Jess Murphy is a New Zealand-born chef based in
Galway, Ireland. In 2017, she was named ''Hotel & Catering Review'' Ireland's Chef of the Year.
Murphy grew up in the small town of
Wairoa in New Zealand's North Island.
She left school at the age of 15 and worked in a bar and washing dishes in
Hastings to pay for catering college. When she was 19, she moved to
Perth, Western Australia, to work in the restaurant industry.
In 2000, Murphy moved to Manchester and worked there for two years, followed by two years back home in Hawkes' Bay.
She then moved to Ireland and worked as a chef until opening her own restaurant, Kai Cafe, in Galway in partnership with her husband David Murphy.
References
External links
* https://foodandwine.ie/interviews/in-the-kitchen-with-jess-murphy
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Living people
People from Wairoa
New Zealand expatriates in Ireland
New Zealand chefs
Year of birth missing (living people)
New Zealand women chefs