The new Rebel wave: five chefs making their mark on Cork's food scene
Chefs (from left) Dan Guerin, Brian Murray, Aishling Moore, Mark Ahern and Darren Kennedy at K. O'Connell Fish stall, English Market, Cork. Pic: Denis Minihane.
Just five years ago, culinary Cork appeared to be drifting in the doldrums, a UCC food conference posing the question, ‘Is Cork Still the Food Capital of Ireland?’
On the Examiner's pages, I assembled a panel of esteemed authorities on Irish food and all were immediately in agreement that Cork, as a historical provisioning centre, agricultural powerhouse and birthplace of the modern Irish speciality food producer movement, was still in rude health.
