Aiden Byrne (born Liverpool, 1972) is an English chef, and the head chef/owner of such establishments as The Collingwood, a bar and restaurant in West Kirby as well as The Church Green in Lymm, Cheshire. He also runs the British Grill in the Macdonald Hotel at Craxton Wood, near Chester.
In 2002, he earned a Michelin star for his cooking in The Commons Restaurant in Dublin, Ireland. Before this position he worked at Roscoff Restaurant under Paul Rankin and Peacock Alley under Conrad Gallagher Formerly head chef of the Grill Room at the Dorchester Hotel in London, but left in January 2009 to run his own pub in Cheshire.
At Adlards in Norwich, by age 22, Byrne was the youngest chef to win a Michelin Star. He worked at a number of Michelin-Starred establishments. At Danesfield House and Spa, near Marlow, Buckinghamshire, he was Executive Chef of the Oak Room and The Orangery Restaurants. Prior to this, he spent two years as Head Chef of the Michelin-starred restaurant, Tom Aikens. Byrne previously worked with Tom Aikens at the "Pied à Terre" restaurant as a sous chef. He appeared on the television programme Masterchef 2008.
His first book, Made in Great Britain, was released in September 2008, along with a video podcast series of the same name based on the book, produced by pod3.tv.
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