1. Donal Skehan was born on 3 June 1986 and is an Irish television personality, presenter, food writer, cook, photographer and former singer.
12 Facts About Donal Skehan
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Donal Skehan is known for his television appearances, cookbooks and YouTube channel.
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Donal Skehan worked as an announcer on the Irish entertainment specialty channel Bubble Hits, broadcasting music and entertainment news and celebrity gossip segments.
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An avid food enthusiast, Donal Skehan started a blog in 2007 called Good Mood Food that evolved into a cookbook.
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Donal Skehan became a co-presenter and judge on Junior MasterChef on the BBC in 2012, appearing alongside John Torode.
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In 2013, after appearing on Jamie Oliver's YouTube channel, Foodtube, Donal Skehan launched his own dedicated YouTube channel which has since grown to over 1M subscribers.
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Donal Skehan is appearing in the Swedish food programme Mitt kok on TV4 where he speaks Swedish.
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Donal Skehan is currently one of a number of rotating guest presenters for Saturday Kitchen on BBC One and has hosted six editions of the show to date.
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On 23 February 2008, Donal Skehan took part in Eurosong 2008 in a bid to represent Ireland in the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Double Cross My Heart".
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Donal Skehan was one of the Final 6, alongside Dustin the Turkey, Maja, Leona Daly, Liam Geddes and Marc Roberts; with Dustin the Turkey winning with the song "Irelande Douze Pointe".
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In 2009, Donal Skehan joined the Irish band Industry alongside the English Lee Hutton and Irish girl members Michele McGrath and Morgan Deane.
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In June 2015, Donal Skehan married Sofie Larsson in Dublin City Hall followed by a reception in Lisnavagh House in County Carlow and had their honeymoon in Ravello on Italy's Amalfi Coast.