WHEN DID YOU FIRST GET INTO COOKING? My first job was in a kitchen washing dishes and doing general vegetable preparation and things like that when I was 11. That was in a local restaurant, the Buck’s Head in Dundrum, and then Alison Crothers started bringing me into the kitchen... View Article
WHEN DID YOU FIRST GET INTO COOKING, AND WHAT INSPIRED YOU? I started off at Ballymaclary House in Magilligan aged 14, washing lettuce and doing a bit of dishing. It was always something I knew I wanted to do. We had our own produce at home, as my father had... View Article
WHEN DID YOU FIRST GET INTO COOKING, AND WHAT INSPIRED YOU? I first got into cooking when I was 16, 17, and that’s a long time ago now. It was home cooking really from my parents, and getting into industry and I enjoyed it. I’d already been working in the... View Article
WHEN DID YOU FIRST GET INTO COOKING, AND WHAT INSPIRED YOU? I have just always enjoyed cooking from a young age, and that continued when I studied home economics at Massereene Community College in Antrim. HAVE YOU ANY CULINARY QUALIFICATIONS? After Massereene, I went to Belfast Met when it was... View Article
WHEN DID YOU FIRST GET INTO COOKING, AND WHAT INSPIRED YOU? I was totally inspired by my mother, who is a really great cook, ensuring there is always good food on the table. Growing up, I loved the smell of cooking in the kitchen when she was making bread and... View Article
WHEN DID YOU FIRST GET INTO COOKING, AND WHAT INSPIRED YOU? Basically my mother’s cooking; licking the spoon from the pavlova mix and watching her. And then, back in high school, we had home economics class before lunch so I thought it was a good idea to get a free... View Article