Richard Corrigan

In December 2017 he said of the UK “Never have I seen a country led so badly in my life – by a bunch of monkeys, frankly. I’d like to have them all at a Christmas party and give them the worst hiding they could imagine.” In June 2018 he said London is “led by a load of donkeys”, and of the UK Cabinet “Harrow, Eton and these private schools where most of these absolute monkeys come out of. I’d love to smack their arses with a big cane.”

He was crowned winner of the Great British Menu three times. Richard also won the Great British Waste Menu special in 2010, airing to over 7 million on BBC 1 prime time and which culminated in a dinner at the House of Lords.

He opened Lindsay House in Soho, London, and won a Michelin star there in 1997. He then bought and refurbished Bentley’s in 2005 and subsequently opened Corrigan’s Mayfair in 2008. The latter restaurant has been awarded London Restaurant of the Year by the Evening Standard in 2008 and has earned three AA Rosettes. It was also awarded ‘AA London Restaurant of the Year’ in 2009, and gained one of the highest new entries in the National Restaurant Awards at number five.

Having spent several years in the Netherlands, he was then head chef of Mulligan’s in Mayfair in London. His first Michelin star was awarded to him when he was head chef of Stephen Bull in Fulham in 1994, also in London.

Richard Corrigan (born 10 February 1964) is an Irish chef. He is chef/patron of Corrigan’s Mayfair, Bentley’s Oyster Bar and Grill, Bentley’s Sea Grill in Harrods in London, and Virginia Park Lodge in Virginia, County Cavan.