Dylan McGrath was born in Dublin and trained in Belfast at Portrush Catering College, followed by Belfast Institute. He began his first Head Chef role at Jurys Inn, Belfast, before moving on to work at Roscoff, Northern Ireland's only Michelin-starred restaurant at the time.

He also worked at the Michelin-starred restaurants The Commons Restaurant and Peacock Alley, with most of his culinary skills being acquired under John Burton Race at L'Ortolan and Tom Aikens in Chelsea, where he became

Head Chef.

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Dylan returned home to Ireland to take up his own restaurant Mint where he gained a Michelin-star at the age of 29. While in Mint, Dylan was the subject of fly-on-the-wall documentary, Pressure Cooker which created public awareness in the media of Dylan's creativity and determination.

 

In August 2010 he opened Rustic Stone, Taste of Bonsai, followed by Fade Street Social and Shelbourne Social. Dylan has had a broad career with restaurants at different levels and has hosted many Irish cooking shows including consecutive years as the MasterChef Ireland judge. Recently he apeared as a judge in Takeaway Titans series and took a role of a mentor in Dylan McGrath's Secret Service.