Edward Hayden

Edward Hayden is a chef and food writer and is very well-known to audiences from his weekly TV cookery appearances on Virgin Media’s Ireland AM. He also presents a weekly radio show, ‘The Saturday Show with Edward Hayden’, every Saturday morning on KCLR96fm.

Edward works as a culinary lecturer in South East Technological University where he is course leader of the Higher Certificate in Culinary Arts Programme. He also is the chef and proprietor of ‘The Edward Hayden School of Cookery’ in his native Graignamanagh, which boasts a large selection of recreational cookery classes for both the novice and experience home cook.

Edward has published three cookery books ‘Edward Entertains’, ‘Food to Love’ with O’Brien Press (which was awarded the prestigious Kerry Food Book of the Year) and ‘Food for Friends’ with O’Brien Press. He is currently putting the finishing touches to his next book, due for release next year. Edward is a member of the Irish Food Writers Guild.

Edward has a weekly food column with the People newspapers and his recipes appear every week in their publications, across the country. He regularly features recipes in many regional and national publications including ‘Food & Wine Magazine’, ‘Woman’s Way’ and ‘Irish Independent Weekend Magazine. Currently Edward is the brand ambassador for domestic appliance Hoover, where he works on their cooking and cooling products.

Edward demonstrates all around the country at both a local and national level in a wide range of cookery demonstrations for local fundraising activities, food festivals, and agricultural shows.

Aside from all of this, Edward is heavily involved in the amateur drama scene and performs with the New Ross Drama Workshop and the Duiske Players Drama Group. Edward is the current national chairperson of the Drama League of Ireland.

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