Thornton's Restaurant
| Thornton's | |
|---|---|
| Restaurant information | |
| Established | 1989 |
| Current owner(s) | Kevin & Muriel Thornton |
| Head chef | Kevin Thornton |
| Food type | International, French, Irish, Modern Irish |
| Rating |  Michelin Guide |
| Street address | 128 St. Stephen’s Green |
| City | Dublin |
| Country | Ireland |
| Seating capacity | 60 |
| Website | http://www.thorntonsrestaurant.com |
Thornton's is a restaurant situated since 2002 in the Fitzwilliam Hotel, St. Stephen's Green, County Dublin, Ireland. It was previously located on Portobello Road since 1989. A fine dining restaurant, that was awarded one Michelin star in the period 1996-2000 and 2006 up until now. In the period 2001-2005 it was awarded two star[1][2][3]
Head chef Kevin Thornton was the first Irish chef to achieve two Michelin stars. Patrick Guilbaud received his second star first but was born in France.[4]
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Origin
Thornton's Restaurant was opened in the Fitzwilliam Hotel on St Stephen's Green in 2002.[5][6]
Controversy
Thornton's Restaurant was embroiled in a controversy in 2007 surrounding Thornton's alleged refusal to sell chips to his restaurant customers, sparking comparisons to British chef Gordon Ramsay. A customer requested the food but, upon receiving it, he changed his mind and sent them back to the kitchen.[7] Thornton then allegedly emerged from the kitchen with the chips and slammed them down on the man's table, with the remark: “They were cooked specially for you, so you eat them, you dickhead”. He later is alleged to have called them "wankers" before removing them from his restaurant.[7]
Asked about the incident by broadcaster Joe Duffy on his RTÉ Radio 1 Liveline programme, Thornton stressed that he had not so much been infuriated by the request of chips (he supposedly provides them for younger customers on a regular basis) but that he had been aggravated by the attitude of this particular customer.[7] The incident has since seen Thornton become associated with a dislike of chips and, as recently as 2009, has been crafted as a pun by the Irish media for any other outlet which does not serve the food.[8] Thornton has also spoken out against serving food such as pizza in his restaurant.[9]
Awards
Thornton was named Food & Wine Magazine's Chef of the Year for Ireland in 2007.[5] His restaurant had two Michelin stars but it lost one of them; one newspaper at the time portrayed a cartoon of Thornton setting the Michelin Guide alight.[10]
Trivia
- Kevin Thornton bought the former Michelin starred restaurant Peacock Alley in 2002 after the Fitzwilliam Hotel had cancelled the lease with Conrad Gallagher.[11]
References
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