Sprout founders on why they are adding a Cork restaurant to their empire

After ten years of building a cult following in Dublin, Sprout is coming to Cork city. Founders Jack and Theo Kirwan talk to Shamim de Brún about the power of customer loyalty and paying it forward 

Theo & Jack Kirwan, founders of Sprout, at Sprout on Dawson Street, Dublin. Photo: Gareth Chaney

In Dublin and soon Cork, two brothers, Jack and Theo Kirwan, are reconceptualising what it means to be modern millennial moguls in the spotlight.

Their company, Sprout & Co’s origin story, is now Irish food lore. They began with a Ballymaloe-stoked obsession with seasonality as a juice wholesaler, popping up in Avoca before opening a salad bar on Dublin’s Dawson St in 2015.