In The Kitchen
Northern Ireland chef Chris McClurg on cooking in Cornwall, his ‘big bowl’ trifle, and the importance of a good mentor
Having won the dessert round of the BBC television series Great British Menu with a Derry Girls-inspired trifle, Chris McClurg is happy to be back in the kitchen at No.6 in Padstow
Chris McClurg doesn’t mince his words when he talks about the difference making a move from his native Northern Ireland made to his career.
“I was running in the wrong circles for a long time, and I was teetering on the edge of pissing away what could have been a fantastic career,” McClurg says.
“But when I came here, Paul laid down the rules quickly and made it clear that things I would have done ...
