The Urban Farmer – An Interview with Chef Robin Gill
It’s an overcast Wednesday and I’m on the rooftop of John Lewis on Oxford Street where I’m due to meet chef Robin Gill. The roof has been transformed into a beautifully preened garden for...
Interviews
Neil Mulholland – Leader of the Pack at Peploe’s
Peploe’s Wine Bistro has become something of an institution on Stephen’s Green thanks to their longevity. Having opened their doors in November 2002, this is one restaurant that has survived every kind of economic...
Taste to the Test – Sommelier Julie Dupouy on Winning a Place Among the World’s Best
When Julie Dupouy earned her place among the world’s top three sommeliers there was plenty of wine to celebrate. Her bottle of choice? Hermitage Jean-Louis Chave 1983, an elegant, floral red from Rhône that has a lot more...
The Italian Job – Giancarlo Anselmi of the Radisson Blu St. Helens
The stunning building that is home to the Radisson Blu St. Helen’s Hotel is an official national landmark. The house was built in 1750 and the preserved architecture of the rooms is a testament...
The Reluctant Trendsetters – Chefs Nick Balla & Cortney Burns of Bar Tartine, San Francisco
“We don’t drive where we don’t have to,” says Cortney Burns, one half of culinary couple behind the critically acclaimed Bar Tartine restaurant in San Francisco. Despite being in Ireland only two days it...
A Perfect Match – John Torode and Neil McGuigan Talk Wine and Food
Food and wine go together like lock and key, pen and paper, and fish and chips. Wine making and culinary traditions have evolved together, to the effect that a glass of wine can transform...
An Empire State of Mind – Serial Restaurateur John Farrell
“A good restaurateur is a well travelled restaurateur,” says John Farrell, the man behind some of Dublin’s most pioneering restaurants: Super Miss Sue, Luna, Cervi, 777, Dillinger’s and The Butcher Grill. Each one of them,...
Marcus Wareing’s Secret Weapon – Chef & Restaurant Director Chantelle Nicholson
In 2004, Chantelle Nicholson, swapped her career as a lawyer in New Zealand pursued her passion for cookery, and landed a job in Marcus Wareing’s kitchen. 12 years later Chantelle still wears her chef...
No Smoke Without Fire – Bastible’s Barry Fitzgerald
Closing Bastible’s blue door behind me, the phrase ‘work hard in silence, let success make the noise’ immediately sprung to mind. Having spent the morning chatting with Barry Fitzgerald over a flat white, I...
Mr. Brightside – Saba’s Paul Cadden
If you believe in the philosophy you only get what you give, it’s easy to see why Saba, with Paul Cadden at the helm, is a success story. Celebrating ten years in business with...
From Dax with Love – Olivier Meisonnave of Dax Restaurant
Stepping off the street on a bright Spring day, down into the intimate Georgian basement dining room of Dax has a bewildering effect. With it’s open fire, dark stained ceilings, rough rendered walls, and stacks...
Laying Golden Eggs – Fiachra Kenny of The Green Hen
It seems that the days of the stand alone restaurant might be coming to a close. Earlier this year hospitality giant the Mercantile Group announced a merger with the Capital Bars Group which will...
A New Lease of Life for Hugo’s on Merrion Row
One of the most recogniseable restaurants in Dublin has to be Hugo’s on Merrion Row. Their unique blue facade has been a landmark of the area since it was first painted in 2007 and...
From West Tipperary to West Coast USA – Chef Stuart O’Keeffe
Six may be the magic number in chef Stuart O’Keeffe‘s new book ‘The Quick Six Fix’, but it was in just seven minutes that he sold a record breaking 10,000 copies on home shopping network...
Kevin Dundon on his Ales, Awards and Being an Ambassador
Kevin Dundon loves to show people how to cook. It’s not really a surprise that a chef with an award winning country house, cookery school, range of cookbooks and a high profile television career...
Her Kitchen Rules – Chef Michelle Crehan Kavanagh of The Kitchen
“We are celebrating 5 years today,” says Michelle Crehan-Kavanagh, chef and proprietor of The Kitchen, as a boisterous bunch of figure five gold balloons are ushered in the door. Located on the ground floor...
Getting the Crumbs Up – The Dublin Cookie Company Story
Last month something very new came to one of the oldest parts of Dublin City. Jenny Synnott and Elaine Cohalan of the Dublin Cookie Company realised their dream when they opened the doors of...
From Belfast to Darjeeling – The Suki Tea Story
Every one has their own definition of the perfect cup of tea. For some it’s a strongly brewed cuppa with two sugars, and just a dash of milk, while others are committed to the...
Galway Food Festival Focus: Meet the Market Producers
For Galway Food Festival 2016, running from March 24th to 28th, the supremely popular Galway Food Tours are hosting a number of their ‘Around the Marketplace’ tours. Franco-Irish food and wine lover Sheena Dignam will lead food...
Finding the Right Mix – Chef Andrew Rudd Reinvents Medley
Medley noun. an often jumbled assortment. You could scarcely choose a better word to describe the life and career of Andrew Rudd; chef, cookbook author, entertainer, TV and radio personality and soon to be...
