Dishing It Out

This Week on Dishing it Out, Gary and Gareth welcome Sean Lally, one of Ireland's best-known hoteliers and co-owner of Hotel Woodstock in Ennis, County Clare. Sean has spent decades working in Irish hospitality and In 2016, fulfilled a long-held ambition of running his own family hotel by taking over Hotel Woodstock.  Sean takes us through his career from his early days of bouncing around hot...

This Week on Dishing it Out, Gary and Gareth welcome Seamus Commons, the award-winning chef behind La Fougère Restaurant at Knockranny House Hotel in Westport, County Mayo. A Mayo native, Seamus has established himself as one of the West of Ireland's most respected chefs, earning multiple Best Chef in Connacht awards and widespread recognition for his creative, technically accomplished cookin...

This Week on Dishing it Out, Gary and Gareth welcome Luca De Marzio, the Italian restaurateur and owner of Rosa Madre, one of Dublin's best-known Italian restaurants. Over 16 years, he has built Rosa Madre from a humble coffee haunt to a Dublin institution of Italian cuisine.   Luca talks about moving to Ireland to begin his hospitality career working at The Westbury Hotel, where he...

This Week on Dishing it Out, Gary and Gareth welcome Tom Murray, one of Ireland's most recognisable food creators, popularly known as @bitta_banging. Tom has built a huge following on Instagram by making outrageous sandwiches and jaw dropping viral food content.    Tom shares the story of how he got into food, from studying business and reluctantly working in recruitment to Covid back ga...

This Week on Dishing it Out, Gary and Gareth welcome Michelin Star recipient and Irish Restaurant Awards Chef of the Year in 2016, Danni Barry. Originally from County Down to a farming family, Danni talks through her career from  her first job in a local restaurant to going to catering college in Newry. From these humble roots she joined Simon Rogan's team at L'Enclume and became Head Chef at...

This Week on Dishing it Out, Gary and Gareth welcome Alice Kelly, better known to millions of people online as From Scratch Baker. Alice started baking as a child before, at just 18, buying an old horsebox and transforming it into her own micro-bakery - documenting the entire process online and going viral almost overnight.    Alice shares how she overcame mental health challenges during...

This Week on Dishing it Out, Gary and Gareth welcome Declan Maxwell, one of the most respected front-of-house figures in Irish hospitality and currently restaurant manager at Spitalfields in Dublin. Declan discusses beginning his career in London before returning to Ireland where he became a central member of the team in Chapter One during their pursuit of a Michelin Star.   Declan shares som...

S8 EP2 Jet Setting to Dancing With The Stars with Kevin Dundon  This Week on Dishing it Out, Gary and Gareth welcome Kevin Dundon, one of Ireland's best-known chefs, restaurateurs, authors and television personalities.   Kevin's talks through his career from early days in Canada to becoming Executive Chef at The Shelbourne. He also shares his journey of taking over Dunbrody Cou...

 This Week on Dishing it Out, Gary and Gareth welcome Chef Ross Lewis, co-founder & co-owner of Two Michelin-starred Chapter One; as well as the proprietor of Osteria Lucio.     Ross talks through his agricultural background in Wales and early exposure to food which brought him to the kitchens of London where he cut his teeth.     The lads discuss the lengthy proc...

This Week on Dishing it Out, Gary and Gareth welcome Donegal native Brian McDermott. Brian is an award-winning chef, author, broadcaster and one of Ireland’s biggest champions of Irish produce through working with the Simply Better range in Dunnes Stores  The lads discuss the importance of switching off the phone and disconnecting properly from work, despite the challenge of mi...

This week on Dishing It Out, Gary and Gareth welcome Eva Pau, Managing Director of Asia Market and presenter of Eva Pau’s Asian Kitchen. Eva shares the story of growing up in Asia Market, surrounded by sacks of rice, shelves of sauces and ingredients most Irish people had never seen before. She chats about her parents opening the business in Dublin in the 1980s, her own journey from IT and finance...

This week, Dishing It Out hits the stage at All Together Now for a live festival special with two brilliant guests, chef Paul Flynn and comedian Eric Lalor. First up, Gary and Gareth sit down with Paul Flynn of The Tannery, one of Ireland’s most influential chefs, to talk about 30 years of the iconic Dungarvan restaurant, his early days working in London with Nico Ladenis, returning home to open T...

