Brian McKenna

Brian McKenna (born 1945) is a Canadian documentary filmmaker.

He has been a frequent collaborator with his brother Terence, also a filmmaker, in particular on the 3-part series The Valour and the Horror. The most controversial segment in the series concerned strategic bombing during World War II.

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Brian McKenna (restaurateur)

Brian McKenna (born May 25, 1977) is a British-born chef and restaurateur who is best known for becoming head chef at the (now closed) Michelin-starred Le Poussin at Parkhill restaurant in Hampshire, southern England at the age of 21. McKenna is currently based in Beijing, China where he has opened a series of restaurants and catering businesses.

Career

McKenna got his culinary start at the age of 14 in the kitchens of ‘Ninety Park Lane’, a three-Michelin-starred restaurant inside Grosvenor House Hotel in Mayfair, London.

In 2008, McKenna launched ROOMbmk, a hospitality group that managed and operated up to thirty-two restaurants in Beijing, including three at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA), a 8,000 square metres (86,000 sq ft) space in Beijing’s art district – one of the biggest art galleries in Asia.

During the 2008 Beijing Olympics, McKenna’s hospitality group, ROOMbmk, cooked for wine-critic Robert Parker at an event on The Great Wall of China.