Irish Food Discussion with Acclaimed Galway Chef JP McMahon

Chef McMahon will lead a discussion on Irish Food. 

Supported in part by the Galway Fellowship Club

About Chef JP McMahon
JP McMahon is a chef, restaurateur and author. He is owner and culinary director of Michelin-starred Aniar Restaurant, award-winning Spanish restaurant Cava Bodega and he also runs the Aniar Boutique Cookery School. In 2022 Jp launched Jp McMahon Culinary Consultancy and works nationally and internationally.JP is committed to the educational and ethical aspects of food, to buying and supporting the best of local and free-range produce and engaging directly with farmers and producers.JP is the founder and plays host to one of the biggest and most talked about international food events in Europe, Food on the Edge. The highly successful inaugural event took place in Galway in October 2015 followed by equally acclaimed annual events to 2019. The 2020event fell victim to Covid, however the team published an eBook ‘Lessons from Lockdown: Cooking after Covid’ featuring many former speakers and voices from the industry and 2021saw the return of Food on the Edge in a blended format with both in person and virtual speakers and delegates joining from across the world; plans are afoot for FOTE2024. The event features the best international chefs from across the globe. Director, founding and current chair of the Galway Food Festival, JP is an ambassador for Irish food travelling widely to promote Ireland, its produce and food culture. He is also an ambassador for Spanish food in Ireland in particular promoting the wines of Rías Baixas (Galicia) and Jerez. JP is a member of Euro-Toques Ireland.

MEDIA: Published author and writer of 'Tapas, A Taste of Spain in Ireland' (4th edition) ‘The Irish Cookbook’ (Phaidon 2020) and ‘An Alphabet of Aniar: Notes on a New Irish Cuisine (Godot Press 2023). Summer 2024 will see the publication of a collection of Jp’s plays and ‘An Irish Food Story’ is set to be published, Autumn 2024, by Nine BeanRowsBooks. He is a food writer and contributor to the Irish Times. He is a regular contributor to RadioOne and Newstalk radio and has a monthly slot on RTE TV; he was twice the winning mentor for the RTE Series Taste of Success