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Head Chef Danny Millar victorious for the second year running!
Thursday 30 April 2009
Head chef of Balloo House, Danny Millar, has been victorious for the second year running in the Northern Ireland regional heat of the Great British Menu.
The competition was stiff this year as he went head to head with 3 star Michelin chef, Clare Smyth, originally from Bushmills in County Antrim. Clare is currently head chef at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in London.
The two styles of cooking were poles apart from day one of the competition with Clare’s discipline and attention to detail ensuring that there were no hiccups with her menu. Danny’s preferred style of “cooking from the heart” had given him some ups and downs throughout the week long competition, but on the final day his cooking shone through and the his menu was chosen to go through to the final. Judge Oliver Payton described Danny’s starter dish as “more than perfect…perfectly perfect” while Prue Leith felt that this year, Danny’s cooking was “an absolute revelation”.
On his victory Danny said “Clare is an exceptionally talented chef, currently at the top of her game. To win against a chef of that calibre is a huge honour. I am hopeful that a least one of my dishes will make it onto the menu for the final banquet so that the taste of Northern Ireland is represented at this year’s dinner”
Danny Millar’s Great British Menu
(click on links for recipe)
Starter
Chicken broth with soda bread and chicken livers
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/chickenandvegetableb_91123.shtml
Fish course
Poached wild sea trout with crab and potato salad,
pickles and salad cream
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/poachedwildseatroutw_91124.shtml
Main course
Beef shin, stout and oyster pie with champ and cabbage & bacon
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/beefshinstoutandoyst_91126.shtml
Dessert
Rhubarb & Custard
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/rhubarbandcustard_91125.shtml
