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THERE were celebrations in honour of Clodagh Teahan of The Europe Hotel & Resort this week after she won the Young Chef of the Year Ireland prize at the YesChef Awards 2017.

Clodagh started working at the five-star Europe Hotel in 2014 as a commis student from IT Tralee as part of her Higher Education in Culinary Arts course from which she graduated in 2016. She now works in every section of the kitchen with passion and an exemplary attitude.

Clodagh said: “Growing up, I was lucky enough to be brought up in a family that lives and breathes food. At a young age, this is where I believe my passion for food stemmed from. As Julia Child once said, ‘Cooking is like love, it should be entered into with complete abandonment or none at all.’ With this in mind I hope that through your meal experience my cooking will showcase this.”

Europe Hotel executive chef Alex Nahke said: “Clodagh has worked tirelessly through busy times within the hotel in every aspect of our business; we are glad and delighted to have young chefs as passionate as Clodagh within our team.”
 

 
Above: Simon Regan (head chef, Panorama Restaurant), Clodagh Teahan (Young Chef of the Year), Alex Nahke (Executive Chef), Michael Brennan (General Manager), Gary O'Brien, Kate McCarthy, Jupp Osterloh, Margaret Kelleher, Ivan Tot, Tim Walsh and Mieszko Polakiewicz at the Europe Hotel & Resort. Pic: Dylan Clifford