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Sat 10 Oct 2009Chef celebrates century of French haute cuisine eateries in capital
PROFESSIONAL DUBLIN chef Mairtín Mac Con Iomaire has been awarded Ireland’s first PhD on food history. A lecturer in the school of culinary arts in DIT for the past 10 years, he is the first Irish chef to earn a PhD for his thesis on the history of Dublin restaurants. His degree will be conferred on Saturday in St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin.
From Blackrock, Co Dublin, Mac Con Iomaire did his professional training in DIT Cathal Brugha Street and from there started working in restaurants specialising in haute cuisine such as Clarets in Blackrock and Polo One in Dublin.
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