A very talented chef, who started cooking as a teenager during his summer holidays in Kerry, is the recipient of the 2023 Listowel Food Fair Book of the Year Award.
TV chef Mark Moriarty was just 15 years of age when he worked at the Chart House restaurant in Dingle while on his summer holidays and, during that time, he learned so much about food and its preparation.
His debut cookbook – Flavour: Everyday Food Made Exceptional – published by Gill Books, was deemed a winner in Listowel which came alive this week during one of Ireland’s longest running food fairs
Mark, 31, was presented with a specially designed crystal vase by Niall Geoghan of Tipperary Crystal to recognise this remarkable debut achievement.
Picture: Domnick Walsh
While completing his degree in culinary arts at Dublin Institute of Technology, Mark worked under Kevin Thornton at Thornton’s Restaurant for two years and in 2012 he moved to The Greenhouse on Dawson Streeet in Dublin, working alongside the acclaimed Mickael Viljanen.
In 2013 Mark was named the Euro Toques Irish Young Chef of the Year and he later took his Irish cooking skills around the world, bringing his pop-up restaurant on tour to places like Milan, Alta Badia, Melbourne, Charleston, Paris, Singapore, Amalfi, Moscow, London, Cape Town, Johannesburg and Hong Kong.
He is a former San Pellegrino World Young Chef of the Year and was included in the Forbes 30 under 30 list for innovation in the arts.
Mark presents the hugely popular RTÉ One series Off Duty Chef and is one of an elite group of professional TV chefs alongside Neven Maguire, Dylan McGrath, Donal Skehan, Rachel Allen and Wade Murphy. He is also a regular contributor to RTÉ’s Today show and BBC’s Saturday Kitchen.
The 2023 Listowel Food Fair is supported by Kerry Group, Bord Bia, Bord Iascaigh Mhara, Teagasc, Fáilte Ireland, Tipperary Crystal, Kerry Local Enterprise Office, Kerry County Council, Garvey’s SuperValu, Sure Alarms and Eno Wines.
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