The truth seeker

Anthony Warner, also known as The Angry Chef and a fierce critic of so-called food experts, will be in Dublin next week for the Festival of Politics, where he hopes to engage in robust debate about food faddism among other subjects

Anthony Warner: ‘There is an unending quest to oversimplify complex things’ Pic: Mark Rusher

I’m several questions into my interview with Anthony Warner before I remember to ask him if he has any Irish roots. I thought he might, I tell him, because he’s the only non-Irish person I’ve ever heard use the word ‘gobshite’.

“I don’t,” he replies with a laugh. “But I can swear in several different languages.”

If you’ve read any of the posts on his blog, The Angry Chef, you’ll probably know that ...