Club are invited to an exclusive subscribers’ event with dinner and drinks. An Evening at Rossi’s, featuring a five-course tasting menu with wine and cocktail pairings, will take place on Thursday, September 21st at 6.30pm.

The regional Italian menu will include an antipasti selection served family-style, followed by primi, main course and dessert, with choices available at each course. A welcome drink will be served as well as wine pairings and a dessert cocktail.

Chef Rossi has personally selected the dishes for the menu and will present each dish and talk about its history and context. Tickets for this exclusive event are limited. To reserve your place click here.

Winners, winners and more winners

This month we have two lovely prizes to be won by subscribers to The Irish Times Food & Drink Club, both in Co Wicklow. Bring a healthy appetite if you are the lucky winner of a 10-course tasting menu for two at The Strawberry Tree restaurant at BrookLodge & Macreddin Village in Aughrim, followed by an overnight stay. You can click here to enter.

To celebrate the launch of The Sally Gap Bar & Brasserie at the five-star Powerscourt Hotel Resort & Spa in Co Wicklow, we also have an overnight stay for two with a three-course dinner and breakfast to be won. You can click here to enter.

Congratulations to Edel Troy, who has won an overnight stay for two people, with dinner and a spa experience, at The Eccles Hotel & Spa in Glengarriff, Co Cork, and to Gerry Murphy, who has won dinner for four at Neighbourhood restaurant in Naas, Co Kildare.

Read all about it

In this weekend’s Irish Times Magazine, chef and restaurateur Sunil Ghai shares recipes from his new cookbook, Spice Box: Easy, Everyday Indian Food, including one for easy butter chicken that will surpass anything you could order from a takeaway. Corinna Hardgrave has found what she believes is a new contender for a Michelin star, in Kilkenny city. John Wilson goes in search of Bordeaux on a budget. And there are recipes for autumn warmers from Grainne O’Keefe and for slow cooker ham with hot honey from Lilly Higgins.

Check in with us regularly at irishtimes.com/food for all the latest food and drink news, features and great dishes to cook. If you would like to invite family and friends to join The Irish Times Food & Drink Club, they can do so here. You can also follow us on Facebook here and on Instagram here.

Thanks for reading.

Marie-Claire Digby