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'{{EngvarB|date=October 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2013}} {{Infobox Person | name = Kevin Dundon | image = http://img.rasset.ie/0000a4750d5.jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = [[Dublin]] | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | residence = [[Dunbrody, County Wexford|Dunbrody]], [[County Wexford]] | nationality = Irish | other_names = | known_for = ''[[Heat (TV series)|Heat]]'', ''[[Guerrilla Gourmet]]'', [[Dunbrody Country House Hotel]] | education = [[Dublin Institute of Technology|Dublin College of Catering]] | employer = Self-employed | occupation = | title = | salary = | networth = | height = | weight = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | religion = | spouse = Catherine | partner = | children = Emily, Sophie, Tom | parents = | relatives = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Kevin Dundon''' is an Irish celebrity chef, television personality and author, known for featuring on television series such as ''[[Guerrilla Gourmet]]'' and ''[[Heat (TV series)|Heat]]''. He is the author of the book, ''[[Full on Irish: Contemporary Creative Cooking]]'' and his recipes have been featured in publications such as the ''[[Sunday Tribune]]''<ref name="Kevin Dundon - Sunday lunch for 6">{{cite web|url=http://www.tribune.ie/magazine/article/2009/mar/08/kevin-dundon-sunday-lunch-for-6/|title=Kevin Dundon – Sunday lunch for 6|date=8 March 2009|accessdate=25 April 2009|publisher=''[[Sunday Tribune]]''}}</ref> and ''Weekend'' magazine in the ''[[Irish Independent]]''.<ref name="House that Kevin built"/><ref name="Sweet memories">{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/food-drink/sweet-memories-1720424.html|title=Sweet memories|date=26 April 2009|accessdate=25 April 2009|publisher=''[[Irish Independent]]''}}</ref> He has also cooked for both a queen and both an Irish and a US President.<ref name="HEAT - Kevin Dundon and Kevin Thornton"/> Dundon is the owner of [[Dunbrody Country House Hotel]], in [[County Wexford]], which also houses the Dunbrody Cookery School, the "signature chef" of an "Irish [[gastropub]]" located in [[Magic Kingdom|Walt Disney World]] in [[Orlando, Florida]], and the "face" of [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]]'s Nine Fine Irishmen New York-New York Hotel located restaurant. He has appeared many times on both Irish, British, Canadian and American television, including ''[[The Afternoon Show]]'' on [[RTÉ One]], [[BBC One]]'s ''[[Saturday Kitchen]]'', [[UKTV]]'s ''[[Great Food Live]]'', the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]], [[ESPN Cable]] and [[CBS]]'s ''[[The Early Show|The Saturday Early Show]]''.<ref name="HEAT - Kevin Dundon and Kevin Thornton">[http://www.rte.ie/tv/theafternoonshow/2009/0303/tvshow720.html "HEAT – Kevin Dundon and Kevin Thornton"] (3 March 2009) RTÉ. Accessed 25 April 2009.</ref><ref name="Speaker Solutions"/><ref name="St. Paddy's On A Shoestring"/>cv == Career == === Early career === Dundon was born in [[Dublin]].<ref name="Full on Irish: Creative Contemporary Cooking by Kevin Dundon"/> He worked on a scholarship in [[Switzerland]] after finishing school and completing a course at [[Dublin Institute of Technology]], graduating in 1986.<ref name="HEAT - Kevin Dundon and Kevin Thornton"/><ref name="Speaker Solutions"/><ref name="St. Paddy's On A Shoestring"/> He began his career by working in The Old Schoolhouse, a restaurant in Dublin.<ref name="HEAT - Kevin Dundon and Kevin Thornton"/> He then had a job cooking on a cruise liner in the [[Caribbean]] before furthering his career by spending eight years at the [[Fairmont Hotels and Resorts]] in Canada, at the age of twenty-two becoming the youngest ever executive head chef in the company's history.<ref name="Speaker Solutions"/> Dundon returned to Ireland in 1994 and was named the executive chef at Dublin's [[Shelbourne Hotel]].<ref name="Speaker Solutions"/> He opened Dunbrody at the age of thirty, four years after this.<ref name="Speaker Solutions"/> === Recent career === In May 2005, Dundon opened the Raglan Road Irish gastropub in Disney World, Florida.<ref name="St. Paddy's On A Shoestring"/> In 2006, Dundon published ''Full on Irish: Contemporary Creative Cooking'', his first cookery book.<ref name="Full on Irish: Creative Contemporary Cooking by Kevin Dundon">{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2006/0327/dundonk.html|title=Full on Irish: Creative Contemporary Cooking by Kevin Dundon|date=27 March 2006|accessdate=25 April 2009|publisher=[[Raidió Teilifís Éireann|RTÉ]]}}</ref> He began to feature regularly on ''The Afternoon Show''.<ref name="Guerrilla Gourmet hits the ring"/><ref name="Programme 1"/> On 17 March 2007, he featured on CBS's ''The Saturday Early Show''.<ref name="St. Paddy's On A Shoestring">{{cite web|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/03/17/earlyshow/saturday/chef/main2580746.