Conrad Gallagher

Conrad Gallagher
Conrad Gallagher (2020)
Born (1971-03-12) 12 March 1971 (age 53)
Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland
EducationKillybegs Catering College
Years active1987-present
Culinary career
Cooking styleHaute cuisine
Rating(s)
Current restaurant(s)
Previous restaurant(s)
Television show(s)
    • Conrad's Kitchen: Access all Areas (2005)
    • Head Chef (2011)
Websitewww.conradgallagher.com

Conrad Gallagher (born 12 March 1971) is an Irish-born chef/restaurateur from Letterkenny, County Donegal, based in Dubai since 2016. He was the youngest[1] chef ever awarded a Michelin star at the time, for Peacock Alley in Dublin, at the age of 26 in 1998.[2] In a career that has attracted both accolades and controversy,[1] Gallagher has owned restaurants in Dublin, New York, London, Las Vegas and Cape Town, and has featured in two reality television cooking series. He opened restaurant consultancy Food Concepts 360 in 2018.[1] Gallagher also owns chef recruitment agency The Chefs Connection and opened The Chefs Playground in Johannesburg, South Africa, in April 2020 as a culinary training centre and specialist shop for chefs’ apparel and equipment.[1] In February 2021, Gallagher opened "Off the Menu Food Emporium", a delicatessen, coffee and wine shop serving tapas-style meals, in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. He also opened Bistro Vin de Boeuf, in St Francis Bay.[3]

Early life

Gallagher was raised in Hawthorn Heights, a housing estate in Letterkenny, County Donegal. He was educated at Scoil Colmcille and St Eunan's College, both schools in Letterkenny. In his autobiography Back on the Menu: My Rollercoaster Life, he revealed how the kitchen was home to him as a child and how he disliked school because of the abuse he received at both institutions.[4]

Inspired by the cooking of his mother and his grandmother, he left St Eunan's at the age of 16 and began training as a chef at Killybegs Catering College. During his formal training, where he worked under some of Ireland's top chefs, Gallagher won four gold medals in the Chef Ireland culinary championship and was selected for the national culinary team that won four gold medals at Hotelympia, the UK's largest food service and hospitality event.[1]

Career

While he was offered career launching positions in Ireland, he determined he should go to New York City to further pursue his dream of becoming a world class chef. In New York, he joined the Plaza Hotel. The Waldorf Astoria's Peacock Alley later recruited him, where he spent two years as sous-chef under Laurent Manrique. While living in New York he went on to work at the restaurants Daniel and Le Cirque. On Saint Patrick's Day 1996, Gallagher cooked for President Bill Clinton and his guests at the White House.[5]

Gallagher and his brother Keith ran the Metropolitan Bar and Restaurant in their native Letterkenny.[5][6]

Peacock Alley

Gallagher came to fame with his restaurant Peacock Alley in Dublin, first in Baggot Street, later on St Stephen's Green. With Gallagher at the helm, the restaurant was awarded a Michelin star in 1998, retaining that status until 2002.[2][7]

New York

He left Ireland to return to New York City, where he married an American citizen and opened a bar, Traffic, at First Avenue and 50th Street in Manhattan.[8] He was accused in Dublin of stealing three paintings, worth €11,000 from Dublin's Fitzwilliam Hotel.[9] The original contract was furnished stating Gallagher owned the three paintings and the jury returned a 'not guilty' verdict less than two hours after it started deliberations.[10] In his autobiography, Gallagher describes the proceedings as "a bit of a circus" with days that were "long and painful."[11]

South Africa

Whilst living in South Africa, Gallagher consulted for Sun International Group where he was appointed Group Executive Chef in 2004. He operated Geisha Wok and Noodle Bar in Cape Town,[12] where he occasionally hosted live cooking classes.[13] Geisha Wok and Noodle Bar stopped trading in August 2009 when Gallagher decided to move back to Ireland and open Salon Des Saveurs. He was declared bankrupt in South Africa in August 2009 following an application by two companies seeking payment of debts. Two properties and his home's contents were auctioned off to part-pay debts of about €200,000 to a bank and supplier.[14]

