Woman in a man’s world
“As Masterchefs’ operations director at Thomond Park, I work closely with Munster Rugby, which has a lot of male staff. Before that, I worked on weddings where 90% of the time the bride was calling the shots. So I went from one extreme to the other.
“When I started in Thomond Park, it was quite intimidating — but only because I didn’t know much about rugby. Some of the male sales reps did question whether this ‘little girl’ could order enough beer for 26,000 people on match day. As the matches went on, I had to prove myself. Now I definitely hold my own among the lads.