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_2580746|title=St. Paddy's on a Shoestring|date=7 July 2007|accessdate=25 April 2009|publisher=[[CBS]]}}</ref> In February 2008, Dundon featured in the first episode of ''Guerrilla Gourmet'', a television series which had six professional chefs attempt to set up their own temporary restaurant in an unusual location.<ref name="Guerrilla Gourmet hits the ring"/><ref name="Programme 1"/> He established his restaurant in Saint Saviour's Boxing Club in [[Ballybeg]] in the middle of [[Waterford]].<ref name="Guerrilla Gourmet hits the ring"/><ref name="Programme 1"/> Four of the fifty members of the boxing club prepare the food, including [[pigeon]] and tomato and [[poitín]] soup,<ref>[http://www.rte.ie/food/2008/0107/panroastedpigeon.html "Pan Fried Breast of Pigeon "]. RTÉ. Accessed 25 April 2009.</ref><ref>[http://www.rte.ie/food/2008/0107/tomatopoitinsoup.html "Tomato and Poitin Soup"]. RTÉ. Accessed 25 April 2009.</ref> in the temporary kitchen.<ref name="Guerrilla Gourmet hits the ring">{{cite web|url=http://www.munster-express.ie/entertainment/guerrilla-gourmet-hits-the-ring/|title=Guerrilla Gourmet hits the ring|date=10 January 2008|accessdate=25 April 2009|publisher=''[[The Munster Express]]''}}</ref><ref name="Programme 1">[http://www.rte.ie/tv/guerrillagourmet/prog1.html "Programme 1"]. RTÉ. Accessed 25 April 2009.</ref> In March 2008, he opened his second American restaurant in [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]].<ref name="House that Kevin built"/> In July 2008, the reality television series, ''Heat'', was launched. Two series of the programme have been produced, with Dundon taking on rival chef [[Kevin Thornton (chef)|Kevin Thornton]] in each.<ref>[http://www.rte.ie/tv/heat/index.html "Programme 8: Heat Final"]. RTÉ. Accessed 25 April 2009.</ref> He was Heat Champion in the first series but lost the second series to Thornton.<ref name="Stars of The Day">{{cite web|url=http://www.rteguide.ie/2009/0216/staroftheday.html|title=Stars of The Day|date=16 February 2009|accessdate=24 April 2009|publisher=''[[RTÉ Guide]]''}}</ref><ref>[http://www.rte.ie/tv/heat/trevorthornton.html "Trevor Thornton (Team Thornton)"]. RTÉ. Accessed 24 April 2009.</ref> In April 2009, he helped launch the outdoor Taste of Dublin festival alongside fellow chef Thornton.<ref name="Ditch the bad pizza for fine dining say top gourmet chefs">{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/national-news/ditch-the-bad-pizza-for-fine-dining-say-top-gourmet-chefs-1714302.html|title=Ditch the bad pizza for fine dining say top gourmet chefs|date=21 April 2009|accessdate=25 April 2009|publisher=''[[Irish Independent]]''}}</ref> Dundon also demonstrated his cookery skills at [[Dungarvan Town Hall]] in [[County Waterford]] as part of the second annual [[Waterford Festival of Food]] in April 2009.<ref name="Waterford Festival of Food attracts over 8,000 visitors">{{cite web|url=http://www.munster-express.ie/business/waterford-festival-of-food-attracts-over-8000-visitors/|title=Waterford Festival of Food attracts over 8,000 visitors|date=23 April 2009|accessdate=25 April 2009|publisher=''[[Irish Independent]]''}}</ref> Kevin's TV presence increased with his popularity. He could be seen throughout the 2000s on Today; SuperValu: Best of Real Food Miniseries; Heat; The Afternoon Show; Take On the Takeaway; Guerrilla Gourmet; On The Fly; Home Cooking and Family Food; Hip World Gourmet; You’re Not the Man I Married; and Celebrity “Jigs ‘n’ Reels”; and BBC’s Stuffed. Additionally he made guest appearances on Tubridy Tonight (RTÉ); Ask Anna (RTÉ); CBC (LIVE) CANADA; The Early Show: Shoestring’s St. Patrick’s Day Feast (CBS); Dinner and a Movie (TBS); ESPN; Food Poker (BBC 2); Great Food Live (UKTV); No Frontiers Travel Show; Sara’s Secret (Food Network); Saturday Kitchen (BBC 1); The Panel (RTÉ); The Saturday Early Show (CBS); The Today Programme (BBC 1); and The Today Show (NBC). In 2009, Kevin also hosted RTÉ’s primetime show 'Heat', appeared on RTÉ’s travel show 'No Frontiers' and BBC’s 'You’re Not the Man I Married'. He also released his cookbook, Great Family Food, a number one bestseller in hardback non-fiction in Ireland. In 2010, Kevin hosted RTÉ’s third season of 'Heat', appeared on RTÉ’s cooking show 'Take On the Takeaway' and co-hosted BBC’s four-part series 'Stuffed'. Spring 2013 marked Kevin’s Full on Irish debut throughout North America as Allied Rich launched his full signature Housewares Collection and product website www.kevindundonhome.com. The high quality of the brand captured the attention of buyers worldwide and led to online retail partnerships with Kohl's, JC Penney, Bed Bath & Beyond, Best Buy, Amazon, Wayfair, Groupon, Hautelook, Bonton, Fab, and My Habit. After the overwhelming success of the collection through both online retailers and Good Morning America’s ‘Deals