James Whelan Butchers: Butcher Does Chat Show

You’ll never believe what happened last week! I was sitting in the office with Robert (@Rob_JWB) when I was contacted by Laura Hogan(@hoganlaura) from TV3 who told me one of my followers (@adrianshanahan) had highlighted our website as a newsworthy piece for ‘The Morning Show‘.

Before I knew it, she had convinced me to appear on last Monday’s show with Sybil Mulcahy and Martin King. This is the first time I had ever done anything like the “Chat Show” for television. So I set off to Dublin actually looking forward to the experience and for me looking forward to seeing the inside of a television studio and the workings of same.

I was greeted by Laura and introduced to Sybil who made me coffee and made me feel very much at home. I was then introduced to the make-up team who worked their magic on my ‘beautiful’ face. The waiting area is an open space in the middle of the television studios and while waiting I was being passed by all the different personalities we have all grown familiar with from TV3.

I got a great sense of live television and all that goes with it as I waited for my interview. I must say it’s a very creative zone and lived up to all my expectations. I had imagined that the interview maybe scripted but I was delighted that Sybil and Martin conducted a normal conversation with me and I think it always helps in delivering a more natural interview. A big shout out and thank you to Adrian Shanahan for all your support. I hope you enjoy the interview.

Click here to watch the interview. (Interview starts at 27mins 50seconds)

We hope you enjoyed reading this post by Pat Whelan of James Whelan Butchers. Pat is a 5th generation butcher, cook book author and the director of  James Whelan Butchers with shops in Clonmel, the Avoca Handweavers Rathcoole and Kilmacanogue, Dunnes Stores Cornelscourt, Rathmines and Swords in Dublin. Sign up to our newsletter for more updates from James Whelan Butchers