On behalf of the Irish Food Writers’ Guild, I would like to convey our sympathies to the family and friends of the late Paolo Tullio and express the high regard in which we held him.

We share the sense of loss that will be felt by all who care about standards in Irish restaurants and who enjoyed Paolo’s warm and insightful writing about food and wine.

Invariably courteous, he wore his very considerable knowledge lightly and, whether in print – notably through his long running restaurant column in the Irish Independent Weekend Magazine – on radio, or as a judge on the popular TV show, The Restaurant, his special place in the food-loving public’s affection was well earned.

We will miss him.

Georgina Campbell

President