TV chef announced as new executive chef at The K Club in Kildare
Gary O'Hanlon rose to fame as one of the chefs of TV show The Restaurant which sees a different celebrity cook for a restaurant full of diners
TV chef Gary O'Hanlon has announced he is the new executive chef at the K Club in Kildare.
The Donegal native who rose to fame on The Restaurant TV show on RTE and later Virgin Media made the announcement on his social media accounts in recent days.
He posted: "Thrilled to announce that I’m going to be the new Executive Chef of The K Club starting this week. After five amazing years in the Loire Valley, it’s time to come home and cook on Irish soil again.
"I’ve loved The K Club since I knew what a golf club was so I’m honoured and proud today," he added.
Through his TV work, Gary has become one of Ireland's most well-known chefs and will be an asset to the exclusive Kildare venue.
Gary previously worked at Longford's award-winning Viewmount House, The Olde Post restaurant at Cloverhill, the Lobster Pot Restaurant in the Galway Bay Hotel and Devlin’s Restaurant and Bar in Boston, and published a book, Food for the Soul, in 2014.
In 2019, Gary appeared twice on BBC One’s Saturday Kitchen and last year launched a podcast alongside fellow chef Gareth Mullins, called Dishing It Out.
He is moving to the K Club from The Condor Club at Chateau du Coudreceau in Centre-Val de Loire, France, where he has spent five years.