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Andrew Heron and Damien Grey

Michelin star-winning Dublin restaurant booked out until next Autumn

There has been a massive surge in demand since they won the award.

A DUBLIN RESTAURANT which scooped a Michelin star is booked out until August 2017 after a massive surge in demand.

Heron and Grey, which is located in Blackrock, south Dublin, has no tables left until next year since news of its win last week.

The team will start taking new bookings in the spring.

Damien Grey, one half of the team who set up the eatery, revealed the news this morning.

We interviewed Rebecca Burr, editor of the Michelin Guide and she told TheJournal.ie that its work is not cut and dried.

We tend to hear that restaurants have phones ringing off the hook, but many already had very busy restaurants before that. Heron and Grey for example, is already very successful, we just came along and added what we thought.

“There’s no such thing as a typical Michelin-starred restaurant. I think that’s what makes the stars interesting.”

The addition of Heron & Grey to the guide last week increases to 10 the overall number of Michelin star restaurants in the Republic of Ireland.

Others that held their awards from previous years are:

  • Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud, Chapter One, L’Ecrivain and The Greenhouse in the capital
  • Aniar and Loam restaurants, based in Galway city
  • Campagne and Lady Helen at Mount Juliet Hotel in Kilkenny
  • House Restaurant at Cliff House Hotel, Ardmore in Waterford.

With reporting by Paul Hosford

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    Mute Homer's imp son
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    Oct 12th 2016, 7:16 PM

    Fair play. Tough job cheffing and running a restaurant.

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    Mute Dr Richard Lee Kin
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    Oct 12th 2016, 7:17 PM

    Congratulations . Great to see hard work , dedication & skill rewarded.

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    Mute Paul Mc Manus
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    Oct 12th 2016, 7:45 PM

    Would rather a 4 in 1 from the local Chinese.

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    Mute Caelum Rosenkranz
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    Oct 12th 2016, 7:50 PM

    Lol

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    Mute Gary Donoghue
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    Oct 12th 2016, 7:16 PM

    How was this restaurant not called The Grey Heron!

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    Mute KM TON
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    Oct 12th 2016, 7:21 PM

    Because class

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    Mute Brian
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    Oct 12th 2016, 11:35 PM

    How false and pretentious are the people who are falling over themselves to get a booking . Same restaurant and food all along but throw in a Michelin star and people bandwagon in flocks

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    Mute GunsGerms
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    Oct 13th 2016, 8:55 AM

    @Brian: I agree. Michelin starred food isn’t that big a deal in my opinion. Granted the food will be good but Michelin starred food is often quite unhealthy, over priced and served on something stupid like a chopping board.

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    Mute Maurice Slater
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    Oct 12th 2016, 7:33 PM

    The Delboeuf illusion,is the chef’s best friend, suckers.

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    Mute Little Diddy No
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    Oct 12th 2016, 9:06 PM

    Autumn does not have a capital a, unless at the beginning of a sentence.

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    Mute Dan Keane
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    Oct 12th 2016, 10:48 PM

    This is the Journal, they don’t know or care about such things.

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    Mute Daniel Fontaine
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    Oct 12th 2016, 7:34 PM

    I don’t know.
    Imagine making food for invisible, mercurial, undercover train spotting foodies.

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    Oct 13th 2016, 1:34 AM

    Great, lots of pretentious people waiting 10 months to have a pretentious meal in a pretentious restaurant so they can brag to their pretentious friends.

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    Mute David Mac Shite
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    Oct 12th 2016, 11:49 PM

    Congrats to H&G for the award.
    I’m sure you have already established a loyal base of regular customer. Try to remember them as the hordes of pretentious okay yah types named “Tobes” descend on your restaurant because it was mentioned in a guide sponsored by a tyre company.
    The main thing about getting a coveted star is it brings a new class of arrsehole through the door.

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    Mute Colleen McGovern
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    Oct 12th 2016, 7:58 PM

    The best dining experience to me is Fitzpatrick’s just outside Dundalk. They have an amazing Halloween Display going on now.

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    Oct 12th 2016, 8:05 PM

    Chipper in Swords Main Street is hard to beat… Cod n Chips with a cold tin of real Coca Cola only €5, if you purchase before 10.30am!!!!

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    Oct 12th 2016, 8:15 PM

    @Rodrigo: Can of coke, tin of beans.

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    Oct 16th 2016, 10:46 AM

    Very healthy breakfast rodrigo :-)

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    Oct 12th 2016, 9:53 PM

    Wow. Well done

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    Oct 12th 2016, 11:46 PM

    Fish finger sandwich in crusty white bread and a cup of tea.Job done.

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    Oct 12th 2016, 11:12 PM

    How fn sad is that. . Just because it has a shaggin star. .. The pub down the road probably has just as good food..maybe even better. At half the price. .

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    Oct 13th 2016, 12:21 PM

    @OCallaghan TP: I am by no means a foodie..but your comment is ridiculous. There is no way that the pub down the street has better food.

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    Mute Ken Pepper
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    Oct 12th 2016, 10:49 PM

    How much for a spice bag ?

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    Oct 12th 2016, 10:49 PM

    How much for a spice bag ?

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    Oct 12th 2016, 10:10 PM

    Assuming you can take 20 bookings a day and there are 210 days between Jan 1st and July 31 that’s 4020 phone calls… No chance…

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    Oct 12th 2016, 10:12 PM

    @rory2u:oh wait your only open 3 days a week..

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    Oct 15th 2016, 7:23 PM

    @rory2u: From tomorrow the menu should change to ‘sausage and chips’ and ‘chicken and chips’.

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    Mute Dave McCrea
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    Oct 13th 2016, 12:26 PM

    Don’t hate on people who call in to book because they heard it got a Michelin star. They are not pretentious, in fact they are the opposite. You probably also hate people who rented 12 Years A Slave because it won Best Picture.

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    Oct 13th 2016, 1:37 AM

    I believe they have no toilets, i wonder where staff wash their hands

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    Oct 13th 2016, 10:05 AM

    Well done Damien. Fantastic job!!!!now I can go around and said that I worked under you

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    Oct 15th 2016, 8:08 PM

    There are 9 on the Isle of Wight.

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