Guerrilla Gourmet | |
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Country of origin | Ireland |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 6 |
Original release | |
Network | RTÉ One |
Release | 11 February 2008 |
Guerrilla Gourmet is an Irish television series broadcast on RTÉ One. The series features professional chefs from various backgrounds, such as Dylan McGrath and Kevin Dundon, who each take on a new challenge. Each episode sees a different chef try to construct a temporary "guerrilla restaurant" out of nothing, taking on the task of locating a premises, composing a menu, cooking the food to serve to the customers and finding the actual customers themselves. The six-part series began broadcasting on 11 February 2008 at 20:30. Locations featured include Blackrock College, the Royal Hospital Kilmainham and the Rock of Cashel.
The first episode featured Kevin Dundon. [1] [2] He regularly features on The Afternoon Show and both owns and manages Dunbrody Country House Hotel in County Wexford alongside his wife Catherine. [1] [2] Dundon establishes a restaurant in Saint Saviour's Boxing Club in Waterford. [1] [2] Four of the fifty members of the boxing club prepare the food, including pigeon and tomato and poitín soup, [3] [4] in the temporary kitchen. [1] [2]
The second episode features Denis Cotter. [5] He is described as a "vegetarian icon" and "hero to non-meat eaters", beginning his career as a banker before quitting to form his own restaurant business. [5] In 1993 he opened his award-winning Café Paradiso restaurant in Cork. [5] Cotter's challenge sees him construct a " Gary Larson-esque world where he turns reality inside out" – he establishes a vegetarian restaurant in Bandon Mart to attract local beef farmers to try his vegetarian options. [5] Cotter also has a fear of cattle. [5]
The third episode features Kevin Thornton. [6] He is described as a " gastronomic legend" in Ireland. [6] He has a Michelin star restaurant and is also fond of photography and scuba diving. [6] His family includes one wife, two sons and two grandchildren. [6] Thornton chooses to house his temporary restaurant at the Rock of Cashel in County Tipperary, having grown up in the area as a child. [6] He cooks rabbit, scallops and sea urchins for twenty-eight people without the use of electricity. [7]
The fourth episode features Anita Thoma. [8] She has spent much of her adult life engaged in the process of cooking, but only recently set up her own business in Dublin, Il Primo. [8] Her father emigrated to Ireland from Switzerland in the 1940s. [8] She is described as being in possession of a Mediterranean menu and "personally sourced" Tuscan wines. [8] She blends food with performance so takes her temporary restaurant to Fossett's Circus. [8]
The fifth episode features Dan Mullane. [9] He is from County Limerick. [9] He owns The Mustard Seed restaurant and grows his ingredients in his own vegetable garden. [9] He attended catering college after school and emphasisies "hospitality, generosity and the personal touch". [9] He says he will never open another restaurant. [9] Having boarded in Blackrock College in Dublin, Mullane returns there with his temporary restaurant. [9]
The sixth and final episode features Dylan McGrath. [10] He owns Mint in Ranelagh, Dublin. [10] He was brought up in West Belfast before attending catering college. [10] His cooking style is that of an artist and he is known to serve his food in darkness so that his guests can "hone their taste buds". [10] McGrath chooses a dark room in the Royal Hospital Kilmainham in Dublin as his temporary restaurant venue. [10] One week after filming he received his first Michelin star and achieved further fame when he was involved in a fight with fellow chef, Kevin Dundon, on the live television chat show Tubridy Tonight. [11]
Guerrilla Gourmet | |
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![]() | |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 6 |
Original release | |
Network | RTÉ One |
Release | 11 February 2008 |
Guerrilla Gourmet is an Irish television series broadcast on RTÉ One. The series features professional chefs from various backgrounds, such as Dylan McGrath and Kevin Dundon, who each take on a new challenge. Each episode sees a different chef try to construct a temporary "guerrilla restaurant" out of nothing, taking on the task of locating a premises, composing a menu, cooking the food to serve to the customers and finding the actual customers themselves. The six-part series began broadcasting on 11 February 2008 at 20:30. Locations featured include Blackrock College, the Royal Hospital Kilmainham and the Rock of Cashel.
The first episode featured Kevin Dundon. [1] [2] He regularly features on The Afternoon Show and both owns and manages Dunbrody Country House Hotel in County Wexford alongside his wife Catherine. [1] [2] Dundon establishes a restaurant in Saint Saviour's Boxing Club in Waterford. [1] [2] Four of the fifty members of the boxing club prepare the food, including pigeon and tomato and poitín soup, [3] [4] in the temporary kitchen. [1] [2]
The second episode features Denis Cotter. [5] He is described as a "vegetarian icon" and "hero to non-meat eaters", beginning his career as a banker before quitting to form his own restaurant business. [5] In 1993 he opened his award-winning Café Paradiso restaurant in Cork. [5] Cotter's challenge sees him construct a " Gary Larson-esque world where he turns reality inside out" – he establishes a vegetarian restaurant in Bandon Mart to attract local beef farmers to try his vegetarian options. [5] Cotter also has a fear of cattle. [5]
The third episode features Kevin Thornton. [6] He is described as a " gastronomic legend" in Ireland. [6] He has a Michelin star restaurant and is also fond of photography and scuba diving. [6] His family includes one wife, two sons and two grandchildren. [6] Thornton chooses to house his temporary restaurant at the Rock of Cashel in County Tipperary, having grown up in the area as a child. [6] He cooks rabbit, scallops and sea urchins for twenty-eight people without the use of electricity. [7]
The fourth episode features Anita Thoma. [8] She has spent much of her adult life engaged in the process of cooking, but only recently set up her own business in Dublin, Il Primo. [8] Her father emigrated to Ireland from Switzerland in the 1940s. [8] She is described as being in possession of a Mediterranean menu and "personally sourced" Tuscan wines. [8] She blends food with performance so takes her temporary restaurant to Fossett's Circus. [8]
The fifth episode features Dan Mullane. [9] He is from County Limerick. [9] He owns The Mustard Seed restaurant and grows his ingredients in his own vegetable garden. [9] He attended catering college after school and emphasisies "hospitality, generosity and the personal touch". [9] He says he will never open another restaurant. [9] Having boarded in Blackrock College in Dublin, Mullane returns there with his temporary restaurant. [9]
The sixth and final episode features Dylan McGrath. [10] He owns Mint in Ranelagh, Dublin. [10] He was brought up in West Belfast before attending catering college. [10] His cooking style is that of an artist and he is known to serve his food in darkness so that his guests can "hone their taste buds". [10] McGrath chooses a dark room in the Royal Hospital Kilmainham in Dublin as his temporary restaurant venue. [10] One week after filming he received his first Michelin star and achieved further fame when he was involved in a fight with fellow chef, Kevin Dundon, on the live television chat show Tubridy Tonight. [11]