Honorary Masters awarded to restaurateurs

TWO of Cork’s leading restaurateurs were smiling broadly alongside almost 300 undergraduates and postgraduates at a conferring ceremony at UCC yesterday.

Honorary Masters in Commerce degrees were conferred on Kay Harte of Farmgate Restaurant & Cafe and Claire Nash, who runs Nash 19 Restaurant. Both women received the honour from the university in recognition of the culinary and business skills.

Claire Nash opened Nash 19 Restaurant in Princes Street in February 1992 and is a member of Les Routiers and Good Food Ireland. She won the latter’s good food hostess of the year award in 2009.