Where Michelin-star chefs go to eat pastries in Ireland: ‘For a small town to have that kind of quality is remarkable'
In a weekly series, chefs across the island of Ireland who currently hold one or more Michelin stars share their greatest culinary secret: where do they eat when off-duty?
Who makes the best croissants in Ireland? What about Danish pastries, cruffins or the other mainstays of cafe culture? It's a subjective question, but certainly when it comes to knowing good places to go for a coffee and something sweet, Ireland's Michelin star chefs are not short of opinions.
From glossy fruit-topped tarts to feather-light mille-feuille; from the humble scone to the very best viennoiseries with perfectly laminated layers of deliciousness... there's no shortage of high-level pastry talent in Ireland right now. The country's best cafes and bakeries regularly turn out handmade, fresh-every-day pastries that wouldn't be out of place in the window of a patisserie in Paris, made with the kind of attention to detail that high-end chefs notice.
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Where Michelin-star chefs go to eat pastries in Ireland: ‘For a small town to have that kind of quality is remarkable'
In a weekly series, chefs across the island of Ireland who currently hold one or more Michelin stars share their greatest culinary secret: where do they eat when off-duty? Who makes the best croissants in Ireland? What about Danish pastries, cruffins or the other mainstays of cafe culture? It's a subjective question, but certainly when it comes to knowing good places to go for a coffee and something sweet, Ireland's Michelin star chefs are not short of opinions. From glossy fruit-topped tarts to feather-light mille-feuille; from the humble scone to the very best viennoiseries with perfectly laminated layers of deliciousness... there's no shortage of high-level pastry talent in Ireland right now. The country's best cafes and bakeries regularly turn out handmade, fresh-every-day pastries that wouldn't be out of place in the window of a patisserie in Paris, made with the kind of attention to detail that high-end chefs notice.
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