Food chain Chopped plans 20 new outlets - including Waterford branch

Food chain Chopped has announced plans to create 430 jobs in Ireland and the UK.

The company's doubling its footprint in this country with the opening of 20 new outlets, and expanding into the UK for the first time, with 6 branches set to open there by the middle of the year.

320 full and part time jobs will come on stream in Ireland, as the company plans new outlets in Wicklow, Cork, Waterford and Dublin in 2017.

IMAGE: Brian Lee: Co-founder and managing director of Chopped