Celeb chef gets clever with students’ meals

Celebrity chef Derry Clarke is branching out — aiming his sights on college students who would usually make do with baked beans on toast and takeaways.

The Clever Cuisine scheme is put together by the Michelin star chef and his meat supplier, Mark Bermingham of Market Butcher.

From next month, the Clever Cuisine scheme will offer students their weekly college dinners for just €10.

The company will provide packs of four easy-to-cook meals made up of fresh meat and vegetables, adamant that it will ensure a healthy balanced diet.

Packs can be ordered from home and students can pick up their dinners every Monday at a designated time and place.

The new Clever Cuisine for students has an added poignancy for Derry and Sallyanne, as their late son Andrew would have been going to college next year.

The teenager died after Christmas 2012. He was found in the family garage and rushed to hospital, but died a few days later after he had slipped into a coma.

* Details are available on clevercuisine.ie.