Nick Munier

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Nick Munier is best known as the maitre d' of ITV's prime-time reality show Hell's Kitchen.^[1] He is also co-owner of Pichet restaurant in Dublin's Trinity Lane. In September 2011, Nick began in his role as presenter of Masterchef Ireland, alongside Dylan McGrath.^[2]

Professional life

Nick began his career with the Roux Brothers and was a commis waiter in Le Gavroche amongst other famous Roux establishments. In 1991, Nick left his native London for Ireland to join the K Club in Kildare, a Michelin star restaurant and home to the Ryder Cup in 2006. From there, he began his 10 years working with Marco Pierre White, one of Britain's best known chefs and a recipient of 3 Michelin stars.

In 2002, Nick moved to Dublin to join U2's Clarence Hotel, and Ireland's only 2 Michelin Star restaurant, Restaurant Patrick GuilbaudShortly afterwards he moved into the world of consultancy, joining Conor Kenny & Associates. He has also worked as Restaurant Manager in Peacock Alley.

Currently Nick is working in his own restaurant, Pichet along with his long time friend, chef Stephen Gibson.

Hell's Kitchen

Nick has appeared in the last two series of ITV1's Hell's Kitchen with Marco Pierre White where he is widely admired for his clumsy manner in the restaurant, often tripping and dropping food or muddling orders. In episode 8 of the fourth series he notably dropped a large tray of food after tripping up on some steps during full service and injured himself. Shortly afterwards he attempted to eject four diners but was overruled by Marco. When invited to sit and watch the celebrity chefs in Marco's office, he leaned back in his chair and somehow ended up falling right out of it, a move that a laughing Marco described as "genius."In the third series, he was sometimes the butt of presenter Angus Deayton's jokes during his dry, sarcastic narration, both for his physical resemblance to one of the puppets from Thunderbirds and for his clumsiness. One such joke came after Nick tripped over and dropped the food he was carrying - in the narration that followed, Deayton said: "Of course in his Thunderbirds days his strings would have held him up."

Television series

In mid-2009 Nick landed a six one-hour documentary series about setting up a restaurant in the global recession. All of them were in Prime-time slots. The series follows Nick, his wife Denise, long-time friends Stephen Gibson and Natasha McGowan through the up-and-down reality of opening and running a restaurant.

MEMOIRS: Nick has written a colourful account of his experiences over twenty years at front of house in Boiling Point: Adventures in the Restaurant Game, published by Y Books.

Personal life

The son of an English mother and a French father, Nick was born in 1968 in Bermondsey, South London. In 1988 he spent a year on military service in France. He lives in South Dublin and is married with 3 boys. He is also a distinguished artist with a passion for colour and the abstract form.

References

1. ^ Lee, Cara (18 April 2009). "Marco Pierre White to sack celeb tonight on Hell's Kitchen". The Sun. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/article2382403.ece. Retrieved 14 July 2011. 
2. ^ Carthy, Sarah (7 September 2011). "Masterchef Ireland beings on RTE September 2011". RTE. http://www.rte.ie/ten/2011/0907/blog_tv_masterchefireland.html. Retrieved 7 September 2011. 

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