Chefs keep their cool as heat’s on for culinary Olympics

THE heat of the kitchen won’t bother the Irish chefs who compete for Olympic gold, silver and bronze.

“I’d say 90% of it is keeping your cool. If you show nerves at all, you will belly it,” said executive chef Gerard Costelloe of Radisson SAS Limerick.

Gerard, a competition veteran of 15 years’ standing, captains the 11-member Irish team for the World Culinary Olympics, which run from October 17 to 21 in Erfurt, Germany.