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Irish chef cooks up a storm for Allen and Debbie Grubman

Dinner for 100 as Irish man heads to the Hamptons with NY's power couple

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APRIL DREW,
IrishCentral.Com Staff Writer
Published Thursday, May 21, 2009, 11:33 AM
Updated Thursday, July 23, 2009, 5:38 PM

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Irish chef Stephen Hartigan who cooks for New York's elite
Irish chef Stephen Hartigan who cooks for New York's elite


“IT’S a tough life but someone has to do it.” So says 35-year-old Irish man Stephen Hartigan as he lounged by a pool in South Beach, Florida, while mingling with the rich and famous last week. 

Hartigan, 35, will spend two weeks in Miami before he goes back to cooking breakfast, lunch and dinner for New York’s elite.
 
And elite they are. The Cork chef works for Allen and Debbie Grubman, one of the most powerful couples in New York City and the Hamptons.

Allen is a top entertainment lawyers; he numbers Madonna, Elton John and Jennifer Lopez among his clients and Debbie, as senior V.P for at the Corcoran Group, is one of the top real estate brokers in New York.

Hartigan, who moves to the Hamptons with the family for the summer, will be kept busy while the wealthy put up their feet on the East End. An average Saturday in the Hamptons will see Hartigan cooking up a storm for up to a 100 people.

“There could be 20 for breakfast, 30 for lunch and 50 for dinner so I’m kept busy, but I love every minute of it,” he said.

Hartigan can also be found preparing meals for Calvin Klein, Colin Cowie and Martha Stewart. In fact, Hartigan is due to appear on Stewart’s radio show next month to talk about his favorite dishes and some of the secret recipes he uses.

Hartigan, who comes from a large extended family in Gurranabraher, Cork City, started helping out in the kitchen as a child, helping both his grandmothers prepare meals for the 124 people in their family.

The experience stood to him when he later prepared 4,500 breakfasts in some of Europe’s finest hotels!

Hartigan, who once oversaw a sit-down gala event for 560 people at the Tate Gallery in London for the late Princess Diana, said his career just “happened by accident.”

“It was a total accident because I had no intention of going into catering. However, my school grades said otherwise,” laughed Hartigan.

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