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In this very special episode of the show, I was delighted to sit down and chat with Neven Maguire. Neven Maguire is one of Ireland’s best loved chefs. The restaurateur and media personality is well known for his award-winning MacNean House & Restaurant in Blacklion, Co. Cavan. He is also an author and has a new Book out at the moment - Neven Maguire's Perfect Irish Christmas - which he was kind enough to give me a signed copy of! I was struck by Neven's passion and energy during our 40+ minute conversation where we cover a lot about his career, life lessons, experiences, and so much more. Just to give you a taste, some of the topics we covered are: • Earliest Memories growing up around Christmas with Family and Food. • Always wanting to work with food and cooking from the age of 12. • Being the first in his school studying Home Economics. • A view on why Home Economics should be a subject for everyone in School. • Pride of employing 65 people in his business in Blacklion. • The value of hard-work at the core of everything Neven does. • Giving his customers an amazing experience when they visit his restaurant • Learnings from a number of restaurants from Belfast, to Berlin, and Luxembourg, taking on new skills along the way and making a lot of friends. • The importance of influences along his journey. • The Vision for MacNean house when he took it over in 2003. • Management and Leadership style in the Kitchen. • Treating his employees like a family and creating an environment for the team to prosper, grow and learn. • His role evolving over the last few years. • Becoming an Ambassador for St. James's Target Lung Cancer & working with Dunnes Stores as the Ambassador for Simply Better. • Enjoying the media work and feeling privileged being on TV. • Creating cook books and recipes that people can make at home. • Sampling food in his own restaurant and being very proud of the experience. • Cooking simple dishes at home with the family and replicating these on the tv shows. • If not working in the food business, what? • Passion for Football, Manchester United and People. • Having a real passion for helping people and realizing how lucky he is with life. • Training, Exercise and the importance of keeping active for the mind and body. • Sleep pattern and running on 5-6 hours per night. • Setting goals to get healthier and be on the road less in 2018. • Best piece of advice given and shared. • Views on Success. • Celebrities who Neven would share dinner with. • Death Row Meal. I really hope you enjoy this episode. To learn more about Neven and MacNean House, check out the links below: Website: http://www.nevenmaguire.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/nevenmaguire Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nevenmaguire/ Subscribe to the show on iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/ie/podcast/the-1-better-podcast/id1212137500?mt=2 Have a great day, Rob