Adrian Martin is an Irish chef and author from

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. He is the owner and head chef of Wildflower Restaurant, formerly of Camden in London, and as of 2025, in Blackrock Market, Dublin.

Early life and education

Martin is from

. His father John is involved in the food industry, running an

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company which sets up cookery demonstrations and food festivals. Martin studied culinary arts at the School of Tourism,

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, studied at South West College,

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, and studied baking and pastry arts management at

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, Kevin Street.

Career

Starting at the age of 14, Martin trained at Neven Maguire's Mac Nean House and at

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. In 2020, days before the

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pandemic struck, he opened Wildflower in London's Camden neighborhood in a

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. Closed multiple times under pandemic measures, he later stated that it had cost him financially. In 2021, he moved the Wildflower concept to Dublin's south inner city, opening in a listed Georgian-era building on South Richmond Street in February 2022. With over 120,000 euro invested, Wildflower had two dining rooms and a bar, and was serving 60-80 diners nightly. The restaurant received a harsh review in the Irish Times. It closed later in 2022. Martin describing himself as having burned-out but in 2024 prepared to open a one-table Wildflower Restaurant \("3.0") in Dublin's Blackrock Market, which launched in December of that year. In October 2024, he announced having taken ownership of Dublin's Luigi Malones in Temple Bar with the launch of ''Luigi Malones Bistro & Bar by Adrian Martin''. In April 2025, it was announced that Luigi Malones was closing after 28 years of trading in the Temple Bar location due to plummeting turnover.

Media work

Martin is one of the resident chefs on the ''Six o' Clock'' show on TV3/Virgin Media 1 which is hosted by Martin King and Lucy Kennedy. He also led ''Chef Adrian Eats Ireland'' (Amazon Prime, 2021) and ''Wild Cooks'' (BBC, 2020), having previously led two shows on the RTE Player platform in 2016.

Bibliography

*2017: ''Fakeaway: Fast Food Made Healthy'' *2019: ''Create Beautiful Food at Home''

References

External links

* https://chefadrianmartin.ie/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Martin, Adrian Living people RTÉ television presenters Irish male chefs Irish television chefs Broadcasters from County Cavan Radio personalities from the Republic of Ireland Alumni of Dublin Institute of Technology 1990s births Businesspeople from County Cavan Year of birth missing (living people)