Neven Maguire
Irish chef
Neven Maguire is an Irish celebrity chef and television personality from Blacklion, County Cavan in the Irish province of Ulster. He is also the head chef and proprietor of the MacNean House and Restaurant.
Maguire has published and launched several cookbooks and features regularly on television and radio in his native country. He writes a weekly column in the Irish Farmers Journal.
Biography
Neven Maguire was born to Joe and Vera Maguire. He began cooking at the age of twelve in the kitchen of his family restaurant, MacNean's in Blacklion, County Cavan.
The restaurant, purchased by his father, Joe, in 1969, would be greatly affected by The Troubles, being bombed twice and shutting down for more than a decade between 1976 and 1989. He took over the business as Head Chef and Proprietor in 2003.
Following his Junior Certificate, Neven left school to attend Enniskillen College of Food. Upon graduating, Maguire worked in several Michelin starred restaurants in Europe.
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