Food blogger, pop singer and amateur chef, Donal Skehan has signed a two book deal with HarperCollins.

The first book, Kitchen Hero, will be released in March 2011.

‘It’s about other people becomeung kitchen heroes,’ said Skehan. He also said that he, ‘will be doing all photography this time!’

Skehan’s first book, Good Mood Food* was published by Mercier Press in 2009.

The commissioning Harper Collins was Editorial Director, Jenny Heller.

*Declaration of Interest: The editor of Irish Publishing News, Eoin Purcell, commissioned Donal’s first book while working at Mercier Press.