Chapter One Pastry Star – Darren Hogarty Interview
Darren Hogarty lives on the cutting edge of pastry. He speaks with such eloquence on the topic of what it means for food to be Irish, making him the ace in Chapter One’s deck. In Cathal Brugha...
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Darren Hogarty lives on the cutting edge of pastry. He speaks with such eloquence on the topic of what it means for food to be Irish, making him the ace in Chapter One’s deck. In Cathal Brugha...
With social media playing such a huge part in our lives these days, it can sometimes be strange to actually switch off your phone and have a proper conversation. It’s only when you grab...
We sat down with Francis Brennan for the Christmas Edition of TheTaste to see how he plans out his festive season, we asked him about his new book and his hopes for 2021. If...
Tell us how you started out on your culinary journey? I started cooking at the age of seven years old. Baking with my mother after watching a program with Paul Bocuse, I was really...
Brian McDermott is an award-winning celebrity chef and author from Co Donegal, as well as chef-proprietor of the newly-restored Foyle Hotel in Moville. Brian’s book “Donegal Table” has just won Best Cookery Book in the...
Louise Lennox is fast becoming quite the recognisable face on TV and the pastry chef and science lover turned educator is showing no signs of slowing down. But how did her career take off...
While 2020 may be a strange year for most of us, the team at Pichet are delighted to be looking to the future by continuing to serve up some of the best food and...
This month we get an insight into Noel Anderson, managing director of two high profile bars in Dublin, Lemon & Duke and Bridge 1859. He tells us how he got into the pub trade...
This month we sat down with Chef John Coffey from the Michelin Bib Gourmand Award Winning Thyme Restaurant in Athlone. Thyme was opened in November 2007 by John Coffey and his wife Tara with...
We are always keen to hear from the people behind the different roles within the food, drink and travel industry. John Kelly, Head Chef in the Michelin Star Lady Helen Restaurant – Mount Juliet...
Park Hotel Kenmare brings together a collection of local and artisan producers. The fisherman, the cheesemaker, the dairy farmer, the baker, the market gardener, all local, all in season and bursting with flavour. Combine...
Whether he’s playing host extraordinaire in his role as hotel general manager at Harvey’s Point in Donegal or the dazzling showbiz guru on TV3, Noel Cunningham always does his job with style and a...
The Tannery in Dungarvan, County Waterford, has gained a reputation as one of Ireland’s finest restaurants. With Chef Proprietor Paul Flynn at the helm alongside his wife Máire, The Tannery has been welcoming diners...
Eddie Attwel is Head Chef of Eccles Hotel. Situated in lush West Cork chef Eddie, a keen forager and grower of his own produce, uses this to create incredible culinary dishes. After joining the...
With an ethos of “keep it simple, stupid”, Chef Wade Murphy has given the kiss of life to the picturesque village of Adare’s dining scene. As Chef Proprietor of 1826, he has brought a...
“It’s funny, when I look back at my career and all the dishes, if only I had of kept a record of all the good ones, wrote down the recipes and photographed them, I’d...
From Pat O’Doherty’s Black Bacon to ice cream from Glastry Farm, the food producers and farmers within gorgeously green county borders of Fermanagh have a secret weapon. Well not so secret, as this food hero’s...
Kevin Thornton has had a career that is enviable by any standards. Stories from his “long stage” with Paul Bocuse would make a book, let alone a chapter in the story of his career....
Tell us what inspired you to cook and what age you started ? I remember in 1st or 2nd class a friends mum coming in to teach us to bake, it was apple crumble, simple but...
Sam Moore, head chef at Glas, the highly acclaimed new vegetarian and vegan restaurant on Chatham Street in Dublin city centre, tells The Taste about what inspires him, how he stays motivated and what...