Chef Neven Maguire has been speaking about his previous life as a nightclub DJ when he was a student in Enniskillen.
Appearing on The Tommy Tiernan Show on Saturday night, the 46-year-old, who runs the MacNeam House & Restaurant in Blacklion, Co. Cavan, revealed more about his love for dance music and why he decided to leave school at 16 to follow his dream of becoming a chef.
Hi Donal I just have a few records 😉🎶🎶😉 https://t.co/JmRCl2Z9ZA pic.twitter.com/G87X1DRwik
— Neven Maguire (@nevenmaguire) March 21, 2021
"I'm a big fan of dance music I have to say, and when I was young training to be a chef it would be on. I used to do a bit of DJing years ago." He said.
"When I was training, I used to do a bit of DJing up in a nightclub in Enniskillen. I had my decks and I used to go up to Dublin every two weeks and get dance music."
"I loved it; I just got a buzz from it. I just fell in love with dance music, I was all dance music. I had 2000 records at home," he added.
People first became aware of Neven’s alter ego on the wheels of steel earlier this year when he began tweeting shots of his home set-up and his extensive collection of dance albums.
He then appeared on the Ray D'Arcy Show on RTÉ Radio 1 to discuss his passion.
"I just love it, the high energy, when you’re in service or whatever, there is a great buzz from it. I have always loved it. Even when I’m driving up to Dublin, I’d be playing dance music and just enjoying it. I always enjoy it."
Thank you all for such wonderful feedback form the @Tommedian @RTEOne it was a privilege to be in his show what a talented gentleman Tommy is we talked for nearly 1 hour honestly the most powerful interview I have ever done thank you everyone pic.twitter.com/N1cwCKiIJR
— Neven Maguire (@nevenmaguire) March 20, 2021
"Now some of it, drum and bass and that stuff, I’ve kind of gone past it. However, some of it is very meaningful. I kind of get lost in the music to be honest with you. I’ve reconnected with it; the way people have reconnected with food I’m having great fun with the decks at the moment."
You can watch Saturday night's tommy Tiernan Show on the RTÉ Player.
