Neven Maguire MacNean's, Blacklion, County Cavan

Neven Maguire is the owner and Head Chef of one of Ireland's best restaurants, the award-winning MacNean's in County Cavan. Still in his thirties, award-winning chef Neven Maguire began cooking at 12 years of age in the kitchen of the family restaurant, MacNean’s in Blacklion, County Cavan. In 2003, Neven took over the business as Head Chef and Proprietor of the greatly expanded MacNean House & Restaurant.

Neven's new TV series 'Neven's Food from the Sun' will be broadcast on RTE February 2009 and the accompanying book, Neven's 5th, is available now in all good book stores. Neven has also been appointed by an Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Mary Coughlan T. D. to the Advisory Board for Safe-Food, the cross border Food Safety Promotion Board.