Chef Aoife Noonan is a renowned pastry chef from Ireland with a BA in Culinary Arts and a Master’s in Nutrition. She previously served as the Head Pastry Chef at the 2 Michelin Star Patrick Guilbaud for nearly 4 years before taking on Executive Pastry Chef positions at various restaurants across the country.  

Chef Aoife has won numerous awards for her work, including Food & Wine Magazine’s Pastry Chef of the Year and the Valrhona Patisserie Championship, which led her to training at the world-renowned Valrhona L’Ecole du Chocolat in Paris.  

Her most recent experience was working at the 2 Hatted Restaurant ARIA in Australia and training in Japan, before joining Prefecture 48 as Executive Pastry Chef. At Dear Florence, Chef Aoife is now combining her passion for classic patisserie techniques with Japanese influences, creating unique and inspired flavours.