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Chef

failte ireland voices

Different pathways to success: I became a chef and lecturer despite having dropped out of school

Alex Quilter

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Shaun Brady

Two teens arrested after Irish chef shot dead outside his restaurant in Kansas City

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Holiday fare

Patrick's Day Fare: Pastry chef Caitlin Lopes shares choux bun and lemon meringue recipes

Caitlin Lopes

17 Mar 2021

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saturday serving

The Good Life: Clodagh McKenna shares recipes and tales from her country home

Clodagh McKenna

28 Nov 2020

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eat green

No turkey for Christmas dinner? Here's a vegan recipe from the head chef at Cornucopia

Cornucopia

23 Dec 2019

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WRC

Firm ordered to pay €30,000 to woman after chef 'sexually harassed her and pinched her bottom'

14 Oct 2019

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Bia

Which Irish Celeb Chef Are You?

2 Dec 2018

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Kitchen Nightmare

Chef, sacked after threatening porter who called him a motherf**er, awarded €6,000 for unfair dismissal

24 Jul 2018

28.9k

Clare Smyth

Northern Irish chef scoops best female chef in the world award

20 Jun 2018

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lunch crunch

Poll: Have you ever told a restaurant you have a food allergy when you don't?

26 Jul 2017

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Health complications

'It's very serious... you could die': Kevin Dundon describes his major health scare after routine surgery

24 Jul 2017

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demons and souls

First Dates star admits bombarding chef Dylan McGrath with disturbing messages

20 Jan 2017

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Dublin

Chef awarded €7k after getting electric shock from panini machine

30 Jun 2016

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saturday kitchen

Saturday Kitchen viewers have completely fallen in love with our Donal Skehan

16 Apr 2016

9.6k

Switzerland

Chef from 'world's best restaurant' found dead at his home

1 Feb 2016

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unnecessary journeys

A Kilkenny chef and his umbrella delivered the best live reports from Storm Frank last night

30 Dec 2015

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winner

Irish restaurant and chef of the year announced...

31 Aug 2015

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Opinion

This is what it takes to become a chef in Ireland today

Patrick Flanagan

15 Aug 2015

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sponsored

Kitchen hacks: 6 of the easiest tricks to save time in the kitchen

3 Aug 2015

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kitchen crisis

There's a massive shortage of chefs in Ireland

28 Jul 2015

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drink time

This Irish cook has been mixing it up 'like a pro' as part of the Jamie Oliver empire

19 Jul 2015

17.5k

England

Three men arrested over murder of missing chef

22 Apr 2015

15.7k

masterchef

This chef can do unspeakably cool things with a knife and a carrot

21 Feb 2015

7.2k

red diamonds

Watch: How 'a girl's best friend' and 'nature's sting' can spice up your Valentine's dinner...

14 Feb 2015

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spice it up

8 essential kitchen ingredients for amateur cooks

1 Feb 2015

30.4k

christmas kindness

Homeless pregnant woman and six children to be hosted at chef's home for Christmas

22 Dec 2014

30.4k

Good Samaritan

This chef is offering up his home and dinner to a family in need at Christmas

16 Dec 2014

18.3k

woos-teh-sher sauce

Italian chef makes an absolute hames of pronouncing 'Worcestershire sauce'

17 Nov 2014

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firstworldproblems

Students invent ingenious way to avoid nasty ketchup-bottle juice

23 Apr 2014

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RIP

TV chef Clarissa Dickson Wright has died aged 66

17 Mar 2014

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grow up

Swedish TV keeps calling Irish chef a "kock"

19 Feb 2014

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change the password

Disgruntled chef stands by his tweets from company account venting about getting fired

16 Dec 2013

36.5k

Nigella Lawson

Nigella admits having used cocaine twice, says addict claims “ridiculous”

4 Dec 2013

34.5k

Court Case

Charles Saatchi 'has no proof' Nigella Lawson took drugs

29 Nov 2013

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not pukka

The 8 most inspired responses to #AskJamieOliver

28 Aug 2013

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Bon Appetit

Your complete cheat sheet for winning Masterchef Ireland

7 Jul 2013

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Opinion

Column: No behaviour that degrades women can be dismissed as ‘just a domestic’

Margaret Martin

22 Jun 2013

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Bon Appetit

7 reasons why we fail miserably at Jamie's 30 Minute Meals

27 May 2013

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NOM NOM NOM

Is Galway the top spot for Ireland's sandwiches?

28 Jan 2013

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Read Me

Column: Here’s why Christmas dinner is so important

Jordan Bourke

25 Dec 2012

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