Jess Murphy
New Zealand-born chef
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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.[1]
Murphy grew up in the small town of Wairoa in New Zealand's North Island.[2] 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.[2][3][4]
In 2000, Murphy moved to Manchester and worked there for two years, followed by two years back home in Hawkes' Bay.[5] 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.[2]