FOOD BOOK:AS A CHEF and a person, I have always been driven by insecurity. I have always wanted to deliver something that is so good no critic could say or write a bad word about it and for that reason I've never really been truly happy with anything I've produced. But now that is changing. The reason, I think, is that I am maturing as a chef.

I understand more and more about the workings and dynamics of food and the kitchen, of the restaurant experience. I have become sure of myself. I think that for each person this kind of understanding comes at a different stage of their life but for me it has come now. That’s why the time is right for this book now. It shows my confidence in what we are doing at The House restaurant now. It gives a complete view of what we do and how we do it. The recipes contained in this book are the actual recipes we use in the restaurant, with nothing held back.

Martijn Kajuiter

Let’s Go Disco (€45) can be ordered from The Cliff House Hotel, Ardmore, Co Waterford, tel: 024-87800 or online from thecliffhousehotel,com.

CULINARY CONTENT: Martijn Kajuiter. TEXT: Alex Meehan. PHOTOGRAPHY: Shane O’Neill, assisted by Simon Curran