Having worked in both London and Dublin in the early part of his career. Garret Byrne returned to his home city of Kilkenny to open his own restaurant, where he cooks unashamedly French cuisine.
Having worked in both London and Dublin in the early part of his career. Garret Byrne returned to his home city of Kilkenny to open his own restaurant, where he cooks unashamedly French cuisine.
Garret opened Campagne with his partner Brid Hannon in 2008 after leaving his post as head chef of the Michelin starred restaurant, Chapter One in Dublin, Ireland. Since then Campagne has been awarded many prestigious awards on a national and international level, most notably one Michelin
star in September 2013 which it still holds today.
Garret Byrne
Food style
The concept behind the fine dining establishment is to serve food based on high-quality seasonal produce with French influences in a relaxed and comfortable dining area.
Garret prides a lot of his food style and the menu choices at Campagne on using only the best locally sourced produce with a real focus on seasonality.
Highlights from the current menu include Ravioli of spinach and organic egg, parmesan and black olive sauce; Steamed lobster royale, tomato, fennel and lobster bisque; Fillet of hereford beef, cvennes onion, swiss chard, parmesan croquette, béarnaise and John dory, peas a la francaise, shellfish bisque.
Aside from the Michelin star Garret and the team were first awarded back in 2013 after five years of opening, the restaurant has gone on to achieve a whole host of other awards.
In 2012 Garrett was named Chef of the Year at the R.A.I awards. In the same year Garret was also crowned Best Chef in Ireland at the Irish Restaurant Awards. Two years later the R.A.I also named Campagne their Restaurant of the Year.
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