Dublin

The Tasting Room

After planning to return to Ireland during Summer 2009[15] to open a new Irish restaurant, Gallagher and his second wife, former Miss Port Elizabeth finalist Candice Coetzee, and their two sons, moved to Dublin.[16] His latest restaurant is called "Salon Des Saveurs".[17] His initial return as director of Boutique Restaurants Concepts Ltd. went sour as it is illegal to be a company director in the Republic of Ireland while considered bankrupt, in or outside the Republic of Ireland.[18]

According to the Irish Independent, Gallagher ran three restaurants in July 2011: "Salon Des Saveurs" and "The Dining Room With Conrad Gallagher" in Dublin and "Conrad's Kitchen" in Sligo. "Salon Des Saveurs" and "Conrad's Kitchen" are run by Boutique Restaurants Concepts Ltd. and Super Potato Limited. The Revenue Commissioners are trying to wind up these two companies.[19]

Gallagher starred in the Head Chef TV shows for TV3 Ireland, where he developed a cooking contest reality show, before moving back to the United States in 2011.[20]

Las Vegas

In April 2013, Gallagher opened PoshBurger Bistro, a gourmet burger restaurant, in Las Vegas, Nevada, which garnered praise from local critics - John Curtas of Eating Las Vegas said that PoshBurger offered "the best hamburger Vegas neighbourhoods have ever seen”.[21] The restaurant could not get a liquor license and closed after three months.[22]

California

In October 2013, Ways & Means Oysters in Orange hired Gallagher as a consulting executive chef to develop the menu for its location in Old Towne Orange.[23] He launched Vanity Catering and Events in Costa Mesa in 2014, as owner and executive chef.[24]

Cape Town, South Africa

Gallagher and his family returned to Cape Town to open and operate Cafe Chic.[25] Later on he opened Gallagher's Restaurant in Cape Town, which later closed.

Port Elizabeth, South Africa

Gallagher then moved to Port Elizabeth, where he opened Gallagher's on Stanley Street in July 2016.[1]

In 2021 Gallagher opened "Off The Menu Food Emporium", followed by "Bistro Vin De Boeuf", both in St Francis Bay.[26]

Qatar

Gallagher joined Aura Hospitality & Food Services in December 2016 as Corporate Chef and Culinary Director and was promoted to Managing Director for Hospitality and Food Services in 2018.[27][better source needed]
In 2019, Gallagher became CEO of Food Concepts 360, an international food and hospitality company with over 500 employees and outlets covering the Middle East and Africa in addition to Los Angeles and Las Vegas.[citation needed]

Awards

Gallagher was awarded a Michelin star in 1998 for his restaurant Peacock Alley in Dublin in 1998.[2]

Gallagher's company Food Concepts 360 was named Best Full-Service Hospitality Company-Middle East and Africa by UK-based LuxLife magazine in 2019 and received the magazine's Excellence Award for restaurant consulting services.[28][1]

Television

Gallagher was featured cooking at Peacock Alley in Dublin in two episodes[29] [30] of the Great Chefs series "Great Chefs of the World" on Discovery Channel in 1998.

He has headlined two reality television series – Conrad’s Kitchen: Access All Areas[31] on BBC Food in 2005, and Head Chef on Irish national broadcaster RTÉ's TV3 in 2011.[32]

Health

Gallagher has won two battles with cancer. First testicular cancer and in 2003 "a more serious form", about which he has declined to go into detail.[33]

