Michelin-star chef’s family dinner favourite
This is a family favourite in our house. My wife Sinead does most of the cooking and with four kids, it needs to be quick and not too labour intensive. Our nine-year-old son recently became a pescatarian, so fish is on the menu most nights of the week in our house. November is Food Month […]
Independent Weekend Magazine: The Future of Food?
What do a Michelin- starred restaurant in Galway, an open prison on the Cavan-Fermanagh border and an urban farm in northside Dublin have in common? Not a lot, at first glance. But each of these operations is working to build a better future for their communities using a farm-to-fork ethos and a healthy dollop of […]
‘Loam Atoms’ Exhibition Launch – Sunday 10th December
We invite you to join us at the opening reception of ‘Loam Atoms’ – an exhibition by Frank Corry in Collaboration with Loam. Sunday 10th December, 6pm at Loam Wicklow-based artist Frank Corry has delved into the world of food and fine dining for his latest project. He’s joined forces with Loam and our artisan suppliers […]
Loam Shortlisted for Food Made Good Business of the Year Award
We’ve just received some amazing news! Loam has been named on the shortlist for the much coveted award for the most sustainable foodservice business alongside a fellow Michelin star restaurant, a fish and chip shop, country pub and street food stall, as well as cookery schools, a workplace and university caterer. We’re vying with restaurants from […]
Niall Flynn – A Day In The Life Of A Sommellier
Our very own Niall Flynn chatted to Good Food Ireland about what has driven him to become involved at the highest level in the wine world and gives an insight into his life as a professional Sommelier, working at one of Ireland’s best fine dining restaurants. When and how do you begin your working day? I usually […]
Food Made Good – Celebrate Local Campaign
As part of the Celebrate Local campaign, Enda spoke to Food Made Good about how building and investing in a network of local farms ensures that we have fresh produce, every day: “Local sourcing is absolutely fundamental to our whole business. We’re here to showcase what these amazing farmers, fishermen and growers do. Through working together […]
The Staff Canteen: Menu Watch
Enda McEvoy, head chef of Loam Restaurant in Galway, Ireland is no stranger to working in Michelin-starred kitchens having worked for the likes of René Redzepi at Noma and retaining the star for Loam in the Michelin Guide UK 2017 for the second year running. Translated as ‘rich, fertile soil’, Loam is a seasonally driven […]
John & Sally McKenna’s Guides: Galway’s Loam Restaurant Is The Sensual World
In Galway’s Loam restaurant, Enda McEvoy and Conor Cockram make the illogical seem entirely logical. Mr McEvoy serves up a wee taster of beef tenderloin to start dinner in Loam. It look like a prawn cracker, and eats like a prawn cracker. But it isn’t a prawn cracker. Mr Cockram, meantime, puts peat in your […]
Loam Wins ‘Best Restaurant’ At The National Hospitality Awards
The best overall restaurant award went west to Galway with Enda McEvoy’s Loam scooping the accolade ahead of Dublin’s Luna and Taste At Rustic. Full article
Enda McEvoy: How To Become A Chef
WHO I AM Enda McEvoy, Head Chef and owner of Loam with my wife Sinead. We opened in 2014 and got our first Michelin Star in 2015. I like to describe our food as progressive regional cuisine. We use Galway ingredients from people we know and trust. THE NITTY GRITTY What type of training did […]