The Village at Lyons
Celbridge, Kildare, Ireland, 00 353 1 630 3500
My first port of call whenever I'm home - it's the perfect antidote to the stress of London. I'm involved with the restaurant here, but it's the cafe, Le Serre, I head to, for Garratt Hennessy's brilliant bread and pastries.
The Porterhouse
16-18 Parliament Street, Dublin, 00 353 1 679 8847
One thing about the gastropub revolution is there are now few places where you can just get a good drink - they're all geared up to bloody food. The Porterhouse gets it right. The owner, Oliver Hughes, brews all his own lagers and beers - I love his oyster stout so much that I serve it in the restaurant.
The Ginger Pig
8-10 Moxon Street, London W1, 020-7935 7788
If you need to put together lunch or dinner in a hurry, this is the place - they have great charcuterie, pies and an extraordinary white pudding, all made from rare-breed livestock they rear on their own farm. Added to which, La Fromagerie's next door - throw in a bit of cheese from there, too, and you're set.
Banger Bros
225a Portobello Road, London W11, 020-7229 9147
I bumped into a friend the other week who told me this place was brilliant. They were right. It's a quality fast-food sausage joint. In fact, you're talking more than quality: you're talking superb artisan sausages in a bun with beautiful mustard. I had chorizo, which was great, and Polish smoky, which was even better.
The West House
28 High Street, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, 01580 291341
To start cooking professionally at 30, as Graham Garrett did, is one thing. To earn a Michelin star so soon after is quite another. His food is modern British and uncompromisingly seasonal, and he understands ingredients. I love the Sunday lunch.
Jack O'Shea's
11 Montpelier Street, London SW7, 020-7581 7771
This butcher's opened last year, and took a risk opening halfway between Harrods and Harvey Nicks, but it paid off. Their meat is sourced from the best producers and it's all fantastic. I love their flank steak and offal.
· Richard Corrigan is chef/patron of Lindsay House and Bentley's in London.
