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Ahmet Dede: A day in the kitchen with West Cork s Michelin-starred chef

What does it take to run a Michelin-starred restaurant? Joe McNamee spends a day in Ahmet Dede’s kitchen in Baltimore, West Cork to find out

Maria Archer and Ahmet Dede on turning an old customs house into a two Michelin-starred restaurant

Maria Archer and Ahmet Dede on turning an old customs house into a two Michelin-starred restaurant
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Michelin-star chef Ahmet Dede: I decided to start afresh, cooking Turkish-inspired food with a flavour of West Cork

A decade ago, Ahmet Dede (35) had just moved to Ireland with no idea as to which career path to follow and had never heard of the famous Michelin Guide. But last Monday night he was the only chef in Ireland to gain a shiny new Michelin star for his restaurant Dede in Baltimore, which opened last summer. “It is a proud day for my family,” he says. This is not Ahmet’s first Michelin star he won one at Mews, also in Baltimore but now closed, back in 2018. The food at Mews had shades of Nordic but, at Dede, Ahmet is delving deep into his Turkish heritage.

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