‘In the grief of losing a baby, then losing my dad, Gene was the light in the middle of it all’ – The Daly Dish influencers Gina and Karol Daly

Gene Daly sits up at the table with us as we talk about his parents’ latest cookbook, The Daly Dish Air Fryer, and the whirlwind that has been the last five years of Gina and Karol’s lives. Gene recently started playschool near their home in Co Meath, but he’s home today, a bit under the weather, while his teenage siblings, Holly and Ben, are at school. He’s cheerful nonetheless and full of smiles, passing dinosaurs to Gina and Karol and I as we chat, taking a chocolate chip cookie from the plate and licking it comprehensively before deciding he’d like a Danish instead.