Scientist Samantha Forrest says she’s not usually creative or artistic but when it came to getting her young kids to eat, she came up with a brilliant idea. Her creativity is also evident in the elegant home she shares with husband Barry McCarthy and their kids
Entrepreneur Samantha Forrest with her sons Charlie and Harry at the island of the spacious kitchen/living/dining extension at her bungalow home in Dublin 12. Photo: Tony Gavin
The legendary actor Michael J Fox once said “Family is not an important thing. It’s everything” – and scientist and food entrepreneur Samantha Forrest would heartily agree. So much so that when she decided to start her own business, Fussy Food Plates, it was inevitable it would centre around family.
She and her husband Barry McCarthy have their own lovely family – two young boys and a girl – but going back even further, Samantha experienced first-hand how extended family was there for her, her brother and her mother when tragedy struck them.