23-08-2016
Eoghain O’Neill, 38: his roots lead in part to Trindad, in part to Ireland. As a chef, however, he trained in France and England. After a long experience running the restaurant offer in a luxurious resort on the Grenadine Islands, he chose a different island for his restaurant, and opened O in the centre of Alghero
Alghero is surely one of the places in Sardinia where it’s easiest to eat well, on top of being one of the island’s most beautiful and fascinating towns. As often the case, however, there are few exceptions, few differences: it’s hard for the high quality gastronomic offer to go beyond tradition. It was therefore with a little surprise and much curiosity that we visited restaurant O, opened in the centre of Alghero in 2013 by chef Eoghain O'Neill. The very Irish name reveals how, 38 years ago, this chef was born in his father’s small hometown, Ballinasloe. Yet he spent most of his childhood in the Caribbean Islands, in Trinidad to be precise. This is where his mother comes from. Eoghain took after her his looks, indeed hardly Irish. But most of all, he took after his mother his passion for cooking, which led him, at 17, to follow the dream of becoming a chef.
The dining room
Gnocchetti with gorgonzola, beetroot, carrot sauce, garlic sprouts and sage sauce
Mosaic of Sardinian sea flavors
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Journalist, based in Milan. At 8 years old, he received a Springsteen record as a gift, and nothing was the same since. Music and food are his passions. Author and broadcaster at Radio Popolare since 1997, since 2014 he became part of the staff of Identità Golose Instagram: @NiccoloVecchia