This Week on Dishing it Out, Gary and Gareth welcome JP McMahon, Michelin-starred chef, restaurateur, author and one of the most influential voices in Irish food. He is the owner and culinary director of Aniar, Galway's Michelin-starred restaurant, alongside Cava Bodega and other ventures.   JP talks about the process of fixing bad backs and getting fit to settling for early nights as hi...

This week on Dishing It Out, Gary and Gareth welcome Library Street’s head chef Kevin Burke back for a proper chat, after their first conversation was cut short by the small matter of him having to cook lunch for a room full of chefs. Kevin talks about his route through some serious kitchens, from Guilbo’s in Dublin to The Ninth in London, and how those experiences shaped the food he cooks now at...

This week on Dishing It Out, Gary and Gareth welcome chef and restaurateur Stephen McAllister of The Pig’s Ear and Spitalfields, and a familiar face from The Restaurant. Stephen shares stories from his early days in Dublin kitchens, from cucumber in the ratatouille to pasta machine panic, before opening his own restaurants and building a career around bold flavour, Irish ingredients and proper hos...

This week, Gary and Gareth welcome Kenneth Keavey of Green Earth Organics, the Galway-based organic farm delivering veggie boxes across Ireland. Kenneth talks about leaving a career in chemistry and pharmaceuticals to return to the family farm, why organic growing matters, and what it really takes to build healthy soil, rotate crops and grow food without relying on chemicals. The lads dig into eve...

This week on Dishing It Out, Gary and Gareth welcome comedian Willa White to the studio for a chat that goes from belly laughs to brutally honest life stories and back again. Willa talks about how he first got in to stand-up, going from recovery meetings and prison to comedy workshops, Vicar Street, touring, and building a career without ever really planning to become a comedian. He opens up about...

This week on Dishing It Out, Gary and Gareth welcome restaurant critic, food writer and all-round sharp palate Katy McGuinness to the studio. Katy lifts the lid on life as a restaurant critic, from how she chooses where to review and the notes she takes after a meal, to why the feeling of hospitality matters just as much as what’s on the plate. Katy also shares the responsibility that comes with c...

This week on Dishing It Out, Gary and Gareth sit down with good friend Frankie Mallon, aka “Frankie Fish”, head chef and owner of An Port Mór. Frankie then takes us through the story of An Port Mór, a much-loved Westport institution. He talks about learning the hard way in tough kitchens, from Paul Rankin’s Michelin-starred Roscoff in Belfast to disciplined Swiss kitchens and manic Parisian bistro...

This week on Dishing It Out, Gary and Gareth take the show on the road, landing in Kevin Burke’s Library Street for the launch of the Business Post 101 Great Irish Restaurants, in association with Nespresso Professional. Away from the comfort of the studio, the lads catch up with Kevin ahead of his big lunch service, chatting about the evolution of the restaurant, sharing plates, charcoal grills,...

This week on Dishing It Out, Gary and Gareth welcome home cook and content creator Sarah Butler of Sarah Butler at Home. Sarah shares how growing up in a food-loving house, with a butcher father and a busy family B&B shaped the way she cooks today. From graphic design to wedding stationery, lockdown lemon meringue videos and self-publishing five cookbooks, she talks about building her food car...

This week on Dishing It Out, Gary and Gareth sit down with Ciaran Kavanagh from John Kavanagh’s, The Gravediggers, one of the most iconic pubs in Ireland. Ciaran shares what it was like growing up in the family pub, pulling pints from the age of 14, before heading off on a culinary journey that took him from Club Med, to the Bahamas and eight years cooking in Italy. He explains how he brought that...

Join Gareth and Gary for another episode of Dishing It Out as they welcome food content creator and all-round enthusiast Éadaoin Fitzmaurice. Éadaoin shares how she went from being an extremely picky eater as a child to building a career around eating her way across Ireland. She talks about a 'Top 5 Hot Chocolates In Dublin' video got her started, the rise of food content creators, and why she pre...

Join Gareth and Gary for another episode of Dishing It Out as they welcome pastry chef extraordinaire and all-round master baker, Shane Smith. Shane takes us through the early days of his career as a pastry chef, from old-school, army-style hotel kitchens to the pull of the pastry section across the pass. The lads dig into what makes pastry different from savoury cooking: following recipes exactly...

Join Gareth and Gary for another episode of Dishing It Out as they welcome consumer champion and former Celebrity MasterChef contestant, Conor Pope. Conor shares how a four-week sausage review slot in the Irish Times turned into a full-blown career helping readers with everything from phone bills to life-changing insurance battles. Food-wise, the lads dig into Conor’s MasterChef experience, includ...