12/03/2008

Culloden Chef to Cook Stateside

Paul McKnight, Head Chef at the Five Star-rated Culloden, has been selected from hundreds of Irish chefs to travel to Boston for the annual ‘Irish Food and Culture Celebration’ as part of the city’s St Patrick’s day festivities.

Paul will join other top Irish chefs including Tony O’Neill from the Merchant, Belfast and Padraic Hayden from the Dylan Hotel, Dublin, to take part in a culinary tour which will showcase ‘New Irish Cuisine’ and innovative Irish cooking.

Paul said: "I am delighted and honoured to represent both Ireland and Hastings Hotels at this prestigious forum. I hope that we have now convinced plenty of our American cousins to come and visit both Ireland and the Culloden Estate and Spa, to sample the wonderful food in this magnificent country."

Paul is no stranger to working in the spotlight, as during his 25 years at the Culloden he has worked with a host of celebrity chefs, including Gordon Ramsey, Gary Rhodes and Angela Hartnett, and visited and cooked alongside many of Europe's leading chefs.

The tour is sponsored by Tourism Ireland and the Boston Irish Tourism Association.


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