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Media One Hotel has appointed Connor O’Sullivan as sous chef directly from Killarney, Ireland.

O'Sullivan graduated in 2011 with distinction from Institute of Technology in Tralee. Since then, he continued to work in several hotels in Ireland including The Killarney Plaza Hotel & Spa, Ard Na Sidhe Country House Hotel, and Dunloe Castle Hotel.

Prior to joining Media One Hotel, he was with the Jacques Restaurant in Cork City, where he was senior chef de partie responsible for monitoring kitchen stations and the food safety as per HACCP standards.

“Media One Hotel made an impact on me when I visited for Friday brunch at the beginning of 2015 I thought I would like the opportunity to work here, so I applied as soon as I returned home and luckily was successful,” said O'Sullivan.

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Executive chef Girish Babu said: "What I was particularly impressed by [was] chef Connor’s enthusiastic and pleasant personality, which makes him a great addition to the team. His passion to build a career in the culinary trade, as he strives to be the best chef he can, will ensure he continues with innovation and hard work to create both classical and contemporary dishes for Media One."

During his spare time, the sous chef also has a keen interest in gardening, travels and talent for music and has received three county medals for traditional Irish music, playing the concertina and banjo.

As sous chef at Media One Hotel, he is responsible for the hotel’s venues in the ground floor and leading the culinary team in caféM.