Danni Barry
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Danni Barry is the head chef of Eipic restaurant in Northern Ireland. She is the second Irish chef to hold a Michelin star, and the only one currently. In 2016, she was named Irish Chef of the Year.
Career
Barry began working in a professional kitchen at the age of 14,[1] as a kitchen porter. She began to work as a chef after attending a catering college in Newry, Northern Ireland.[2] She was mentored by chef Michael Deane, and started to work his restaurant Deanes in 2003. Barry travelled around the world to gain experience as a chef,[3]including at Simon Rogan's L'Enclume restaurant.[2] She moved on to work as sous chef under Raymond McCardle at Restaurant 23, before becoming head chef for Rogan at his Cartmel based restaurant Cartmel & Co in 2012.[4]
In 2014, she left to return to Northern Ireland where she opened restaurant Eipic as head chef under Deane, who owns the restaurant. Barry gained a Michelin star within 18 months,[3][4] becoming the only female chef in Ireland to hold the award,[1] and only the second ever.[2] In addition to cooking, she also forages herbs and wild garlic several times a week.[3]
Barry has appeared on BBC Two cooking competition Great British Menu in 2015, where she competed for Northern Ireland against Ben Arnold and Chris McGowan.[4] In 2016, she was named Irish Chef of the Year at the ninth Irish Restaurant Awards,[5] while the restaurant was named Ulster Restaurant of the Year and owner Deanes won Entrepreneur of the Year.[1] The same year, Barry was named one of 17 chefs to watch by Olive magazine.[6]
References
- ^ a b c McCurry, Cate (29 August 2016). "Danni Barry of Deanes, from washer to Irish Chef of the Year". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
- ^ a b c Lee, Jenni (10 October 2016). "Danni Barry, Ireland's only female Michelin-starred chef". Irish News. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
- ^ a b c Dwyer, Clare (12 June 2017). "Meet Danni Barry - Ireland's only female Michelin-star chef: 'My dad was the biggest feminist ever because we all did the same jobs'". Independent.ie. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
- ^ a b c "Danni Barry". BBC Two. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
- ^ Madden, Andrew (9 May 2017). "Deane's chef Danni Barry wins chef of the year award". Irish News. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
- ^ "N. Ireland's Danni Barry features in Olive Magazine's 17 Chefs to Watch in 2017". Love Belfast. 3 January 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
