I've spent most of my adult life thinking about food — where it comes from, what it does to the body, and why we've made it so complicated.

I grew up in Cork and have worked in food in one form or another since 2009 — running a gym, founding Anú Dairy, getting organic butter onto SuperValu shelves, studying physiology and nutrition, and spending a week in the west of Ireland on the first Savory Institute regenerative agriculture course ever run in this country.

Real Food Network is what all of that has been building toward. I grow rosemary, thyme, and other herbs on my land at Coolmoreen, just outside Innishannon, and I turn them into products I'd actually want to cook with — seasoning blends, herb-infused oils, finishing condiments. Nothing complicated. Good ingredients, grown properly, packaged honestly.

I'm based in south Cork, I supply to local food businesses, and I sell directly through this site.

Kevin Kennedy MSc MACoolmoreen, Innishannon, Co. Cork