‘Not one shirt would fit me. I said, f**k that, this has to change’ — chef Kevin Dundon on his dramatic ‘life detox’

The celebrity chef reflects on his battle to lose three stone and the burnout he felt after the pandemic

Kevin Dundon Interview

Niamh Horan

Kevin Dundon is in flying form. He has just returned from Kerala in southern India, where he was on an extreme detox plan. He has, he says, “come back a new man”.

The celebrity chef has shed three stone in just two months but, more importantly to him, he has turned his mental health around since hitting rock bottom at the start of the summer. He talks for the first time about how burnout led to him losing his passion for work and left him battling depression.