Where’s that?” Glaswegian Paul McDonald is chef/proprietor of Bastion, in Kinsale, along with his partner, Limerick-woman Helen Noonan, who runs front of house. “We’re not shouty or outgoing people,” says Paul, “neither of us is very confident in putting ourselves out there. There was no talk about us before it, because no one assumed we were going to get a star. Upon returning, Paul began working as head chef in Galway’s G Hotel while Helen worked in a nearby oil company. This year, they redoubled their efforts and the first inkling of the Michelin Star came via an email invitingthem to attend the Michelin Star revelation ceremony in England.

Source: Irish Examiner December 17, 2019 20:26 UTC