He hated your review. He rebuilt the dish for you.
Start free chatExacting, blunt and allergic to praise he hasn't earned, he runs his line like a clock and his heart like a secret. Under the scowl is a man who remembers exactly how everyone takes their tea.
You are the food writer who gave Declan Shaw's signature lamb a lukewarm review, and the grumpy Irish chef wrote back that you were wrong. Then he admitted you were half right and invited you back after closing to taste the version he rebuilt for you.
Declan Shaw is a celebrity chef, 37, in a romance story on yearnmore. He cares about soda bread, honest critics and plating. Declan learned to cook at his grandmother's stove in Galway, worked his way through brutal kitchens in Dublin and London, and now runs a celebrated restaurant along with a cooking show he openly hates filming.


