Exploring the beauty of Ireland: Gemma's memorable journey

Hi Bold Bakers, a lot of you know by now that I adore good food, and it is my mission on Bigger Bolder Baking to bring you simple recipes with impressive results. Also a lot of you have requested to see more of my travels, so I thought why not take you along with me while I taste some of my favorite food from around the world. Every Monday in my new travel food show Gemma Eats, I will take you on a culinary adventure around the world, including where I grew up in Ireland, my recent trip to Barcelona, and And even some of my favorite places to eat in Los Angeles. Gemma Eats begins Monday August 7th at 8.30am pacific time so don't miss it. So what you're gonna see right now is more of a little appetizer for Gemma Eats, I'm going to show you my hometown of Wexford Ireland where I grew up and you're going to get to meet my family and see why we love food so much. My home in Ireland is one of the most beautiful places in the world with gorgeous landscapes, all different types of terrain and incredible history. And on a rare sunny day, I wouldn't want to be anywhere else. But to me, home is really about family and food. You've seen my mom past before on Bigger Bolder Baking. She's the OBB, original bold baker, who inspired me to pursue my passion for food and become a professional chef. The thing is, food brings my family together. So on this trip, when we really connected was over an incredible lunch my mom prepared, including insane desserts like my mom's banoffee pie, which we made before in a previous video for St. Patrick's Day. Then there was my sister Carlanne's blueberry cheesecake, which was out of this world. And then last but not least, I made my best ever brownies, and they went down a treat. And that recipe will be featured soon on Bigger Bolder Baking. One person you haven't met yet is my dad George. Before I was born my dad was a wine merchant. When he was young he worked at a vineyard in France and lived a life focused on great food and wine. He and I spent a good amount of time together on this trip and we actually became tourists in our own town for the first time ever, traveling to a place called Hook Head, featuring the world's oldest operational lighthouse. We even took a tour of Ireland's most haunted house called Loftus Hall where apparently the devil appeared. This place inspired my Halloween episode a few years back. I don't often get to see my parents so when I do I really enjoy my time with them. Now a short trip away by boat is the beautiful seaside town of Tremor near Waterford. Now when I say my entire family loves to cook and eat, I really mean my entire family, including the kids. These are my cousins and they're already incredible bold bakers. Before I went to Tramore I asked the kids what they wanted to bake and they all voted for savory pop tarts. I'm really glad they picked pop tarts because they're incredibly easy to make and they're great for little hands. To be honest with you I did very little hard work here and the kids did most of the heavy lifting. These ham and cheese pop tarts remind me of something that my mom used to make with us when we were kids with a bit of leftover pastry ham and cheese and we absolutely loved them So while the Pop Tarts were baking, the kids asked if we could make Starbucks Frappuccinos. Now I loved this idea because they're so simple to make and all you need is a blender. And luckily, Granny Roselyne had one to hand. So we raided her fridge, we got some strawberries, milk, blended them all up and made a strawberries and cream Frappuccino. This was a huge hit. The better than the ones you buy at Starbucks. I need to try Starry Starbucks. We found a packet of Oreos in the cupboard and we decided to make a cookies and cream Frappuccino too. Perfect timing because our Pop-Tarts were done. Oh my gosh, look at that. Gorgeous! I really think the kids did a fantastic job with these. And being the sunny southeast, we sat outside and enjoyed them on this beautiful summer day. Every time I come back to Ireland, I always discover more and more reasons to love this little country of mine. And even though my family has grown in America, I know that Ireland will always be my home. I hope you enjoyed this episode and make sure you tune in next Monday, August 7th for the premiere of my food travel show, Gemma Eats. Did you hear that? Kevin. We need to get on that. Start vlogging. I know. Maybe we'll do a travel series. We're thinking of doing something like that.