Prestigious French culinary award for Bord Bia Paris-based executive
She becomes the first Irish person and one of only a handful of non-French people to receive the Chevalier de l’Ordre Mondial. The oldest association of culinary and pastry chefs in the world, l’Académie Culinaire was created in 1883 by Joseph Favre; it now has 900 members in 27 nations.
Since its creation in the 1800s the Chevalier award has only ever been held by two women, both of whom were French. Ms Byrne was instrumental in Irish beef being chosen as the key meat ingredient at the Bocuse d’Or culinary competition in Lyon, France.
