Dan Mullane

Mullane emphasisies "hospitality, generosity and the personal touch".[1] He grows his ingredients in his own vegetable garden.[1] His growings include lemongrass and chillis.[2]

Mullane is from County Limerick.[1] He attended Blackrock College in Dublin and then catering college after school.[1]

Mullane's restaurant, The Mustard Seed,[1] is located in the Echo Lodge, a Victorian building in Ballingarry, near Adare in County Limerick.[3] It maintains a set price of four courses costing a total of €63.[3] Mullane has said he will never open another restaurant.[1]

In February 2008, Mullane featured in the fifth episode of Guerrilla Gourmet, a television series which had six professional chefs attempt to set up their own temporary restaurant in an unusual location.[1][4] Having boarded in Blackrock College in Dublin, Mullane returned there with his temporary restaurant.[1]

The Mustard Seed has received positive reviews from critics such as The Restaurant's Tom Doorley,[3] Georgina Campbell[2][3] and a mixed review by Pol O Conghaile of the Irish Independent.[3] O Conghaile's review of the restaurant was published on 14 February 2009.[3] He described his experience at the restaurant as mainly positive; he described the dining area as "moody" and the service as "chirpy".[3] O Conghaile wrote negatively about his duck dish, although his Kenmare cold-smoked salmon starter was "delicious" and the best of its type that he had ever eaten.[3]

Mullane has received Black & White Awards and received the Best Use of Fresh Ingredients Award from Bord Bia in January 2009.[2]