Anna began her career in her hometown of Dublin, working in L'Ecrivain with Derry Clarke. She then moved to London, where she worked with Shane Osbourne in Pied a Terre, Philip Howard in The Square and the for the Gordan Ramsay Group.
In May 2019, Anna opened Myrtle Restaurant in Chelsea. The name Myrtle was inspired but the Irish chef Myrtle Allen, founder of Ballymaloe House. Anna takes inspiration from old Irish recipes, culture and stories, to create a modern Irish cuisine that still has the heartbeat of home. In Myrtle Restaurant there is a large focus on great Irish produce, music and art.
In autumn 2024 Anna opened her second business The Wee Sister - a wine bar inspired by the Irish welcome, with wines made my Itish people around the world and Irish produce.
Anna has worked on numerous television shows for the BBC. She is the resident chef on the breakfast show Morning Live and for many years has been a regular on Saturday Kitchen as well as being across the MasterChef programmes in the UK. Anna has just finished filming a new cookery programme called Anna's Big Irish Food Tour for the BBC which will air in the UK in 2025.
We are thrilled to welcome Anna as guest chef to this year's Comber Earlies Food Festival being held on Saturday 28 June 2025 and to our Tide and Turf Portavogie Food Festival event on 6 September 2025. Join us at the Festival Kitchen at these events where Anna will be rustling up delicious dishes, some of which you can try at home, such as these...
- Crushed Comber Earlies with butter and wildwood vinegar, Roasted Lamb
Courgette and basil puree
- Poached Comber Earlies with dill, crunchy ribbon of vegetables and oyster vinaigrette and crispy potatoes
- Baked pollock with Smoked mash and Comber Earlies potato scales, and a sweetheart and caraway salad.
The Comber Earlies Food Festival is part of Taste Summer in Ards and North Down. To view the full programme, click here.
Interested in our Tide and Turf Portavogie event? Find out more about this headline event which is part of our Taste Autumn in Ards and North Down programme