Adam Nevin reopens Glovers Alley in Dublin

Adam Nevin Glovers Alley opened its doors on September 9, putting the Michelin-starred dining room at The Fitzwilliam Hotel back in business under a new chef. Nevin takes over from Andy McFadden, who had led the kitchen since it first opened.

Nevin started as a kitchen porter at 15 in his native Maynooth before training at Ballymaloe Cookery School, working the pass at The Shelbourne and then at London's two-starred The Hand and Flowers under Tom Kerridge. Most recently, he led Carton House's The Morrison Room to its first Michelin star in February 2025.

"Once you do something good, people will follow," Nevin told The Irish Times ahead of the opening, describing his approach as classical technique built around Irish produce rather than trend-chasing.

Once you do something good, people will follow.

A refreshed dining room

The Fitzwilliam Hotel closed the space for a top-to-bottom renovation before handing it to Nevin, who has built a menu defined by local ingredients and precise, technique-led cooking rather than the imported references some Dublin tasting menus lean on.

Bookings opened online on August 17, ahead of a planned September 2 launch that slipped a week to September 9 as the kitchen finished its final testing. The dining room reopening is part of a wider top-to-bottom renovation across The Fitzwilliam Hotel, which has also updated its guest rooms and public spaces this year.

Dublin's fine dining reshuffle

Glovers Alley keeps its Michelin star for now, pending the next guide's review of the new kitchen, a test that has tripped up other Dublin restaurants after a chef change in recent years.

The move adds to a busy year for Irish chef moves, following Leon Mazairac's switch from Karel V to De Hoefslag in the Netherlands, part of a wider pattern of established chefs changing kitchens rather than opening under their own name. Dublin's Michelin restaurants have leaned heavily on chef reputation in recent years, and critics are expected to return to Glovers Alley within its first few months to see whether Nevin's style holds up under the same scrutiny that won him a star at Carton House.