Publications

  • Conrad Gallagher's new Irish cooking recipes from Dublin's Peacock Alley, 1997, ISBN 1899047298[34]
  • Take 6 ingredients 100 ingenious recipes to create simple, delicious meals, 2003, ISBN 1899047921[35]
  • Back on the menu my rollercoaster life, 2010, ISBN 1906353255 / 9781906353254[36]
  • One pot wonders, 2011, ISBN 085783018X / 9780857830180[37]
  • In 3 easy steps Fabulous food without the fuss, 2011, ISBN 0857830198 / 9780857830197[38]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Flying, falling, and flying again – a chef's tale comes full circle". J-Bay News. 13 April 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Michelin Travel Publications: Star history, Channel Islands". Archived from the original on 10 October 2011.
  3. ^ "Cooking with Conrad Gallagher". St Francis Today. 17 November 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Chef's bitter taste of St Eunan's revealed in new book". Donegal Democrat. 30 December 2010. Archived from the original on 29 June 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  5. ^ a b "Top chef Conrad Gallagher finds success is like a souffle – fast to rise but quick to sink", Irish Independent, 16 October 2002
  6. ^ Harris, David (20 March 2002). "Gallagher loses his last Irish restaurant". Catererandhotelkeeper.co.uk. Archived from the original on 8 September 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  7. ^ The emergence, development and influence of French Haute Cuisine on public dining in Dublin restaurants 1900-2000: an oral history. Part 2 (downloadable), p. 343.
  8. ^ Lavery, Brian (9 July 2003). "For Hard-Luck Chef, a Break: He Is Acquitted in Art Theft". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 April 2012.(subscription required)
  9. ^ Carey, Mairead (21 May 2003). "Gallagher Stuck in Irish Jail". Irish Voice. Archived from the original on 10 June 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  10. ^ [1][dead link‍]
  11. ^ Gallagher, Conrad (2010). Back on the Menu: My Rollercoaster Life. Conrad Gallagher. p. 137. ISBN 978-1-906353-25-4.
  12. ^ Staff. "Cape town's cosmopolitan flavours". London: Timesonline.co.uk. Archived from the original on 28 May 2010. Retrieved 21 April 2012. (subscription required)
  13. ^ "Cooking live with Conrad Gallagher". Bizcommunity.com. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  14. ^ "The Times". London: Timesonline.co.uk. Retrieved 21 April 2012.[dead link‍]
  15. ^ "Conrad Gallagher planning a return to Irish restaurants". Independent.ie. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  16. ^ [2][dead link‍]
  17. ^ "Conrad's new place in best taste". Independent.ie. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  18. ^ Staff. "Conrad Gallagher: chef in a new stew". London: Timesonline.co.uk. Retrieved 21 April 2012.[dead link‍] (subscription required)
  19. ^ Sunday Independent (23 July 2011). "Conrad Gallagher restaurants face winding up order". Independent.ie. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  20. ^ "Chef Conrad Gallagher". Playgrounddtsa.com. 18 March 2014. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  21. ^ Curtas, John (1 April 2013). "POSHBURGER Postulations".
  22. ^ "Conrad Gallagher shuts Las Vegas burger restaurant". Thejournal.ie. 12 July 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  23. ^ Luna, Nancy (8 October 2013). "Controversial Irish Chef Coming to O.C". Ocregister.com. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  24. ^ Luna, Nancy (28 January 2014). "Award-winning chef Gallagher exits Ways & Means". Ocregister.com. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  25. ^ Shone, Cathrine (12 December 2014). "Chef Conrad Gallagher is back in Cape Town". Food24.com. iab south africa. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  26. ^ admin (17 November 2021). "Cooking With Conrad Gallagher". St Francis Today. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  27. ^ "Message from the Board: Chef Finian Gallagher". Aura Lifestyle. Archived from the original on 21 February 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  28. ^ "Food concepts 360". Lux Magazine. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  29. ^ "Scallop Taster: Roasted Scallops Three Ways". Great Chefs. 15 October 2015. Archived from the original on 27 June 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  30. ^ "Roasted Lamb Loin". 15 October 2015. Archived from the original on 1 July 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  31. ^ "Reality time at Sun City".
  32. ^ "Head Chef". Sideline. Archived from the original on 25 October 2016.
  33. ^ "Conrad has got cancer..but Irish chef doesn't want sympathy, just to be left alone to get well and make a living". The People. 12 January 2003.[dead link‍]
  34. ^ Holdings: Conrad Gallagher's new Irish cooking. A & A Farmar. 1997. ISBN 9781899047291. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  35. ^ National Library of Ireland - Take 6 ingredients. Catalogue.nli.ie. 2003. ISBN 9781899047925. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  36. ^ National Library of Ireland - Back on the Menu. Catalogue.nli.ie. 15 December 2010. ISBN 9781906353254. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  37. ^ National Library of Ireland - One pot wonders. Catalogue.nli.ie. 16 February 2012. ISBN 9780857830180. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  38. ^ National Library of Ireland - In 3 easy steps. Catalogue.nli.ie. 16 February 2012. ISBN 9780857830197. Retrieved 23 March 2014.

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