Alumni Kitchen Table: A chance to sample Michelin-level cuisine in Co Kildare

Meet the couple behind Alumni, a restaurant that offers diners a chance to eat at the table of a chef more used to working in Michelin kitchens, writes Leslie Williams

Chef Philp Mahon and his wife Kathy at Alumni Kitchen Table, Glenaree, Rathangan,Co. Kildare. Photo: Gareth Chaney

The Latin noun ‘Alumnus’ is derived from “alere” which means “to feed” or “to nourish” and that is the ultimate mission of Philip and Kathy Mahon — to nourish.

Each week on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings at 7.30pm, eight guests assemble around a large ironwood table in the kitchen of a modern house in the Kildare countryside.