Ruairi O'Morachain was born in Dublin in 1963 and educated at Scoil Lorcain, Colaiste Eoin and Rockwell College. A fluent Irish speaker and enthusiast of all things Celtica he graduated from Cathal Brugha Street College and Thames University College London before going on to refine his culinary talents in the kitchens of many of the world's greatest hotels including the Dorchester, the Ritz and the Berkeley in London, the Baur au lac, Zurich, the Ritz-Carlton, New Orleans, the George V, Paris and the Nassuerhof, Wiesbaden, Germany.

While on this world culinary tour he realized that food from the Celtic tradition was neglected. Ruairi saw in this both a challenge and an opportunity. He set out to explore and discover the foods and flavours of the Celtic regions. His journeys took him from Jerez in the South of Spain, through France, the British Isles and finally back to Ireland where he set to work to create Celtic Cuisine.

Celtic Cuisine draws together the different strands of popular foods and cooking traditions from the various Celtic lands to produce an exciting and delicious presentation of Celtic food and which succeeds in being fresh, modern and delicious.

A man of many talents, Ruairi is a media natural. In a number of the hotels where he worked celebrities enjoyed visiting the kitchens where they could share the fun of cooking or simply enjoy fine food while watching the staff perform culinary miracles. He has cooked for many stars and media figures including Princess Di, Michael Jackson, President Regan, Margaret Thatcher, Danny Kay and Tony Curtis. From these beginnings he has gone on to entertain and fascinate TV audiences in the US, Europe and here in Ireland with mouth watering displays of cookery presented in his own inimitable style.

On the Late Late Show with Pat Kenny he astonished his audience by cooking Christmas Dinner in three minutes. He appeared weekly on Cablelink's 'Dublin' Channel in Cooking On the Edge, preparing traditional Dublin dishes for the people of Dublin. No easy task with such a critical and expert audience - and they loved every minute and mouthful.

For the Tour de France's visit to Ireland in 1998 he devised his bicycle kitchen or the Cuisine Biciclette. This fun show featured Ruairi preparing a 'plat de tour' each day in his kitchen which was designed in the shape of a bicycle and was seen by TV audiences across Europe. His Celtic Cuisine, which he presents in the persona of The Druid of Food brings together Ruairi's culinary and media talents. This is multi-level entertainment, part travelogue, part food adventure, part natural history and completely enjoyable. The experience translates brilliantly from screen to restaurant. Celtic Cuisine is a 'forks up' experience wherever you're sitting.