Jennie Moran is an artist who uses the philosophy, culture, and infrastructure of hospitality to create opportunities for shared connection. She started a nomadic hospitality project called Luncheonette in 2013 which operated as the canteen in the National College of Art and Design in Dublin, and was named Irish Café of the year at the Food and Wine Awards.
She has completed a Masters in Gastronomy at TUD and has written a book entitled How to Soften Corners about the impact of hospitality in institutions. Her research into practical applications of hospitality has been supported with a bursary from the Arts Council of Ireland. She provides mentorship in holistic hospitality to creative organisations and lectures at NCAD, and occasionally UCD School of Architecture, Cork Centre for Architectural Education (UCC) and TUD. She has presented at the Oxford Food Symposium and was a chair at the Dublin Gastronomy Symposium (2024).
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