and Steals’, ShopHQ ordered specialty collections both in 2013 and 2014, solely available through ShopHQ, which Kevin promotes live, on-air continuously. Fall 2013 brought the launch of Kevin’s eight-part cooking series, Kevin Dundon’s 'Modern Irish Food' and his Christmas Special, 'Christmas Made Easy', both on PBS affiliate stations across America and Ireland’s leading network RTE. Its audience appeal garnered network attention, leading to a prime time nationwide time slot on 175 Create TV stations beginning March 6, 2014, 75% of US households! Dundon is featured on Ireland's national airline, Aer Lingus, inflight entertainment on all transatlantic flights and 'Modern Irish Food' will be transmitted on that channel until the end of 2015. With a weekly column in Ireland's largest selling Sunday newspaper "The Sunday World" and weekly contributions to eight different regional publications, Kevin's recipes are widely distributed in Ireland. This, in addition to the most recent cookbooks - Great Family Food (by Harper Collins), Recipes That Work (Harper Collins) and Modern Irish Food (Hachette Books) - and his TV show 'Modern Irish Food' make Dundon probably the best known chef in Ireland.{{cn|date=March 2014}} In addition, Ireland's other top newspapers – the Irish Times, the Sunday Times and the Irish Examiner - regularly feature recipes and articles about Kevin and reviews of his hotel Dunbrody Country House in Wexford. Dundon is known in Ireland as the Good Food Ambassador for the largest food retailer Super Valu and internationally is often selected as the Face of Irish Food by Tourism Ireland. This year will see him featured with the Irish tourism authority at the New York Food & Wine festival, Austin Food & Wine Festival, Boston ifex and in Autumn as a major part of the line up for the Epcot Food & Wine festival with dinners and events highlighting Kevin's food from Raglan Road (winner of top restaurant in Orlando award in February 2014). A new book called "I'd Ate The Back Door Buttered, Ma!" from Raglan Road will be published in March 2014. == Celebrity clients == Dunbrody has been visited by [[U2]] frontman [[Bono]], [[President of Ireland]] [[Mary McAleese]] and [[BBC]] television personality and actor [[Graham Norton]].<ref name="Speaker Solutions">[http://www.speakersolutions.ie/Kevin_Dundon/Default.832.html "Speaker Solutions"] (19 Jun 2008) Speaker Solutions. Accessed 25 April 2009.</ref> Dundon has also cooked for monarchs and presidents, including [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom]] and former US [[President of the United States|President]], [[George W. Bush]].<ref name="HEAT - Kevin Dundon and Kevin Thornton"/> == Personal life == Dundon is married to Catherine O'Shea Dundon and the couple have three children: Emily, Sophie and Tom.<ref name="House that Kevin built"/> Dundon and his family moved into their third Irish home, a new {{convert|4000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} house in Dunbrody, in March 2008 after three years waiting for it to be built.<ref name="House that Kevin built"/> Dundon, wife and daughters had previously lived "over the shop" in Dunbrody, in a thatched cottage in [[Kilmore Quay]], [[County Wexford]], and in [[Beggar's Bush]] in Dublin when Dundon was executive chef at the Shelbourne Hotel.<ref name="House that Kevin built"/> His favourite room in his current house is the kitchen.<ref name="House that Kevin built"/> Dundon has "a huge passion" for architecture.<ref name="House that Kevin built"/> He collects ''[[Architectural Digest]]'' and is always reading architectural magazines on aeroplanes and the toilette .<ref name="House that Kevin built"/> His favourite television programmes include ''[[Prison Break]]'' and ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation|CSI]]''.<ref name="House that Kevin built">{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/house-that-kevin-built-1311081.html|title=House that Kevin built|date=8 March 2008|accessdate=25 April 2009|publisher=''[[Irish Independent]]''}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} == External links == * [http://www.kevindundon.com/ Official site] * [http://www.rte.ie/arts/2006/0327/dundonk.html Book review] at [[RTÉ.ie]] * [http://www.rte.ie/tv/heat/index.html Official site] of ''[[Heat (TV series)|Heat]]'' * [http://www.rte.ie/tv/guerrillagourmet/ Official site] of ''[[Guerrilla Gourmet]]'' {{Guerrilla Gourmet}} {{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> | NAME = Dundon, Kevin | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = Irish chef | DATE OF BIRTH = | PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Dublin]] | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Dundon, Kevin}} [[Category:Irish chefs]] [[Category:Irish television personalities]] [[Category:People from County Wexford]] [[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]] [[Category:Living people]]'