Aiden Byrne

Aiden Byrne is head chef and owner of The Collingwood, a bar and restaurant in West Kirby. and of The Church Green in Lymm, Cheshire. He also runs the British Grill in the Craxton Wood hotel near Chester.

In 2002 he earned a Michelin star for his cooking in The Commons Restaurant in Dublin, Ireland. Before The Commons Restaurant he worked at Roscoff Restaurant under Paul Rankin and Peacock Alley under Conrad Gallagher

He was previously Head Chef of the Grill Room at The Dorchester Hotel, London, though he left in January 2009 to run his own pub in Cheshire

While Head Chef at Adlards in Norwich at the age of 22, Aiden Byrne was the youngest chef to win a Michelin Star.^{[citation needed]}

Aiden has worked at a number of Michelin-Starred establishments. At Danesfield House and Spa, near Marlow, Buckinghamshire, Aiden was Executive Chef of the Oak Room and The Orangery Restaurants. Before this Aiden spent two years as Head Chef of the Michelin-Starred restaurant 'Tom Aikens'. Aiden had also worked previously with Tom Aikens at Pied à Terre as Sous chef.

Aiden has recently appeared on the television programme 'Masterchef 2008' where he coined the phrase "I lost a bit of sleep last night", when the remaining 3 amateur chefs had to cook for 7 Michelin-starred Chefs at the Dorchester Hotel.

Aiden's first book was released September 2008 titled 'Made in Great Britain' along with a video podcast series of the same name based on the book, produced by pod3.tv.

External links

• Aiden Byrne
• Aiden's Made in Great Britain video podcast series
• The Church Green
• The Collingwood
• Aiden Byrne 4 page interview