Our cookbook, Taste of Dublin: The Recipes, is on sale now! Click here to find out more.

12 - 15 JUNE 2025, MERRION SQUARE

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds

JP McMahon is a chef, restaurateur and author. He is culinary director of the EatGalway Restaurant Group, which comprises of Michelin-starred Aniar Restaurant, award-winning Spanish restaurant Cava Bodega, and Tartare Café &Wine Bar (Bib Gourmand). He also runs the Aniar Boutique Cookery School. JP is committed to the educational and ethical aspects of food, to buying and supporting the best of local and free-range produce, and engaging directly with farmers and producers.

JP is the founder and plays host to one of the biggest and most talked about international food events in Europe, Food on the Edge. The highly successful inaugural event took place in Galway in October 2015 followed by equally acclaimed 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. The 2020 event fell victim to Covid, however the team published an ebook ‘Lessons from Lockdown: Cooking after Covid’ featuring many former speakers and voices from the industry and plans are afoot to return in 2021. The event features the best international chefs from across the globe. Director, founding and current chair of the Galway Food Festival, JP is an ambassador for Irish food. He is also an ambassador for Spanish food in Ireland in particular promoting the wines of Rías Baixas (Galicia) and Jerez. JP is currently a commissioner for Euro-Toques Ireland.

MEDIA: Published author and writer of ‘Tapas, A Taste of Spain in Ireland’ and ‘The Irish Cookbook’ (Phaidon 2020). He is a food writer and has a weekly column in the Irish Times on Saturday. He is a regular contributor to Radio One and Newstalk radio and has a monthly slot on RTE TV; he was twice the winning mentor for the RTE Series Taste of Success.

OUR CHEFS

John Dunne

John is an award-winning chef with over 20 years’ experience in Michelin-recognised restaurants across Ireland, the UK, and France. He trained under culinary greats like

Read More »

Kevin O’Callaghan

Working in wine since the age of 16, Kevin O’Callaghan holds his much-loved position as Wine Expert at SuperValu, where he leads the development of

Read More »

Lilly Higgins

Lilly Higgins is an award-winning food writer, photographer and content creator. She had a weekly column in The Irish Times Magazine for a decade now

Read More »

Clean Cut Meals

Michael Dyer and Conor McCallion are the dynamic duo behind Clean Cut Meals, Ireland’s leading meal prep company, delivering healthy, chef-prepared meals straight to doors

Read More »

Sarah Butler

Sarah Butler is a SuperValu Brand Ambassador, home cook, bestselling cookbook author, and content creator from County Mayo, Ireland. Her passion for cooking from scratch

Read More »

Sinéad Smyth

Sinéad Smyth a freelance wine consultant from Dublin whose passion lies in sharing stories from winemakers around the globe and helping people fall in love with

Read More »

The Happy Pear

Since The Happy Pear’s humble beginnings in 2004 in Greystones, County Wicklow, David and Stephen Flynn set out on a mission to inspire people to

Read More »

Sinéad Smyth

Sinéad Smyth a freelance wine consultant from Dublin whose passion lies in sharing stories from winemakers around the globe and helping people fall in love with

Read More »

Gareth Mullins

Anantara The Marker Dublin Hotel’s Executive Chef, Gareth Mullins has delighted patrons of five-star hotels in Ireland and Australia for over 20 years. Throughout his

Read More »

Daniel Davey

Daniel Davey is a leading performance nutritionist, 2-time best-selling author and director of performance, known for his work with elite athletes across multiple sports. Over

Read More »

SIGN UP

Sign up to our newsletter to get first access to our line-up announcements, limited ticket releases and all our latest news 

Sign up to our newsletter to hear about Taste of Dublin and other similar events, products and services. Equinox Events Ltd are the controllers of your data. Click unsubscribe in any email to withdraw your consent or change your preferences as described in the Privacy Policy and Cookies Policy.

SIGN UP

Sign up to our newsletter to get first access to our line-up announcements, limited ticket releases and all our latest news 

Sign up to our newsletter to hear about Taste of Dublin and other similar events, products and services. Equinox Events Ltd are the controllers of your data. Click unsubscribe in any email to withdraw your consent or change your preferences as described in the Privacy Policy and Cookies Policy.