In The Kitchen with Grainne O’Keefe of Mae in Dublin: ‘I was really curious about flavours, because we never went to restaurants growing up’
The Food&Wine Young Chef of the Year on running her own business, why Chapter One is her favourite restaurant, and the importance of mentors
Some chefs come from a long line of keen cooks, or from families where cook books were common and meals varied. But to say that Grainne O’Keefe didn’t come from a background like that would be something of an understatement.
“We weren’t a foodie family,” says O’Keefe, who was brought up in Blanchardstown in west Dublin in the 1990s. “I grew up with Findus crispy pancakes, waffles and beans, and things like spaghetti Bolognese, like ...
