Albert Adria… The World’s Best Pastry Chef
Perhaps if there had been a reality television series called “Keeping up with the Adriàs”, the name Albert Adrià would have been as familiar as that of his older brother, […]
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Alice Waters, The Quiet Revolutionary
Time magazine named Alice Waters as one of the 100 Most Influential People of 2014, and with 14 books and a slew of awards and honours, the 71 year old […]
Nordic Cuisine… Time to Move On
The question Christian Puglisi hates being asked most by journalists is “What is this ‘new Nordic cuisine’?” He tells me this at the end of our interview, he was so […]
People Intimidated by Michelin Star
“Bon Appetit definitely will lose its star,” says Oliver Dunne when I talked to him in January this year, referring to the Malahide restaurant where he is executive chef and […]
Madhur Jaffrey on Indian Cooking
Madhur Jaffrey is not an early riser. I discover this at the end of our interview, which was on a Sunday morning at 9.30am. Not only is she not an […]
The Return of the French Classics
When Graham Neville served courgette flowers stuffed with a prawn and scallop mousse in a lovage sauce to showcase the garden menu at a foodwriters’ dinner in Restaurant Forty One, […]
Yotam Ottolenghi… How to Make Vegetables Taste Wonderful
When it comes to home entertaining, nothing whispers monied classes more eloquently than a Yotam Ottolenghi salad; nonchalantly scattered in bejewelled beauty across a long, white plate. In-the-know cooks nod […]
Hay and Smoke… Adds a New Dimension to Food
Elena Arzak, the executive chef of Michelin three star restaurant Arzak in San Sebastian, which is ranked eighth in the World’s 50 Best Awards, was in Dublin earlier in the […]
An American Chef in Ireland, Ballyfin
Auditioning is never easy. If you’re a chef, it’s called a tasting. It’s basically Master Chef without the cameras. And if you’re interviewing for the position of head chef in […]
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