Barker has already made the kitchen his own, starting early with changes to the canapé menu and quickly working his way up. “I don’t have that ‘granny cooking in the kitchen’ or ‘mum’s recipe’ memory that led some people into cooking. I come from a very working-class family, and my interest in cooking started on the TV,” he says. “Big fan of Saturday Kitchen, Rachel [Allen] from around the corner [in Ballymaloe], that sort of thing. “It closed during Covid, but I stayed on and partnered with the owners to open Sommer in 2021.”Lewis Barker, executive chef of the two-Michelin-starred restaurant Terre at Castlemartyr Resort, Cork.

Source: The Irish Times November 22, 2025 09:30 UTC