In The Kitchen
Belfast chef Gemma Austin on her new patisserie: ‘The best part was having my nana cut the ribbon’
With her restaurant A Peculiar Tea and the newly-opened Mamó patisserie, the chef has her hands full, but is relishing the challenge
Many chefs have taken roads less travelled on their way to a kitchen career, but for Gemma Austin, owner of A Peculiar Tea and Mamó Patisserie in Belfast, the journey to success was particularly long and winding.
“I always wanted to be a nurse, so I went to Queen’s University to get my degree, but then I found out then that my spine wasn’t shaped the way it was meant to be so I had ...