Stepping up to the plate

The ceramics made by Alexis Bowman and Stephen O’Connell of Fermoyle Pottery in Kerry have found favour with some of the country’s best chefs

Alexis Bowman and Stephen O’Connell: ‘We assumed Aimsir would order one set of plates, but they ordered 800 pieces’

Who goes to page 33 of the results of a Google search? Perhaps only those in desperation, or those who are unwilling to give up.

Either way, that’s how far Jordan Bailey had ventured down the search engine rabbit hole when he was looking to source Irish-made pottery and ceramics for Aimsir, the restaurant in the Cliff at Lyons in Co Kildare which he opened with Majken Bech-Bailey, his wife, in 2019.

And lo, on ...