Mickael Viljanen, who resigned this week as head chef at the Greenhouse restaurant in Dublin, is to take over the kitchen at Chapter One, on the other side of the River Liffey. Viljanen and Ross Lewis, Chapter One’s chef-owner, have entered a business partnership that will see the restaurant reopen as Chapter One by Mickael Viljanen, with the two chefs as co-owners. Key members of Viljanen’s kitchen team at the Greenhouse, which earned its second Michelin star in the 2020 edition of the influential guide, are expected to follow him to Chapter One, which will reopen as soon as pandemic restrictions allow. Chapter One: Ross Lewis has owned the Dublin restaurant for 29 years. Although this moment is bitter-sweet, I am also excited about welcoming Mickael to Chapter One.

Source: The Irish Times May 21, 2021 14:03 UTC