There was a great atmosphere in Laois Shopping Centre on Sunday afternoon as the renowned award-winning chef Gary O’Hanlon hosted a Christmas-themed cookery demonstration.
O’Hanlon, who is a regular on our TV screens on RTE and TV3 was the chef in charge of starters on the hugely popular The Restaurant series.
The Donegal native has previously worked at The Olde Post restaurant, at Cloverhill, and at Lobster Pot Restaurant in Galway Bay Hotel. Prior to returning to Ireland, Gary was head chef at Devlin’s Restaurant and Bar in Boston.
He is also a regular on TV3’s live evening entertainment chat show Six O’Clock Show with Martin King and Lucy Kennedy, and also Ireland’s most watch daytime TV show RTÉ’s Today with Maura Derrane and Dáithí O Sé.
Gary writes a weekly recipe column for The Irish Times Magazine every Saturday offering readers interesting ways to use Irish artisanal produce.
On radio, he is a regular contributor to national and regional radio including Today FM and he also appeared on RTE’s Celebrity Operation Transformation.
His cooking went down a treat with the people of Laois and he delivered some excellent cooking tips for people cooking the Christmas dinner this year.
See pictures below from the event.
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