About Dóirín
DóirínMcLoughlin.
Personal chef in Connemara and County Galway. Dinner parties, buffets, and small gatherings served in your own home.
The kitchen suited me from the start. After the Cordon Bleu I worked through cuisines from further afield, with Asian flavours a particular pull. Fresh produce, locally sourced fish, seafood and meat, homemade stocks — no packets, nothing from a jar. Feel matters more than any formula.
I'm a purist. It's a continuous love affair with food.
Twenty-odd years on, dinner parties and cooking for larger numbers are second nature. The moment I enjoy most is still when a guest asks for the recipe.
The kitchen I grew up in
Ireland in the sixties was conservative about food. There was nothing in our house that wouldn't be considered edible — squid, wild mushrooms, whatever we could find.
Say hello
Connemara's a small place — write when you're ready and we'll talk about the evening.