Elaine Mahon Email and Phone Number

Dr Elaine Mahon lectures in culinary pedagogy, gastronomy and food studies at the School of Culinary Arts and Food Technology at Technological University Dublin. She is on the board of the National Centre for Franco-Irish Studies and is a trustee of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery where she also coordinates the Young Chefs programme. She is on the organising committees of the Dublin Gastronomy Symposium and the 'Food And Drink As' conference series, and is editor of the Journal of Franco-Irish Studies. In 2024, she was inducted into Les Dames d'Escoffier International, a philanthropic global group of female leaders in the food, beverage and hospitality sectors.Elaine was awarded her PhD for her research on diplomatic dining, state entertainment and the protocols established for the reception of important visitors to Ireland following the signature of the Anglo-Irish Treaty in 1921, and is currently preparing a monograph for publication by Peter Lang, Oxford entitled The Minister requests the pleasure: Irish Diplomatic Dining, 1922-1963.