Spare a thought for all the chefs out there – tomorrow is Michelin Day – so this is like the day before their leaving cert results. Except they have to do it every year.I’ve worked with a few different chefs that hold or have held Michelin stars. They’re all quite different except in one regard… Continue Reading
Long read: What Ferran did next?
By Alex Meehan. First published in The Sunday Business Post, June 28th, 2015. It’s a relatively chilly day in April and chef Ferran Adria is walking a group of journalists around the elBulliFoundation buildings in Barcelona. It’s not what you’d expect as the latest expression of creativity from a man who is debatably the world’s… Continue Reading
Book review: Becoming Steve Jobs, by Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli
By Alex Meehan. First published in The Sunday Business Post, May 24th, 2015. When it comes to Apple there are two kinds of people – those who ‘get’ the company and those who think the other kind have been indoctrinated into a cult. If you think that Apple fans are irrational in their love for… Continue Reading