Young chef from Cork restaurant wins prestigious Euro-Toques competition 

Previous winners of the Euro-Toques Young Chef of the Year include Neven Maguire and Gráinne Mullins of Grá Chocolate

Shauna Murphy won the prestigious accolade at a gala ceremony.

Described as Ireland’s premier cooking competition for young professional chefs, six finalists battled it out for the prestigious Euro-Toques Young Chef of the Year title over the past few weeks.

Shauna Murphy was announced as the winner of this year’s competition. A chef mentored by chef Angelo Vagiotis at Cork's Castlemartyr Resort, Murphy aced the final skills test in which finalists had to come up with two original dishes: A main course featuring Irish brown crab and lobster as well as a start or dessert using Velvet Cloud yogurt.