Conrad Back

Well he had gone away yuknow. Conrad Gallagher, chef, author and role model for a generation of aspiring 1st year DIT chefs is back. There was a major retrospecive of his work ...ops sorry interview, in last saturdays Irish Times. He also was the cover story in the June issue of Food and Wine which like his books is of course available in the library It's a fascinating journey from Killybegs to the NewYork Plaza, rubbing shoulders with Trump and Clinton, cooking with Alain Ducasse and a Michelin star at 26 - the heady days of Peacock Alley before it all went belly up with bankruptcy, the long hand of the law, and a little incident with the Fitzwilliam Hotel over "those" paintings. His new restaurant Salon Des Saveurs is located in Aungier St. and despite the Irish Independent review "a bit retro and out of kilter with the times" i don't doubt that it's worth a detour, and going on past form a future candidate for the Pellegrino 50 best restaurants. Just don't ask him to pass the salt.